AM BRIEF: Vinyl Hits 25 Year High • UK Streams 1B Songs Weekly • KLOS Redefines Classic Rock • More

Tuesday 1.3.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Major labels enjoy streaming profits, a Spotify IPO, Apple Music competes, Pandora retools and much more.  Onward to an interesting 2017! . Continue reading

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Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Secure Blog Coverage • Rehearse In A Storage Unit • Write An Effective Bio • More

Over the past few days on MusicThinkTank, we looked at how to secure blog coverage, ways in which you can use a storage unit to rehearse, how you can write an effective bio, and more.

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The Art And Science Of A Music Chatbot

In recent tech companies have been encouraging consumers to treat music as an automated service rather than as a static product, with significant success. Now it appears companies may start. Continue reading

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Soundtrap Raises $6M Round For Online Recording App

[UPDATED] Online music and audio recording studio Soundtrap has raised $6 million in funding to accelerate product development and to bring its popular cloud-based platform to new markets. 

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Deezer Partners With Feature.fm As First On-Demand Music Streamer To Offer Affordable Marketing To Artists

Native music ad platrom Feature.fm has expanded its reach signifigantly with a new Deezer partnership. Feature.fm, which some dismiss as 'pay-to-play', has scored wins offering indie artists affordable guaranteed in-stream. Continue reading

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TUE. BRIEF: Amazon Plans $5 Music Service • Bandcamp Grows Editorial • Lavato Sued • Pulp • More

TUESDAY 8.23.16 Music Business News From Around The Web  Amazon wants to do what Amazon does – make things cheaper – but artists and labels will net that much less.. Continue reading

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Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Expanding Your Career Beyond Music • Maintain Media Relationships • The Consent Decree • More

On MusicThinkTank this week, we looked at expanding your career beyond music, the importance of maintaining media relationships, why video game music should be taken seriously, plus more.

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MON. BRIEFING: Led Zeppelin Want $800K From Spirit • Alliance Completes ANconnect Buy • PRS Financials • More

​MONDAY 7.11.16 Music Business News From Around The Web  The music industry's  summer slowdown is here, but behind the scenes…. Updated continuously under our More News tab. ​

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Music Publishing News Roundup 6.24.16: DMCA Safe Harbor Battle • EU vs YouTube • Vimeo Beats Capital

Over 500 creators and 20 organizations have signed a letter to US Congress calling for reform of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The biggest grievance is with the DMCA’s “safe. Continue reading

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TuneCore Launches In Australia

Flat fee indie digital music and publishing administration service TuneCore has expanded into Australia with the launch of a regional service.  TuneCore.com.au allows Australian-based artists to collect revenue from streaming. Continue reading

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Jack White, The Mob And The Seven-Foot Tall Music Video Jukebox

In 1961 a music video jukebox called the Scopitone was spreading through the United States like wild-fire. People thought the machine would popularize the music video, that is until the Scopitone’s mafia connections came to light.

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