Ex Live Nation Labs, Warners Exec Ethan Kaplan Joins Gracenote As SVP Music
Unsurprisingly, it didn't take digital music veteran Ethan Kaplan long to land well after the breakup of Live Nation Labs. Today Gracenote announced he's getting a prime office in their executive. Continue reading
YouTube Challenger Vessel Launches With Better Pay For Creators – GET 1 YEAR FREE
YouTube is so popular that it was bound to attract competitors; and just-launched Vessel may have found the Google owned video giant's achilles heal – low payouts to creators. Along. Continue reading
Music Publishing News Roundup: BMI Revenues, iTunes Radio, IMPEL & More
BMI has released their latest fiscal report, which includes record-high revenue figures for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013. Its $944 million in revenue and $814 million in royalty. Continue reading
New Hires, Titles & Deals @ Shazam, Warner Music, Electronic Arts, Ole, Big Machine and SoundCloud
Kevin McGurn to Chief Revenue Officer at Shazam. Kevin joins from Hulu, where he served as Senior Vice President of Advertising Sales Warner Bros. Records has appointed Brian Frank to Senior. Continue reading
The Week In Music Commentary
Clyde Smith: Why Telling Artists To Stop Selling Music & Just Make Money Through Live Shows Is Ridiculous Daniel Turner with Nicole Nord: Lessons Learned From Recent Music App ‘Fails’. Continue reading
What Can Spotify Learn From Netflix and Hulu?
Spotify has been taking a few hits lately. From Thom Yorke to Pink Floyd, a small but growing list of significant artists and smaller labels are speaking out about what. Continue reading
