WED. NEWS BRIEF: Azoff Presses YouTube, Patreon Pays $1M Monthly, 8Tracks, Ticketfly, Marley & More

WEDNESDAY 11.19.2014 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web  CLICK HERE  Updated Continuously @ Hypebot's More News Tab 

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How Long Do We Listen To A Song?

By Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 We now live in a world where it's really easy to skip a song that we're listening to if we're not satisfied. This is a revelation. Continue reading

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iHeartMedia CEO Bob Pitman: “Taylor Swift is One of the Smartest People I’ve Ever Met” [Interview]

iHeartMedia Chairman & CEO Bob Pittman spoke with Bloomberg's Stephanie Ruhle and Erik Schatzker at Bloomberg's The Year Ahead summit in Washington, DC:  "Taylor Swift is probably one of the. Continue reading

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Robert Plant Denies There Was An $800 Million Offer To Reunite Led Zeppelin

Robert Plant has taken exception to a story that he turned down an $800 million offer from Virgin head Richard Branson to reunite with his former bandmates for a Led. Continue reading

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Spotify Says They’d Pay Taylor Swift $6 million, Label Says She Got Just 12% Of That

While the initial burn of Taylor Swift pulling her music from one of the industry's leading streaming services may be cooling slightly, the long distance conversation between Scott Borchetta, the CEO. Continue reading

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Grooveshark Fires Back After Spotify CEO Calls Them A “Pirate Service”

The subject of multiple lawsuits, Grooveshark has long been music streaming's bad boy; and that extends to a willingness to fight back when someone throws a punch. That certainly was this. Continue reading

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Spotify Now Has 50 Million Users, 12.5 Million Paid Subscribers

[UPDATED] In a blog post we published earlier on Tuesday, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek revealed that the music streamer has surpassed 50 million users and 12.5 million paid premium subscribers.. Continue reading

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PledgeMusic Welcomes Industry Veteran Dan Gosh-Roy as Head of Marketing & Digital Strategy

Earlier this week, PledgeMusic announced their appointment of Dan Gosh-Roy as Head of Marketing and Digital Strategy. The newly created position is based in New York City, reporting to CEO. Continue reading

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How To Sign Up For Pandora Amp Free Artist Analytics Platform

Last week Pandora opened up its long anticipated analytics platform, Pandora AMP, to all artists and managers. The free service provides a detailed view of the audiences of 125,000+ artists. Continue reading

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Personalized Bandcamp Recommendations with BCRecommender

By Yanir Seroussi from BCRecommender I've been a Bandcamp user for a few years now and I love it. I love the fact that they pay out a significant share of the. Continue reading

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