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Don’t Be Fooled: The Truth Behind Amazon Music Unlimited’s Price

With Amazon having finally released their long awaited stand-alone streaming service, the $7.99 sticker price seems to be bucking an industry trend by offering consumers unlimited streaming for less, but. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/17/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (12)

Tags: Apple Inc., Canadians, Email address, Forbes, iTunes, Reuters, Share price, Spotify, Streaming media, Subscription business model

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

This week in our scroll back through a busy week of music industry news, we look at 2016's wealthiest DJs, SpinMedia's arrival on the auction block, the death of disgraced. Continue reading

admin on 08/27/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Calvin Harris, CD Baby, Disc jockey, Forbes, lawsuit, Live Nation Entertainment, Snoop Dogg, Tiësto, Wiz Khalifa

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Top 10 Earning DJs 2016: Calvin Harris, Tiesto, Zedd, More [FORBES]

Being a DJ is more lucrative than ever, at least according to the latest 'who is making the most money' report from Forbes. Calvin Harris tops the list with $63. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/25/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Calvin Harris, David Guetta, Disc jockey, Electronic dance music, Forbes, Kaskade, Martin Garrix, Skrillex, Steve Aoki, Tiësto

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Forbes Names Top 30 Under 30 In Music And Leaves Out Adele, Taylor Swift and Lorde

[UPDATED] Forbes continues their string of lists this month featuring 30 movers and shakers under 30 years of age in a variety of sectors and industries. Their music industry list is an. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/07/2016 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (4)

Tags: Adele, Forbes

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Guvera, The Music Streamer You’ve Never Heard Of, Just Raised $72M

[UPDATED] Guvera, the Australian based global music streaming service has raised $72 million 9$100M AU) to fuel expansion. Guvera claims 15 million free and paid users worldwide.

Bruce Houghton on 11/26/2015 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Azim Premji, Dilip Shanghvi, Flipkart, Forbes, Forbes list of Indian billionaires, India, Mukesh Ambani, Net worth, Reliance Industries, Warner Music Group

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Cannes Lions Advertising Festival Adds Music Event

Music is getting its own event at the highly regarded global advertising and branding gathering, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

Bruce Houghton on 11/26/2015 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: A Catholic Statement on Pluralism and Abortion, Advertising, Advertising Age, Advertising agency, Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, Forbes, LinkedIn, McDonald's, music industry, WPP plc

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Adele Broke U.S. Single Week Album Sales Record In Just 3 Days

It's official. Nielsen Soundscan has confirmed that Adele's 25 has broken the single-week U.S. album sales record, and she's done it in just 3 days. After processing the first sales reports. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/24/2015 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Adele (singer), Billboard 200, Cîroc, Dr Dre, Forbes, Jay-Z, Nielsen SoundScan, On the Run Tour, Roc Nation, Sean Combs

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This Week In Music Commentary

This week in the world of music commentary, we hear from The Maine about their free tour, learn about issues with the album release cycle in the modern era, as well. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/25/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: -X- Tour Dates And Concert Schedule, Armand de Brignac, Cîroc, Dr Dre, Forbes, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, Sean Combs, Television network

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Sean Combs Moves Bad Boy Label From UMG To Sony’s Epic Records

Sean Combs has moved his Bad Boy Entertainment to Sony's Epic Records from Universal Music Group's Interscope. The deal includes two upcoming albums from Combs aka Puff Daddy. The deal was. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/05/2015 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Armand de Brignac, Bad Boy Records, Billboard Magazine, Cîroc, Dr Dre, Extended play, Forbes, iHeartRadio, Jay-Z, Las Vegas, Last Train to Paris, Sean Combs, Sean John

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This Week In Music Commentary

Janita's interview for Forbes that Forbes declined to publish, Spotify's CEO says Apple Music is helping them out, and a big announcement from Beats 1 as we lend our ears. Continue reading

Guest Post on 09/19/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Cover version, Disc jockey, Financial Times, Forbes, iTunes, Janita, music industry, Spotify, Zane Lowe

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Janita’s #IRespectMusic Interview For Forbes That Forbes Wouldn’t Publish

Recently Finnish-American singer-songwriter Janita did an interview with Forbes regarding her #IRespectMusic movement, an interview which Forbes later declined to publish. Here Janita examines the reasons behind the reversal of. Continue reading

Guest Post on 09/15/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Forbes, iTunes, Miley Cyrus, music industry, Petz, RCA Records, record label, Soundcloud, The New York Times, YouTube

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