Spotify Launches “Fan Insights” Free Artist Analytics Platform

Imagine if an artist could concentrate their touring only where your fans are? Imagine music marketers could concentrate more effort into magnifying new fan interest as it happened? These are. Continue reading

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The Challenges Of Launching A Music Startup [BRENDEN MULLIGAN]

Longtime music industry player Brenden Mulligan discusses the challenges of launching and running a music startup, and some important dos and don'ts for those planning to start the music business's. Continue reading

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TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

For some of the most popular posts this week, we're looking at a new dedicated Spotify site which allows you to identify which artists you discovered before they hit it. Continue reading

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“Found Them First” – Spotify Measures Your Song Picking Cred

[UPDATED] If you're an early adopter of an up-and-coming band and are looking for bragging rights (or are just curious) Spotify's new "Found Them First" allows users to identify which. Continue reading

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Managers Of John Legend, Knaan, Lindsey Sterling Exit Troy Carter’s Atom Factory

There were two major defections this week at Troy Carter's artist management arm Atom Factory this week, and with them went three marquee clients.

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Thanks To Beats 1, Apple Music Doesn’t Have To Pay For Exclusives

When Apple Music launched Beats 1, I wrote that former record exec Jimmy Iovine had just created every major label's wet dream – a global radio station where they controlled. Continue reading

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Examining Billboard’s Music Executive Survey

TuneCore offers its take on Billboard's anonymous survey of top ranking music executives and how much their love of Taylor Swift, hatred of rap, and feelings about how fair the. Continue reading

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This Week In Music Commentary

Plenty of chatter in the music industry this week, as Lady Gaga issues a cease and desist over breast milk ice cream, Louisa Wendorff talk T-Swift and Twitter, and Straight. Continue reading

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Lady Gaga Sends Cease And Desist To Breast Milk Ice Cream Maker

Lady Gaga has reportedly filed a cease and desist order with U.K.-based company The Licktators, manufacturers of breast milk ice cream over the name of one of their products, Royal. Continue reading

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The Value Of A Spin, Per Listener, To Songwriters On US Radio Was $0.0000955

 Now that ASCAP and BMI have released their revenues for 2014, and we have some data on SESAC (thanks to Moody’s), we can estimate the value of a spin, per. Continue reading

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Midem Names Artist Accelerator Shortlist

International music industry convention Midem is taking a page from the tech playbook as it broadens its outreach to the artist community with the creation of  the Midem Artist Accelerator.

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