Do Spotify’s Investors Lack Confidence In The Platform? [Bobby Owsinski]
Spring is in the air, and Spotify is headed for a direct listing on the NY Stock Exchange on April 3rd. Unfortunately for the streaming platform and its IPO, investors. Continue reading
How to Promote and Grow Your Music Fan Base In 2018
Trying to make it in music isn’t easy. You will have a great deal of competition regardless of how far you make it. Making great music will only get you. Continue reading
Context, Not Genre Drives Playlist Popularity [Analysis]
Early Spotify users found playlists by searching for a genre (Americana, metal, hip hop). But over time, that has shifted to more searches by context (at the gym, work, Sunday. Continue reading
Spotify Cuts Off Playlist Payola Service SpotLister
In a move that many see as long overdue, Spotify has effectively shut down pay-for-playlist slot site SpotLister. But more than a dozen similar pay for play services continue to. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
In this journey back through a crowded week of music industry news, we check back in with Spotify's announcement for and April 3rd stock debut, how social media use in. Continue reading
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
In our most popular posts on Hypebot this week, we covered in detail the woes of a bankrupt iHeartMedia, Sony discusses a purchase of EMI Music Publishing, Spotify is revealed. Continue reading
Last Week In Music Commentary
Commentary on goings-on in the music industry this week covered how to fix the Music Modernization Act's busted Audit Clause, how the copyright stranglehold could potentially be dooming Spotify, and. Continue reading