Jamendo Reports 50% Licensing Growth For 5000+ Indie Artists

Indie hub Jamendo is reporting 50% growth for its music licensing platform.  5000 of the 40,000 indie artists that have uploaded music to the platform have licensed a total of. Continue reading

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WED. BRIEF: Spotify, Apple, Analytics, #AR @ F8 • New Prince EP Draws Lawsuit • ASCAP Expo Recap • More

Wednesday 4.19.17 Music Business News From Around The Web  Interesting music related announcements at Facebook's F8 yesterday, but still no overarching music strategy or or promise of payments to rightsholders.. Continue reading

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Spotify Has Launched A Facebook Messenger Bot For Music Discovery And Sharing

UPDATE 2: Spotify has launched a bot for Facebook Messenger that lets friends share music within chats. The bot includes search, recommendations, sharing a 30 second song clip within Messenger,. Continue reading

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Pandora Premium Exits Invite-Only, Artist Driven “Sounds Like You” Marketing Campaign Launches

Pandora Premium, the music streamer's paid on-demand service, is now available to all users via the Apple App Store, Google Play and on the web. Previously, Pandora Premium had been. Continue reading

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Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music

Our tips for independent do-it-yourself artists this week covered a broad range of topics, from growing your fanbase through contests, to using Snapchat Stories to engage event goes, to how. Continue reading

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LyricFind and Turning Your Lyrics Into A Revenue Stream [Music Biz Weekly Podcast]

This week on Hypebot's Music Biz Weekly podcast, hosts Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert are joined Darryl Ballantyne, the CEO of LyricFind. He shares how to make lyrics a revenue stream. Continue reading

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YouTube Go Launches In India

YouTube has expanded the footprint of its YouTube Go service to India.  The YouTube Go beat app is now available for download in the Google Play Store. 

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SoundCloud Finally Available On Google Chromecast with iOS

Two years after it launched on Android, SoundCloud is now available on Google Chromecast through iOS devices. SoundCloud has enabled shared playback, so multiple users can control what’s playing.

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Why, How And When Artists Should Use Instagram Live

With social media platforms constantly updating and releasing new features it can be hard, particularly if you're a busy independent artist, to keep up. Here we walk through the best. Continue reading

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FRI. BRIEF: Streaming Drives 11% Music Biz Growth • YouTube Ad Woes Continue • Radio Royalties Bill • More

FRIDAY 3.31.17 Music Business News From Around The Web  Streaming is now music's main revenue driver. Make that reality work for you or face extinction.   Updated continuously under our More. Continue reading

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Artists Are Humans And Mental Health Care Is A Human Right

Here Katie Alice Greer unpacks the complexities surrounding mental healthcare, recounting her own struggles with mental illness and the need for artists to have an accessible, well developed mental healthcare. Continue reading

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