Tag: Streaming media

Spotify’s Acquisition Of SoundCloud No Longer Likely

Although rumors have been flying about Spotify's potential purchase of SoundCloud for quite some time, it looks as though any hopes of such an acquisition have been dashed. Here we. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/29/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Disc jockey, Financial Times, Initial public offering, record label, Soundcloud, Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift, TechCrunch

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Shazam To Add Songkick Concert Listings In 2017

In a year end letter, Songkick CEO Matt Jones shared some impressive direct to fans ticket sales stats and an announcement that Shazam would be joining Spotify, SoundCloud and Pandora in distributing. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/29/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Initial public offering, iTunes, music industry, Pandora Radio, Soundcloud, Spotify, Streaming media, Subscription business model, TechCrunch

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Music Industry Leaders Offer Their Predictions For 2017

The team behind the music business program at William Paterson University reached out to a variety of top music industry leaders to get their predictions for the business in 2017.

Guest Post on 12/27/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: American Society of Composers, Apple Music, Authors and Publishers, Berklee College of Music, Broadcast Music, CD Baby, Inc., independent music, music industry, Recording Industry Association of America, SESAC, Streaming media

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Facebook Video Chat Is An Effective Music Promotion Tool

While live video has long been a useful tool in musicians' promotional arsenal, Facebook's new video chat option provides some interesting and useful advancements to the medium allowing for more interaction. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/27/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 21st Century Fox, Apple Inc., Broadcasting, Business Insider, Facebook, Online advertising, social media, Streaming media, Twitter, YouTube

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10 Music Marketing Predictions For 2017 [JESSE KIRSHBAUM]

2016 was a good year for growth in the music industry, with massive expansion seen on multiple industry fronts. In this piece, Jesse Kirshbaum of looks ahead to what the year 2017. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/21/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Music, Cary Sherman, Disc jockey, music industry, Never Miss a Beat, Recording Industry Association of America, Spotify, Streaming media, YouTube

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Links, Live, Mentions, Boomerang All Now On Instagram

Good news for Instagram users who've been experiencing Snapchat envy, the former photo sharing platform is now making links, live streams, tags, and boomerang accessible within its Stories feature, something. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/19/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Facebook, Instagram, IOS, Monthly active users, Photo sharing, Snapchat, social media, Streaming media, Twitter, YouTube

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The “Drake” Effect: Thoughts From A&R Exec, Songwriter Spek

Here a recording artist and A&R executive reflects on how the ways in which consumers listen to music and engage with artists has fundamentally changed with more control now in. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/19/2016 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: 5BARz International, A New Day Has Come (song), Academy Awards, Billboard 200, Celine Dion, EMI, Rae Sremmurd, Streaming media, The Beatles, YouTube

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In 2017, Experience Should Be Everything [Mark Mulligan]

Here Mark Mulligan outlines why music streaming services, although they have seen considerable success in 2017, must shift their focus more towards emphasizing the user experience in order to stay. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/19/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Android (operating system), Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, social media, Streaming media, Twitter, User experience, User interface, YouTube

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YouTube, Music Publishers Reach Agreement To Distribute Millions In Unclaimed Royalties

The music industry seem united in their belief that YouTube should pay more money to creators, but that hasn't stopped them from working with Google's popular video site when they. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/19/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Cover version, Google, Google Play Music, music industry, Never Miss a Beat, songwriter, Spotify, Streaming media, YouTube

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Neil Young To Transform Pono Into High-Res Streaming Service

After his recent high-fidelity download service w/ dedicated player flopped, Neil Young is seeking to reinvent Pono as a high-resolution streaming service, although whether this new service will succeed either. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/15/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., country, Deezer, FAQ, FLAC, Freemium, Germany, Google, Spotify, Streaming media

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THU. BRIEF: Twitter, Facebook Video Push • Australia Blocks Pirate Sites • Dynamic Pricing • More

Thursday 12.15.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Video creation: live, ephemeral, archived. YouTube unlocked demand, but Facebook, Snapchat are bringing it to the masses. Updated continuously under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 12/15/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adam Saleh, Apple Inc., Beheading video, Email address, Facebook, Google, Instagram, Le Web, record label, Snapchat, social media, Streaming media, tv, Twitter, video, YouTube

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