Tunecore Passes $300 Million in Artist Payments

Tunecore has paid artists $300 million since it's 2006 launch, according to new stats from the company, representing the earnings from 3 billion downloads and streams. Since the end of. Continue reading

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Sony Cuts Cost Of Unlimited On-Demand Music Streaming 65%

With a single drastic price cut, Sony Music Unlimited just opened a new front in the already heated battle among music streaming services trying to grab market share. Until today's cuts. Continue reading

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Slacker’s CEO On iTunes Radio And Apple’s Walled Garden

"Maybe people want to rent music, after all," wrote Slacker CEO Jim Cady, reacting to Apple's late entry into music streaming with yesterday's  announcement of iTunes Radio.  In addition to. Continue reading

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NEWS BRIEF: Sony Music Unltd Cuts Price, Rhaposdy Adds Tix, iRadio Reaction, #NMS2013, Ampya & More

TUESDAY 6.11.2013 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web CLICK HERE Updated Continuously Under Hypebot's More News Tab Above Related articles Pandora Stock Goes Up After Apple's iTunes. Continue reading

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Apple Announces iTunes Radio

(UPDATE 2) Almost two hours into its annual Worldwide Developers Conference and after several dozen major launches and upgrades, Apple announced iTunes Radio, a Pandora-like music streaming service. Not called iRadio. Continue reading

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

Apple Closes New iRadio Deals, Pushes For June 10th Launch as Pandora Stock Falls Sharply On News MTV Study Unlocks 7 Secrets Of The Musician & Fan Relationship Spotify's 50. Continue reading

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Vidiam To Relaunch With Sponsorship Rev Share For Artist Profiles

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Erstwhile iTunes software designer and marketing leader Alec Marshall had a front row seat to watch music downloads chip away at the CD, starting. Continue reading

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MusicThinkTank Weekly Recap: Songwriting 101 & More

Where The Music Industry Thinks Out Loud Mark Doyon: Songwriting 101: Why Originality Matters Derek Sivers: It's all who you know? Simon Tam: 5 Things You Need to Know About. Continue reading

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What Does An Indie Get Paid On iTunes?

Musicians have various options to sell music, but often they do not get the majority of the income generated from these sales. Companies like iTunes and Amazon take a decent. Continue reading

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iTunes As A Music Discovery Service

By Tyler Hayes, who runs the music discovery site Nxt Big Thing. iTunes is both a mainstream juggernaut, destroying the competition in market and mind-share, and a great discovery tool,. Continue reading

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What If iTunes Were An API?

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. The internets are abuzz once again with news that Apple will release a new version of iTunes today, after Apple senior vice president of. Continue reading

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