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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Lady Gaga Launches Anti-Bullying Effort At Harvard

One of the more valuable roles a famous musician can play is to bring attention to important social issues. With last week's launch of the Born This Way Foundation, Lady. Continue reading

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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

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Lady Gaga As A Harvard Business School Case Study

Lady Gaga's newest pop star honor is a pair of Harvard Business School case studies by Harvard faculty member Anita Elberse with Michael Christensen. The first study considers the possible. Continue reading

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SURPRISE! How Lady Gaga, The Gourds & The Chemical Brothers Grab Fan Attention

A recent article about using shock as a marketing tool got me thinking about a different approach. Lady Gaga, The Gourds & The Chemical Brothers all share one characteristic, that. Continue reading

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