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Facebook officially adds Live Audio Rooms, podcasts

Facebook has officially launched Live Audio Rooms and podcasts as part of its push to expand social audio. Yes, Facebook is yet another challenger to Clubhouse as well as expanding. Continue reading

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Facebook, YouTube agree to voluntary anti-piracy measures with UK Creatives

Backed by the UK government, British creative industries, along with several major social media services like Facebook and YouTube, have settled on a set of new anti-piracy measures. Guest post. Continue reading

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What everyone gets wrong about audio discovery – but Facebook, Spotify might get right

Word-of-mouth remains the main driver for how listeners typically discover new audio, and while many in the audio industry have found this this a nebulous and elusive marketing channel to. Continue reading

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Best practices: YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook

In an effort to help artists improve their online skills in the industry, the good people at Symphonic have created a series of ‘best practice’ sheets for successfully navigating YouTube,. Continue reading

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Clubhouse’s popularity sparks retaliation from major social networks

The cool new kid in school, Clubhouse’s immense and sudden popularity has predicatably caused Facebook and Twitter to launch their own versions of an audio-only social networking tool. Guest post. Continue reading

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Facebook’s facelift: 2021 best practices

Facebook, now the largest social network worldwide, has kicked off 2021 with some major changes. Here, explore how to most effectively navigate these changes as an artist in 2021. Guest. Continue reading

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Spotify becomes ‘official’ way to share music, podcasts on Facebook

Facebook will launch a Spotify-driven audio player next week as part of a major push into audio announced by CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Dubbed internally “Project Boombox,” the player will provide. Continue reading

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Facebook adds video monetization options

Facebook hasn’t exactly been an industry leader when it comes to allowing users to monetize content, but has been making an effort recently to rectify the situation. Here we look. Continue reading

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Facebook treats punk rock band as crazy conspiracy theorists, kicks them offline

As part of their sluggish crackdown on conspiracy theorists, Facebook recently gave the digital boot to Oakland-based punk rockers Adrenochrome, assuming the name was somehow connected to the unhinged QAnon. Continue reading

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Facebook will soon help publish your newsletter, but we aren’t sure it’s a good idea

Newsletters have a been a staple of artist-to-fan communication for some years, and while email has historically been the best tool for this, Facebook is now getting into the newsletter. Continue reading

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Is Facebook Broken As A Music Marketing Tool?

Building and reaching an audience on Facebook has never been easy. But recent changes have made it even harder. Why is Facebook broken for so many musicians? Facebook has recently. Continue reading

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