Bob Dylan Pandora Station Adds Spike 1825%

After Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize For Literature on Thursday, his week over week new station adds on Pandora spiked 1825%. Dylan streams on Spotify jumped 512%. Some individual track. Continue reading

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AM BRIEF: Pirates Outrank Streamers • Americana Outsells Country • Beyonce Sells 2M Tix • LPFM • More

Monday 10.17.16 Music Business News From Around The Web  Does free streaming really reduce piracy when traffic on PBay and YouTube-MP3 surpasses Spotify and Pandora? Updated continuously under our More News tab

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

In this edition of our look back through the past seven days of industry news, we examine SFX's continued action against Robert Sillerman, Pandora and Shazam's additions to their respective. Continue reading

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

The most popular and frequently read posts on Hypebot this week included a breakdown of what to expect when working with studio musicians, what will happen when music streaming reaches. Continue reading

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Why Music Will Never Be A Top Priority At Sony Corp [CHART]

Record labels and other music companies are, by necessity, businesses.  But in an age when each of the three major label groups is part of a larger conglomerate (WMG/Access Industries,. Continue reading

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Pandora Adds Track Sharing

Pandora is starting to look and feel like a full streaming music service. Alongside yesterday's rebranding and prior to the upcoming launch of an on-demand music streamer, Pandora has added. Continue reading

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Pandora Rebrands With New Logo

Pandora is revving up it efforts to encourage users to transition from free to paid as it preps its on demand streaming music service for launch later this year.  Along. Continue reading

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Amazon Music Unlimited Launches At Prices Far Below Spotify, Apple

[UPDATED] Amazon has launched is promised Music Unlimited streaming service, and like most Amazon offerings its main selling point is lower price. 

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Why Music Will Never Be A Top Priority At Sony Corp [CHART]

Record labels and other music companies are, by necessity, businesses.  But in an age when each of the three major label groups is part of a larger conglomerate (WMG/Access Industries,. Continue reading

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YouTube Misses Point With Lyor Cohen Hire [Bobby Owsinski]

In the wake of it's failure to pay what many executives and artists consider sufficient royalties, YouTube is attempting to appease labels with its hire of music business insider Lyor Cohen which, according. Continue reading

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Deezer Partners With Feature.fm As First On-Demand Music Streamer To Offer Affordable Marketing To Artists

Native music ad platrom Feature.fm has expanded its reach signifigantly with a new Deezer partnership. Feature.fm, which some dismiss as 'pay-to-play', has scored wins offering indie artists affordable guaranteed in-stream. Continue reading

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