Yahoo Acquihires Troy Carter’s Bread
Bread, aka bre.ad, was an url shortener that served you an ad between the click on the shortened url and your destination. We're discussing this because Troy Carter, aka Lady. Continue reading
Amanda Palmer On Sinead (2X) On Miley On Being A Women In The Music Industry
"It’s a Chinese finger trap that reflects the basic problems of our women-times: we’re either scolded for looking sexy or we’re scolded for not playing the game." Will this verbal. Continue reading
Oakland Hella Music Hack Day Names 3 Finalists
Often overshadowed by San Francisco and Silicon Valley, Oakland and its surrounding area remains home to Pandora, MOG and Gracenote. Over the weekend, 70 hackers from all over California to. Continue reading
MTV European Music Awards Nominees [FULL LIST]
The MTV European Music Awards will be held this year in Amsterdam on November 13th at the new cutting-edge venue the Ziggo Dome. It's the award show's 20th Anniversary, Here. Continue reading
Songza Scores $4.7M, Expands Native Advertising
Mood and activity based music streamer Songza has raised $4.7 million in equity financing. Investors include Amazon, which has participated in earlier funding rounds, along with talent agency William Morris Endeavor,. Continue reading
Lady Gaga: Only “Fans And Music Scholars” Are Worth Listening To
"Dont focus on ANY blogger criticism." tweeted Lady Gaga. "I have been a producer/songwriter/musician for over 10 years. Trust the artist bloggers are not critics." "The fans + music. Continue reading
StageBloc Launches Fansites For Justin Timberlake, Kid Rock and You
StageBloc, which launched as a blogging platform described as being somewhere between Tumblr and WordPress, takes another step in its ongoing development with the introduction of fansites. Both Justin Timberlake. Continue reading
Developing A Mobile App For Your Band
Lady Gaga recently announced that her new album “ARTPOP” will be released physically, digitally, and as an interactive app. With the popularity of apps, musicians have another opportunity to showcase. Continue reading
Backplane Launch “Empowers” Lady Gaga’s LittleMonsters Society
(UPDATE) Lady Gaga manager Troy Carter's move into developing music tech startups includes involvement with the low profile promo url shortener bre.ad and a new service called Backplane that "empowers. Continue reading
