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Who’s Buying Music Today vs 10 Years Ago

Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 Blog A recent survey by MusicWatch looked at the demographics of CD and digital music buyers back in 2004 and compared them to 2014.. Continue reading

Guest Post on 01/23/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Inc., Compact disc, Digital audio, iTunes, LP record, Music download, music industry, Spotify, Streaming media, YouTube

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Melboss Launches To Serve As Accelerator For Musicians Seeking To Build Careers

Melboss Co-Founders, Francisco Buendia and Filippo Tartari saw a need for an inclusive music hub and open marketplace and aim to fill that deficit with Melboss. Melboss prides itself on being an. Continue reading

Nia R Jones on 01/23/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Acts of the Apostles, Alice Tully Hall, Ellen DeGeneres, L.A. Live, Los Angeles, music industry, Nokia, People's Choice Awards, Spotify, Taylor Swift

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FRI. NEWS BRIEF: Pro Tools Goes Free, Zoe Keating vs. YouTube, Next Big Sound Band-Band Report & More

FRIDAY 1.23.2014 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web CLICK HERE Updated Continuously @ Hypebot's More News Tab

Bruce Houghton on 01/23/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., BigChampagne, Bose Corporation, Ethan Kaplan, Hypebot, Live Nation Entertainment, music industry, Pandora, Spotify, Streaming media

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Spotify Upgrades App With Gestures, Touch Preview

Spotify has followed the lead of hot apps like Snapchat adding swiping gestures. An upgraded iOS app adds Touch Preview which allows users to preview a song from a playlist,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/22/2015 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: All of Me (song), Android (operating system), Artist, Greenwich Mean Time, IOS, IPod Touch, Snapchat, Spotify, Tinder, Track and field

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AM NEWS BRIEF: Rdio +24 Countries, Spotify App Upgrade, Sony Hack Hits Music, Saavn Passes 11M & More

THURSDAY 1.22.2014 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web CLICK HERE Updated Continuously @ Hypebot's More News Tab

Bruce Houghton on 01/22/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Bose Corporation, Hypebot, Live Nation Entertainment, music industry, Pandora, record label, Spotify, Streaming media, Swiss People's Party

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What The Resurrection of Vinyl Albums Actually Looks Like

In the face of an unrelenting decline in album sales, vinyl has made a second coming of sorts. The sales of vinyl albums rose 52% bringing revenue up to 9.2 million. Continue reading

Nia R Jones on 01/21/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: album, Album cover, Compact disc, Digital audio, Gramophone record, iTunes, LP record, music industry, Spotify, Swiss People's Party

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Streamus Chrome Extension Turns YouTube Into FREE Music Streaming Service

Google and YouTube have been plotting ways to encourage people to pay for streaming music. YouTube Music Key, currently in beta, charges $7.99 and up for a premium overlay to. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/21/2015 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Android (operating system), Bandcamp, Chrome extension, Google, Google Chrome, Google Chrome Extensions, Google Play, Spotify, Streaming media, YouTube

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Apple Acquires Musicmetric To Add Analytics To Beats Music

(UPDATED) Apple has acquired UK music analytics firm Musicmetric and it's parent company Semetric. Musicmetric pulls data from social, the web and music services to provide analytics and forecasting for. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/21/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Companies House, iTunes, London, Musicmetric, Semetric, Spotify, Streaming media, The Echo Nest, The Guardian

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The Past Year For Music Startups, The Success of Nexflix, And The Niche Side of Music Streaming

In a recent episode of the Upward Spiral, a music business podcast, we talked with Jon Maples, the former VP of product at Rhapsody, about what the music startup landscape. Continue reading

admin on 01/20/2015 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: Apple Inc., Bono, Chromecast, Digital audio, Google, Google Play, iTunes, Rdio, Spotify, YouTube

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Sonos Exploring API For 3rd Party Music Apps

Sonos appears poised to correct the only real flaw that I've found in it's otherwise superior wireless music system: the ability to contol Sonos from within my favorite music apps. A. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/20/2015 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: AT&T, Cricket Wireless, Deezer, Google, iHeartRadio, List of online music databases, Rdio, Songza, Spotify, TuneIn

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