Pollstar Names 2016 Touring Industry Award Winners
Touring industry trade Pollstar named the winners of its 2016 awards last Friday, the last day of its Pollstar Live! conference in San Francisco. Taylor Swift took home major tour of the year, DC's. Continue reading
Kayne West Takes Tidal To #1 Then Falls Off The Deep End, Begs Mark Zuckerberg To Lend Him $54 Million
Thanks to an exclusive on Kayne West's new album "The Life Of Pablo," Tidal is the currently #1 most downloaded app on iTunes. On Twitter, West said that the album. Continue reading
Apple Music Now In Far More Countries Than Spotify
Whether or not Apple Music has been more successful than Spotify may be up for debate, but whether it has been more geographically pervasive isn't. Indeed, at most recent count Apple Music. Continue reading
Grammy Winners 2016 – A Complete List
Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars won the top prize for Record of the Year for their hit single “Uptown Funk” at last night's 58th Grammy Awards. Taylor Swift took home. Continue reading
AM NEWS BRIEF: Spotify Challenges Lowery Suit • MixRadio To Close • Kayne’s Tidal Tirade • Pollstar Live! • More
Tuesday 2.16.2016 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web Spotify is using David Lowery's own argument – that music rights are a jumbled mess – to fight his class. Continue reading
Pandora, Spotify And The Future Of Freemium
Although not long ago it was everyone's favorite business model, the growth of freemium based services like Pandora has slowed, causing its financial backers to lose faith, and call into. Continue reading
Back Catalog Sales Overtake New Releases
A recent review of music sales has revealed 2015 to be the first year where back catalog sales (18 months +) exceeded those of new releases, even with the launch of big. Continue reading
Philadelphia Councilman Scraps Live Music Bill Following Outcry From Music Community
In a recent victory for Philadelphia's live music scene, city councilman Mark Squilla has opted to withdraw his bill giving local police the opportunity to veto live performances. The decision comes following. Continue reading
As Twitter Tumbles, Rumors Of A Switch To Algorithm Based Feeds Are False
Twitter stock tumbled yesterday after the company reported slower user growth. This came after a week of consternation among Twitter users after a rumor began to circulate that the service would. Continue reading
