Midem 2018 Attendance Up 9%, 50% Off Peak, 2019 Dates Set

Midem attendance  for 2018 was up by 9% over last year, according to organizers Reed Midem. The global music industry conference, which was held June 5-8 in Cannes, France, hosted 4800. Continue reading

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4 Ways Music Will Drive Marketing In Years To Come

In this piece Nick Keenan look at some of the best ways music has recently been utilized across brand categories as way to make content unique and engaging by building. Continue reading

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Spotify Stock Begins Week Near All Time High On News Of Direct Deals With Artists

Spotify stock begins the week trading at $171.48 per share, near its all time high of $172.93. That gives the music streamer a total market value of $30 billion, slightly. Continue reading

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MON. BRIEF: Apple Music Adds ‘Coming Soon’ • Snapchat + Seatgeek • Midem 2018 Wraps • More

MONDAY 6.11.18 Music Business News From Around The Web  Updated continuously under our More News tab

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This Week In Music Commentary

Commentators in the music industry this week shared thoughts on why it is that record collectors collect, the reason startups ought to be included in the Music Modernization Act, the. Continue reading

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Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. and Indie Music

Surviving the music industry as an independent artist is no easy task, but Hypebot did its best to help out this week by offering advice and tips on issues ranging. Continue reading

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

As we rummage back through a busy week in the music business, we revisit Facebook's attempt to bring fun back to music, Ticketfly's confirmation that twenty-seven million of its users. Continue reading

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Apple Music Quietly Adds Pre-Release Album Saves

Apple Music has launched album "pre-adds" that allow the user to "save" an album to their streaming library prior to release. A number of independent services have developed Spotify pre-save. Continue reading

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TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

The most popular articles from the pages of Hypebot this week looked at the opening of Apple Music to all artists, Gibson Guitars' $135 million lifeline, six steps to getting. Continue reading

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PledgeMusic Falls Behind In Paying Artists, Promises Fix

[UPDATED] PledgeMusic has fallen behind on payments to artists that have completed their crowdfunding and pre-release campaigns. The music crowdfunding and e-commerce site boasts that more than 3.4 million fans and. Continue reading

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