Do Messaging Apps Foretell The End Of Music Streaming Services?

With the rise of apps such as WhatsApp, many people are moving away from larger public social networks in favor of smaller group and one-on-one messaging services. This raises some. Continue reading

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How To Create The Perfect Custom Thumbnail For Your Videos

The thumbnail for a video can make a massive difference in whether or not  someone clicks on it or not. This means it is important to create a custom thumbnail when. Continue reading

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Pre-order A New Edition Of Donald Passman’s ‘All You Need to Know About the Music Business’ – SAVE 40%

"All You Need to Know About the Music Business" by Donald S. Passman is often called “the industry bible,” and rightfully so.  A new  edition will be released next week and. Continue reading

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Facebook Amps Up Music Discovery, Sharing With “Stories”

Facebook has tried and mostly failed at making music a part of its hugely popular platform.  Acknowledging that "there are few things people love more than music, Facebook today announced. Continue reading

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THE PITCH: Mixvisor – More Than A Replacement For Bop.fm

THE PITCH today comes from Mixvisor, The startup is creating intelligent emdebable music players that pull information from any web page and music from Apple Music and Spotify.  It sounds. Continue reading

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This Week In Music Commentary

This week we hear about Adele's tumultuous relationship with Apple, how Lorde achieved superstar status, what exactly a trademark is and why it's important, as well as more music commentary.

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How Apple Music Paid Subscriptions Stack Up Against The Competition [CHART]

Earlier this week, Apple announced that Apple Music has 6.5 million paid subscribers. While its easy to be critical that with Apple's reach and hundreds of millions of active users,. Continue reading

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Which Billboard Artists Are Being Illegally Downloaded The Most?

While Billboard takes a number of factors into account when calculating its rankings, it does not include illegal downloads, which would alter their statistics significantly. Here we look at which. Continue reading

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Eddy Cue, Jimmy Iovine, Zane Lowe Speak In Code About Apple Music’s Secret Subscriber Numbers

This is the week that Apple learns how many users will choose to pay for Apple Music. They will never tell us the real numbers (if there were a pool, I'd. Continue reading

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Hacked Patreon Data Appears Online + How To Find Out If Your Data Was Breached

Yesterday, we reported that Patreon had been hacked.  At the time, company co-founder Jack Conte assured users that no sensitive information had been breached. Now, much of the hacked data has. Continue reading

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POLL: Will You Pay For Apple Music?

Apple Music launched 90 days ago today, and that means that the first group of free trial subscriptions are expiring.  If you want to make sure you don't ever pay. Continue reading

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