Tag: music industry

FRI. BRIEF: SoundExchange $’s Could Fall $200M In ’17 • Run-DMC Sues Amazon, WalMart • More

Friday 12.30.16 Music Business News From Around The Web SoundExchange has been an industry, bright spot, but that could change in 2017 thanks for direct licensing. Updated continuously under our More. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/30/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Google Play Music, music industry, Never Miss a Beat, Performance rights organisation, Recording Industry Association of America, Royalty payment, Sirius XM Holdings, SoundExchange, Streaming media

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Shazam To Add Songkick Concert Listings In 2017

In a year end letter, Songkick CEO Matt Jones shared some impressive direct to fans ticket sales stats and an announcement that Shazam would be joining Spotify, SoundCloud and Pandora in distributing. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/29/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Initial public offering, iTunes, music industry, Pandora Radio, Soundcloud, Spotify, Streaming media, Subscription business model, TechCrunch

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Internet Gives Musicians Double-Edged Sword

In the shifting landscape of the music industry, more and more artists are turning from traditional record labels to streaming services to get their songs and their names out there.. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/28/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adele, CD Baby, Drake (musician), Google, Google Play, Justin Bieber, music industry, One Dance, Rihanna, Spotify

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Music Industry Leaders Offer Their Predictions For 2017

The team behind the music business program at William Paterson University reached out to a variety of top music industry leaders to get their predictions for the business in 2017.

Guest Post on 12/27/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: American Society of Composers, Apple Music, Authors and Publishers, Berklee College of Music, Broadcast Music, CD Baby, Inc., independent music, music industry, Recording Industry Association of America, SESAC, Streaming media

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Fader Adds 2 To Social Media Team

Music and media company The FADER, has announced the addition of two social media editors, Juliana Pache and Ali Suliman.

Bruce Houghton on 12/27/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adobe Photoshop, album, Art museum, Facebook, Instagram, Kanye West, music industry, Philadelphia, social media, The Fader

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Turning Pennies To Dollars: Increasing The Efficiency Of Royalty Collections

Although little attention was paid to them in a more profitable era, keeping track of minimal royalty collections has become increasingly important in the music industry, something which is being. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/22/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Society of Composers, Anti-competitive practices, Authors and Publishers, Berklee College of Music, Broadcast Music, consent decree, EMI, Inc., music industry, Music licensing, Performance rights organisation, YouTube

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10 Music Marketing Predictions For 2017 [JESSE KIRSHBAUM]

2016 was a good year for growth in the music industry, with massive expansion seen on multiple industry fronts. In this piece, Jesse Kirshbaum of looks ahead to what the year 2017. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/21/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Music, Cary Sherman, Disc jockey, music industry, Never Miss a Beat, Recording Industry Association of America, Spotify, Streaming media, YouTube

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If Music Is Digital Gold , Why Do We Always Treat It Like Digital Plastic? [BENJI ROGERS]

In the piece Benji Rogers bemoans the devaluation of music, and shares how the implementation of blockchain tech could make it so that ownership data was required for a song to even. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/21/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 4G, Advertising, Alan Cross, Amazoncom, Bitcoin, Blockchain (database), Cryptocurrency, music industry, Smart contract, The Huffington Post

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TuneGO Raises $3.6 Million To Connect Musicians With The Industry

TuneGO has raised $3.6 million in Series A financing. This is not the first startup promising to connect unknown talent with the music industry's star making machine; and it won't. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/21/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: APM Music, Desmond Child, FirstMark Capital, Goldman Sachs, John Benitez, music, music industry, Peter Asher, Record producer, Ron Dante, Software as a service

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Join Hypebot’s Online Holiday Networking Party Starting Wednesday

On Wednesday, we're reviving a tradition by encouraging you, our wonderful readers, to share who you are, what you're working on and your plans and aspirations for 2017 with the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/20/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Amazoncom, Bob Dylan, Cyber Monday, Detroit, Drake (musician), Emerging technologies, Hypebot, music industry, Never Miss a Beat, Spotify

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