Billboard Adjusts Chart Calculations To Favor Paid Streaming Over Ad-Supported Streams, YouTube
As how people consume music shifts, Billboard has adjusted how it calculates the charts. Bowing to pressure from the recorded music industry, the latest set of changes give more weight. Continue reading
Show.co Adds “Pre-Save” To Spotify Campaigns For Upcoming Releases
Show.co, the music marketing platform acquired by CD Baby last year, continues to innovate with the addition of campaigns that offer “pre-saves” on Spotify. The new feature and full Show.co platform. Continue reading
RIAA Goes After Lengthy List Of Piracy Sites
Although music piracy ain't what it used to be it's still alive and well. Here we look at a list of some of the most notorious piracy platforms currently in. Continue reading
Tunecore Passes $1 Billion In Revenue To Artists
Tunecore has passed the $1 billion milestone in revenue paid to artists from streaming and sales. That impressive number does not include revenue from other TuneCore offerings, such as Publishing Administration. Continue reading
A7X Lawsuit Bears Potential To Forever Change Label Contracts
Huntington Beach, CA based band Avenged Sevenfold is trying a legal maneuver new to the music industry as they challenge the "7 year rule," which bars the personal services of. Continue reading
Facebook Buys 3 Month Old TBH App, As It Battles For Teens
Facebook announced that it has acquired TBH, a positive-focused anonymous polling app that has become an overnight success with teens. Facebook and its Instagram app are fighting for teen engagement. Continue reading
3 Reason’s To Use YouTube’s Artist Hub
As an artist, your success is not only in your own best interest, but also YouTube's, as the success of artists using it also benefits their bottom line. Here we. Continue reading
4 Ways To Identify If Your Mix Is Too Busy (And How To Fix It)
Mixing music is, in many ways, a balancing act. Trying to keep too many elements balanced at once however, can often cause your mix to become overly crowded and busy.. Continue reading
Record Labels Are (Kind Of) Dead, Long Live Label Services!
[UPDATED] As the role and relevance of record labels has changed over time, new opportunities have also emerged in the music business, something which these two ex-major label guys are. Continue reading
FRI. BRIEF: Spotify Revenue Surges, Losses Continue • Universal Adds Vinyl Club • Songkick To Shutter • MORE
FRIDAY 10.13.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Spotify's financials are looking a bit better, but it still hard to see that they'll ever turn a profit. Updated continuously. Continue reading
Spotify For Artists Gets Its Own Free iOS App
The free Spotify For Artists toolkit and analytics are now also available to all artists and their teams via a dedicated iOS app. Artists and their teams can now track. Continue reading
