TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
The most popular and widely read articles from Hypebot this week included those covering Spotify's reversal of its position on windowing, lessons artists can learn from Seth Godin, Frank Ocean's. Continue reading
Is Spotify Punishing Apple Artists?
In an effort to combat the rash of Apple Music exclusives which have been cropping up of late, Spotify has allegedly been manipulating search results so that artists who provided with. Continue reading
How Music Industry Project Management SHOULD Work
As the music industry has transformed and increased in complexity so dramatically over the past few years that the already time consuming task of reporting has grown even more so.. Continue reading
Revelator Raises $2.5M To Expand Digital Music Business Platform
Revelator's mission is as simple as it is important: build the first open business platform for distributing, selling, licensing and collecting revenue for music online. Today, the the company announced it. Continue reading
Desperate For New Label Deals, Spotify Reverses Position And Will Allow Release Windowing [Report]
Spotify is ready to allow new releases to be windowed on its paid Premium service. The music streamer needs new contracts with the major labels before it can move forward. Continue reading
TUE. BRIEFING: Apple Sets Launch Event, Gets $13B EU Tax Bill • VMA Ratings Tank • Guvera $1M Deadline • More
Tuesday 8.30.16 Music Business News From Around The Web $13B Tax Bill, Slowing iPhone and iPad sales, Spotify… We'll find out next Wednesday is Apple has a strong Next Chapter.. Continue reading
Frank Ocean’s Bombastic Blond Moment And What It Can Tell Us About The Future Of Artists And Labels
After releasing his heavily anticipated visual album 'Endless' and thereby fulfilling his contractual obligation with Universal, Frank Ocean sent massive shockwaves through the music industry by independently releasing another album,. Continue reading
Frank Ocean’s “Endless” Deemed Ineligible For Billboard Charts
Frank Ocean shook up the music industry with unusual back to back releases. His new indie album "Blonde" is headed for #1, but his Universal Music Group release "Endless" isn't. Continue reading
Spotify Adds Full “Concerts” Tab To All Artist Pages, Expanding Songkick Partnership
Spotify has added a Concerts tab to all artist pages. It's part of a trend that's seen Spotify, Pandora and YouTube add features that help artists communicate with and monetize. Continue reading
Spotify Says 2nd Half Of 2015 Saw Fastest Subscriber Growth Ever, Despite Apple Music
It was a positive story amidst a week of bad news for Spotify. Minutes after news leaked that Apple Music had signed up an impressive 10 million paid subscribers in its. Continue reading
3 Major Music Industry Stories You Missed Over The Weekend
Fewer business stories break late on Friday afternoon or over the weekend. But that journalistic adage did not hold true this weekend as Spotify got hit by a second lawsuit,. Continue reading
