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MUSIC BUSINESS NEWS: Spotify Billion Stream Club • Goldman Sachs predicts streaming price increase • Doja Cat cancels ACL Fest • TikTok enhances DMs • More

MONDAY 9.1.25 • Find the latest Music Business News under BUSINESS NEWS & Live Music Industry News under LIVE INDUSTRY NEWS tabs above.

Bruce Houghton on 09/01/2025 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

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MUSIC BUSINESS NEWS: mixed BMG report • PRS beats Black Box suit • IFF amplifies fests • Field & Stream cancels (again) • new Spotify Nashville Editorial chief • More

Find the latest Music Business News under BUSINESS NEWS & Live Music Industry News under LIVE INDUSTRY NEWS tabs above.

Bruce Houghton on 08/29/2025 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

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ROSTR and Bandsintown launch EARLY industry showcases
ROSTR and Bandsintown launch EARLY, a new live showcase series designed to connect emerging artists with industry decision-makers and tastemakers. Applications to interested artists are open now for a debut event in LA this October.
Bruce Houghton on 08/26/2025 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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MUSIC BUSINESS NEWS: Spotify adds DMs • The Weeknd raising $1B • Kneecap cancels US tour Triller in trouble • Fortnite Festival • More
TUESDAY 8.26.25 • Find the latest Music Business News under BUSINESS NEWS & Live Music Industry News under LIVE INDUSTRY NEWS tabs above.
Bruce Houghton on 08/26/2025 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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SXSW 2026 PanelPicker Voting Ends Sunday! Our Favorites
SXSW 2026 PanelPicker voting ends this Sunday August 24th. Everyone is eligible to vote whether you are registered yet for SXSW or not. Here’s how to vote and a few of our favorite panels and presentations for your consideration.
Bruce Houghton on 08/23/2025 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (0)
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How often should you post on Instagram? An analysis of 2M posts
How often should you post on Instagram? The team at social scheduling app Buffer analyzed 2 million posts from more than 100,000 Instagram accounts. The data offers strong indications of what works and what doesn’t work on Instagram.
Bruce Houghton on 08/21/2025 in Music Marketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Winner at Outside Lands Fest is must use App for Indie Musicians
38 teams competed in the Outside LLMs Music & AI Buildathon, held alongside San Francisco’s Outside Lands Music Festival. The winner Hear Me Out is a my new favorite must use app for indie musicians.
Bruce Houghton on 08/15/2025 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Guide to SXSW 2026 PanelPicker Voting: Best Panels & More
SXSW PanelPicker voting is live! Every year we collab with the smart team at Rock Paper Scissors to find the best panel, presentation and pop-up proposals (I dare you to say that fast three times…) and put them together in our Guide to SXSW 2026 PanelPicker Voting.
Bruce Houghton on 08/15/2025 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Spotify, CDs, Vinyl, Earnings & More
Episode 262 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now.
Bruce Houghton on 08/11/2025 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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How Live Music Stocks Performed Last Week
Live Nation reported as strong Q2 on Thursday. Here is a recap of how it and major live music stocks performed during the week ending Friday, August 8, 2025, along with a comparison to the broader stock market.
Bruce Houghton on 08/11/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Artist, Songwriter, Producer… or AI Music Designer?
After decades of investing in human talent, does the music industry really want to replace talented songwriters, artists and producers with an AI music designer to save money and speed up production? UMG seems to be saying yes, writes Bobby Owsinski.
Alana Bonilla on 08/07/2025 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)
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