REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Study & Analysis: EDM Fans vs. Other Music Fans Major League Baseball Gets Into The Music Festival Business MTV Video Music Awards 2013: Full List Of Winners and Top Sales. Continue reading
10% Of All Digital Music Sales Come From One App
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Are you in a band? You should probably make sure Shazam has your music in its system, because according to the company’s figures, it. Continue reading
Spotify Nabs Dealmaking Exec From 21st Century Fox
Spotify has been without a head of global business development for almost a year, following the departure of Gerrit Meir, who lasted just 12 months. The position has finally been filled. Continue reading
ThingLink Raises $2 Million For Ecommerce In Image Tags, Adds To Exec Team
Helsinki and New York based startup ThingLink has closed a new $2 million financing round led by Helsinki-VC firm Inventure Oy. Other participants include angel investments from former Tumblr president John Maloney,. Continue reading
Messaging Apps Line and WeChat Open New Front In The Digital Music Wars
A recent reveal by Line Corporation that it would be launching Line Music as a feature on its messaging app made it clear that messaging apps could extend their competition. Continue reading
Not All Developers Have A Problem With Apple’s 30% Of In-App Subscriptions
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. It’s common knowledge that Apple takes 30 percent of the revenue for any app sold in iTunes, which is, of course, the only place. Continue reading
Pandora Stock Falls 13%
Last week Pandora delivered earnings and future estimates that disappointed industry analysts. Details also began to leak regarding the launch of Apple's iTunes Radio next month. This combination of negative. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Trent Reznor On Returning To A Major Label With NIN Neil Young's Pono Music Still Facing Major Obstacles As New Details Emerge Licensing Difficulties Help Keep Netflix Out Of Streaming. Continue reading
Indie Duo Rabbit Rabbit Grows Their Own Indie Music Subscription Service
Experimentation with subscription and patronage models for indie musicians is a big theme at the moment. The duo Rabbit Rabbit have been exploring the terrain since early 2012 with Rabbit. Continue reading
Do Music Charts Still Matter? [Upward Spiral Deep Dive #3]
The question of what music charts should count has defined a debate in the music industry that has been going on for several years. Because what gets counted — i.e.. Continue reading
