Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Formal Education • Getting Through A Show • YouTube’s Betrayal • More
This week on MusicThinkTank, we looked at articles exploring whether or not a formal education is valuable to musicians, how to best get through a show when it takes a. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
As we revisit a another busy week in the music industry, we look back on Ruby Tuesday's lawsuit of a same-named band, Apple Music's jump to first place in the. Continue reading
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
The most popular posts to appear on Hypebot over the past week explored Instagram's debut of its new Music for Stories feature, how some high profile artists are using the. Continue reading
How To Be A Responsible Music Fan In The Streaming Era [VIDEO]
Payments to artists for streaming music do not come close to equalling income from downloads, at least in the short term. To make matters worse, the top 10% tracks account. Continue reading
Apple Music Has More U.S. Paid Subscribers Than Spotify
In long rumored, but still surprising shit, a new report claims that the number of paid subscribers using Apple Music has surpassed the number of paid subscribers on Spotify in. Continue reading
Streaming Is Now 75% Of U.S. Music Consumption [CHART]
There were 403 billion on-demand music streams (video + audio streams) in the United States in the first half of 2018, according Nielsen’s 2018 Mid-Year Music Report. Using the industry. Continue reading
QUICK HITS: Crowd Surf • Big Deal + Sounds Of Memphis/XL Records • Steel Wool Entertainment • Downtown
Music marketers Crowd Surf has added Sarah Gaupel and Emily Bowman as Marketing Account Managers in the LA office. Gaupel worked as a Digital Marketing Specialist at Fearless Record and Bowman joins. Continue reading
From Ownership To Access: Disruption In Music and Media [Mark Mulligan]
The music and video industries are often cited as prime examples of digital disruption and resurrection. But while plotting comparable paths towards access-based models, a closer look by MIDiA analyst. Continue reading
Change Needed Before Net Can Drive Creativity and Prosperity, say Musicians, Academics
In this except from a submission made to the EU's National Telecommunications and Information Administration, a coalition of performers, musicians, and academics issue a plea to restructure the web as. Continue reading
Artista Records Returns
Legendary label imprint Arista Records has restarted and will be headed by veteran label exec David Massey. Sony has announced that Arista will launch as a “frontline creative center,” alongside. Continue reading
