Pandora To Celebrate 10 Years With Ad Free Listening
Pandora turns 10 years old next week, and a decade is an eternity in digital music. After they launched, co-founder Tim Westergren spent a lot of time out of the office. Continue reading
“Unparalleled Promotional Value” Of Big Corporate Radio Not So Valuable
As fewer and fewer people discover new music through conventional terrestrial radio, it has switched to a system of playing the same top 40 hits ad nauseam, meaning that its value. Continue reading
9 Labels Working To Fix A Broken Music Industry
Being a record label today means something very different from what it did twenty years ago, and success can be hard to come by. These labels are experimenting with new ways of. Continue reading
Today’s Senate Hearings Ask “How Much For A Song? [Watch Live Now]
How much money is collected for the use of music, how it is distributed and who is in control is a matter of law in the U.S. Are BMI and ASCAP music monopolies. Continue reading
3 Tips to Better Manage a Subscription-Based Music Business
Subscription-Based business have met the demands of binge media consumers by making a vast amount of movies and music for a nominal fee. As much as services like Spotify and. Continue reading
THURS. NEWS BRIEF: Vinyl Sales Soar, Facebook Fatigue, Next Big Labs, Take That Google Exclusive & More
THURSDAY 11.26.2014 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web Happy Thanksgiving from the team @ Hypebot, MusicThinkTank and Skyline Music. We have much to be thankful for, and. Continue reading
It’s Amazing That The Old Record Industry Existed In The First Place
By Philip Kaplan on Medium.com The world was abuzz this week with reports that Taylor Swift removed her music from Spotify. She called the service “a grand experiment” and said she wanted. Continue reading
The Shattered Hit Record Model
People have complained about how the music business model is broken and records aren’t selling. Many believe that music today is a formula and soul-less; however, Bobby Owsinski believes that. Continue reading
MusicThinkTank.com Weekly Recap: How To Play SXSW, The Fan Experience & More
Where The Music Industry Thinks Out Loud Simon Tam: How to Get Into SXSW Tom Dennehy: Forget Your Business Model. What is Your Vision? Leena Sowambur: My TEDx Talk. Continue reading
Forget Your Business Model, What is Your Vision?
To survive in the long run, businesses need to have a vision. With the business of selling music CDs on the decline, you need to adapt your business to these. Continue reading
