Tag: IOS

Apple Is Buying Taylor Swift’s Record Label For $250M [Report], And It’s Not As Crazy As It Sounds

Apple is buying Taylor Swift's record label Big Machine for $250 million. At least that's the report that's surfaced from Hits Daily Double, an old school music industry site that. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/09/2015 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (3)
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Love it? Then Save It: Spotify Adds Automatic Shazam Playlists

You pull out your smartphone and fire up Shazam to identify a great song you're hearing. But then what? Too often you forget the name of the band or song. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/06/2015 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (1)
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TIDAL Brings HD Music Streaming To 5 New EU Countries

TIDAL, WiMP's lossless music streaming service with HD music, videos and curated editorial, today announced its launch in five new European countries: Ireland, Finland, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. 

Bruce Houghton on 01/22/2015 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Spotify Upgrades App With Gestures, Touch Preview

Spotify has followed the lead of hot apps like Snapchat adding swiping gestures. An upgraded iOS app adds Touch Preview which allows users to preview a song from a playlist,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/22/2015 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Spotify Now Has 60M Users, 15M Paid Subscribers

Spotify announced this morning that it now has 15 million paid subscribers and 60 million active users worldwide. The milestone comes as Spotify and its competitors jockey for position in. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/12/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Facebook, Twitter Changes Make Music Videos More Important Than Ever

The need for quality promotional video isn't going away – in fact, it's importance is rapidly increasing. With YouTube's continued growth and relevance in music discovery and the moves that. Continue reading

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Live Nation Labs Top Execs Eric Garland, Ethan Kaplan Exit As Division Restructures

Top executives Eric Garland and Ethan Kaplan have exited Live Nation Labs, the concert and ticketing giant's digital innovation hub, according to multiple sources. Labs was created after Live Nation's. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/06/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Patreon Donors Gave $10 Million To Musicians and Creators In 2014

2014 should, in part, be remembered as the year that the Renaissance concept of patronage of the arts returned with a digtial twist. In an email to users, Patreon revealed that. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/30/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Why SoundCloud Will Beat Other Streaming Music Services [Best of Hypebot 2014]

As 2014 comes to an end, we look back at the year's most read posts on Hypebot. This one is by Dan Polaske, an entrepreneur & blogger.  Who is the current leader. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/29/2014 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (6)
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8 Steps To A Million YouTube Music Channel Views

By Matt Sandler, musician and founder of Chromatik. I get at least a dozen emails a month from musician friends who want to build out their YouTube presence. I don’t claim to. Continue reading

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The 10 Biggest Bombshells In Music In 2014

By Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 Blog   We’re almost to the end of the year and it’s always instructive to take a look back at the biggest stories that. Continue reading

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