Tag: Apple Inc.

Universal Music Cuts Deal With Soundcloud, Reported Equity Stake Could Hurt Artists

Soundcloud went on a takedown spree last week, angering some users. Now we may know why. After months of sometimes contentious negotiations, the audio hosting site is reportedly finalizing a. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/17/2015 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Abu Dhabi Media, Apple Inc., music industry, record label, Sony Music Entertainment, Spotify, Universal Music Group, Vevo, Warner Music Group, YouTube

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Straight Outta Compton, Dr. Dre Dominate Weekend Film, Music Sales

Straight Outta Compton dominated movie screens this weekend, launching with an impressive $56 million in ticket sales. Dr Dre's album inspired by the film sold 276,000 downloads on iTunes since. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/17/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: album, Apple Inc., Cold 187um, Dr Dre, Eminem, For the Love of Money, Ice Cube, iTunes, Kendrick Lamar, Luke Bryan

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MON. NEWS BRIEF: Compton, Dre Own Weekend • Soundcloud UMG Deal • PledgeMusic + StyleWatch • More

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Bruce Houghton on 08/17/2015 in Podcasts | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 99designs, Amazon Kindle, Analog signal, Apple Inc., Arena Football League, Associated Press, Florida, New York City, record label, Spotify

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

This week in the do-it-yourself world of music, we offer advice on coming out of your shell to network, some techniques for promoting your songs on Spotify, as well as a. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/15/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Best practice, Facebook, Instagram, iTunes, Return on investment, social media, social media marketing, Spotify, Twitter

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MusicThinkTank Weekly Recap: Protect Your Studio • Things Every Artist Should Do • The .music Domain

This week on MusicThinkTank, we look at how you can protect your recording equipment, the future of the .music domain name, and examine some clever ways to get your fans to. Continue reading

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Tags: Apple Inc., Artist, Atlanta, Bitcoin, CentralNic, Do it yourself, Domain name, Domain Name System, music industry, musician

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Music Publishing News Roundup 7.14.15: Apple Music • LyricFind Partners With R2G • Jay Z Lawsuit

Apple Music has reached 11 million subscribers within the first 4 weeks of its launch, currently making it the 6th largest music streaming service. It is important to note that. Continue reading

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Tags: Apple Inc., ASAP Rocky, BBC, Beyoncé Knowles, Birdman (rapper), iTunes, Jay-Z, Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift

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Apple Updates iTunes, iOS With Major Apple Music, Beats 1 Bug Fixes

When Apple launched Apple Music and Beats 1, the software that delivered it got a major upgrade. Not all of it worked as promised, leading to a fair amount of. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/14/2015 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Album cover, Apple Inc., Apple Software Update, Billy Bragg, CD Baby, ICloud, IOS, iTunes, playlist, Spotify

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Musician Detained For Scalping Wristbands To His Own Show, Misses Gig

Oakland-based roots musician Fantastic Negrito missed his performance at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, as he was being detained for allegedly scalping artists wristbands at the time.

Bruce Houghton on 08/13/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Arecaceae, California, Free agent, Oakland, Oakland Raiders, San Francisco Chronicle, Scott Kazmir, Susan Slusser, Twitter, Tyler Clippard

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The Incompatibility Problem With Streaming Services

With Apple Music and Tidal nipping at Spotify's heels, the streaming world has become a competitive one, and as artists start to release content exclusives on only one service, listeners. Continue reading

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Tags: ABBA, Amazon.com, Apple Inc., Birdman (rapper), Cash Money Records, Deezer, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Spotify, Streaming media

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6 Reasons Why Your Social Media Channels Aren’t Growing

Are you a proactive user of social media, but find that you're unable to gain the kind of traction with fans that you'd like? This article offers some suggestions about. Continue reading

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Tags: Annoyance, AOL, Apple Inc., Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, MySpace, Pinterest, social media, Twitter

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