This Week In Music Commentary
Commentators on recent music business happenings this week weighed in on issues such as Congress's need to get serious about artist rights, why any company that buys Spotify will likely. Continue reading
Former Guevara, Virgin Records Exec Phil Quartararo Named Vice Chair Of Online Concert Startup LiveXLive
Industry veteran Phil Q has landed at online concert startup LiveXLive after a difficult stint at struggling music streamer Guevara, where he held a variety of executive positions, including Chairman. Continue reading
New Global Head Of Music Lyor Cohen’s Letter To His YouTube Team [FULL TEXT]
Former top Def Jam and Warner Music Group executive Lyor Cohen has been named the Global Head Of Music for Google's YouTube (more here), and began his tenure with a. Continue reading
MON. BRIEF: Singapore Investor Buys Major Rolling Stone Stake • ScoreBig Shuts Down • Snapchat Spectacles • More
Monday 9.26.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Does a Singapore investor buying 49% of Rolling Stone signal the end of an era or the start of a more global. Continue reading
Pledge Music CEO Dominic Pandiscia On Creating Fan Experiences [INTERVIEW]
Here PledgeMusic CEO Dominic Pandiscia talks about how he got his start in the industry, his experience in it over time, and how PledgeMusic works as a direct-to-fan platform, bringing. Continue reading
Liv Buli’s Reading List: Obama’s SXSW, Pandora ❤ Hip Hop and Nickelback is Cool Say What? It’s Just Another Week in Music and More
As she does (almost) every week, Liv Buli, the Data Journalist for Pandora's Next Big Sound shares what she's paying attention to, as she parsed data while also taking the cultural temperature. Liv. Continue reading
Apple Music Scores Exclusive On Britney Spears’ New Album “Glory”
Days after Frank Ocean shared that Apple Music had been given a 2 week exclusive to his much anticipated new release, Britney Speared tweeted that she'd cut a deal with Apple. Continue reading
Katy Perry Is First To Surpass 90 Million Twitter Followers
Katy Perry and Twitter just hit a new milestone – 90 million Twitter followers. She is the most followed person in the world, and the first to ever reach 90 million. Continue reading
November Merch Charts: Slipknot, Katy Perry, Chris Stapleton, More
Looks like fans everywhere were in the spooky spirit as we see a lot of Halloween-specific merchandise climbing up the charts. Masks were big sellers and Slipknot merch took the. Continue reading
8 Most Viewed Music Videos Of All Time On YouTube
For many fans, YouTube is where they consume music; and for many musicians YouTube where they promote and find new fans. But only a select few really really break through. Continue reading
