Tag: Apple Inc.

Taylor Swift’s Trademark Rampage Puts The Kibash On Etsy Creatives

Taylor Swift does anything but tread lightly when it comes to controlling her image both on and off the stage. A host of cease and desist letters aimed at Etsy. Continue reading

Nia R Jones on 02/10/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Inc., Billboard Magazine, BuzzFeed, Celebrity, Etsy, Intellectual property, iTunes, music industry, Spotify, Taylor Swift

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Caught In The Crossfire: Rescuing User Experience From The Online Music Battlefield

Guest post by Ari Shohat, the Founder and CEO of Digitally Imported The digital music industry is booming. Online music services are engaged in heated competition to amass more users, content, and. Continue reading

Guest Post on 02/09/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Inc., Brad Ellis, Build Your Own App, Compound annual growth rate, iTunes, music industry, Rdio, Spotify, User experience, YouTube

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Music Publishing News Roundup 2.9.16: U.S. Copyright Office, Apple, Beats & Spotify

The US Copyright Office released a music licensing Study on Thursday documenting principles that should guide congress in its plan for music licensing reform. Highlights of the 245 page report include performance. Continue reading

Bob Baker on 02/09/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: . Deutsche Bank, Apple Inc., Apple Store, Artist, Bond (finance), Goldman Sachs, Initial public offering, Sony, Spotify, The Wall Street Journal

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Can You Guess The Most Grammy Award Winning Artists Of All Time?

Last night's Grammy winners will dominate today's news, but past Grammy winners are often forgotten. In fact, the most Grammy awards of all time went to an orchestral and operatic conductor. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/09/2015 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Academy Award, Apple Inc., British soul, CBS, CBS 4, Grammy Award, Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Sam Smith

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Apple Is Buying Taylor Swift’s Record Label For $250M [Report], And It’s Not As Crazy As It Sounds

Apple is buying Taylor Swift's record label Big Machine for $250 million. At least that's the report that's surfaced from Hits Daily Double, an old school music industry site that. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/09/2015 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: Apple Inc., Beats Electronics, Dr Dre, Forbes, Hollywood, IOS, IPhone, iTunes, Jimmy Iovine, Trent Reznor

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Apple Turns To Music To Help Save Slumping iPad Sales [VIDEO]

iPad sales have slowed a bit in recent months; and Apple is once again turning to music to make one of its touchtone products hip again. A new commercial which. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/09/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple, Apple A6X, Apple Inc., Apple Store, Computing, Criticism of Apple Inc., Cult of Mac, IPad, Pro theme, Steve Jobs

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Love it? Then Save It: Spotify Adds Automatic Shazam Playlists

You pull out your smartphone and fire up Shazam to identify a great song you're hearing. But then what? Too often you forget the name of the band or song. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/06/2015 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Android (operating system), Apple Inc., Google, Google Play, IDevice, IOS, iTunes, music industry, Rdio, Spotify

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Pandora Earnings Disappoint, Stock Plunges, $439M Paid To Rightsholders In 2014

UPDATE: After falling as much as 26%, Pandora stock rose slightly in after hours trading, settling at $14.90, still down almost 20%. Pandora stock fell on news that the music. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/06/2015 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Amazon.com, Apple Inc., Broadcast Music, Copyright Royalty Board, Diluted earnings per share, Extended-hours trading, Generally accepted accounting principles, Google, Inc., internet, New York Stock Exchange, Pandora, Pandora Radio, revenue, Wall Street

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South By So What?! Music Festival Announces 2015 Lineup

Organizers for the South By So What?! Music Festival announced that the event will be returning for the 8th time on March 20th, 21st, & 22nd at QuikTrip Ballpark, right. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/04/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Artist, Barcelona, Battle of Bands, Mike Doernberg, music festival, music industry, ReverbNation, Summerfest, YouTube

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Why Music Service Prices Are Falling And Can’t Get Back Up

Guest Post by David Touve on Rockonomic Spotify recently announced another solid uptick in subscriber numbers, growing from 12.5 million subscribers back in November of 2014 to 15 million as of. Continue reading

Guest Post on 02/03/2015 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., AT&T, Deezer, Google Play, Initial public offering, iTunes, Rdio, Spotify, Streaming media, Subscription business model

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