QTrax, Snapchat, and Self-Driving Cars
Cortney Harding takes an objective look at the future of Snapchat and QTrax and what their projected path could mean for the future of the music industry in her post. Continue reading
SXSW Announces 2015 Music Hackathon
Bringing music and tech together is usually a good thing. Seldom, however, are the results more concrete than during a music tech hackathon; and nowhere is the talent bench deeper. Continue reading
MON. NEWS BRIEF: Top BBC DJ Joins Apple, Snapchat To Buy Big Machine?, Qtrax Comeback, CÜR Media & More
MONDAY 1.16.2015 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web What does Top BB Radio DJ Zane Lowe exiting for Apple mean for the new Beats iTunes music service?. Continue reading
How Music Consumer Research Has Changed
By Kyle Bylin, author of Promised Land: Youth Culture, Disruptive Startups, and the Social Music Revolution. Studying people’s music buying habits used to be simple. You handed a person a. Continue reading
Music Publishing Roundup 1.13.15: Grammy Creative Alliance, BMI vs Pandora, Rapidshare & More
[Updated] Recording Academy president Neil Portnow launched The Creative Alliance with help from Ryan Tedder and Jennifer Hudson live Monday night during his annual speech at the Grammy’s. With founding members including. Continue reading
FACT: Pandora Only Pays Songwriters 4% Of Revenues
Op ed by David Israelite, head of the National Music Publisher's Association. In a New Year’s message to listeners, Pandora’s CEO called 2014 the “year of the working artist on Pandora.” He. Continue reading
Can You Guess The Most Grammy Award Winning Artists Of All Time?
Last night's Grammy winners will dominate today's news, but past Grammy winners are often forgotten. In fact, the most Grammy awards of all time went to an orchestral and operatic conductor. Continue reading
Spotify Uses Data To Predict Grammy Winners
Spotify has released data that predicts who will win a Grammy in four of the top categories: Album Of The Year, Record of The Year, Song of The Year and. Continue reading
Music Publishing News Roundup 2.2.15: Sam Smith, Spotify, Jay Z and More
Sam Smith has added Tom Petty as a co-writer to his hit “Stay With Me” after Petty’s team discovered similarities between the song and Petty’s 1989 hit “I Won’t Back Down”.. Continue reading
BandsInTown Passes 15 Million App Downloads, 250,000 Artists
(UPDATED) BandsInTown announced today that more than 15 million music fans have downloaded its app. The company also shared that 250,000 artists now use the platform to promote their live. Continue reading
