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THU. BRIEFING: Facebook Fights Piracy • YouTube Red Stats • Spotify Relaunches Artists Site • More

THURSDAY 11.3.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Facebook is finally getting a more serious about music piracy, but still needs to start paying creators. Updated continuously under our More. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/03/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Anthony Bourdain, Apple Music, BBC, Beauty salon, business, Facebook, Never Miss a Beat, Taylor Swift, United States, YouTube

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Shawn Mendes, Ariana Grande, Chance The Rapper Top Spotify 25 Under 25 List

Spotify has released a 25 Under 25 list featuring the most played under the age of 25 based on stats from the music streamer. Eighteen-year-old Shawn Mendes tops the list. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/27/2016 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Ariana Grande, CBS Radio, Charlie Puth, DJ Snake, iHeartRadio, Justin Bieber, Major Lazer, Meghan Trainor, OneRepublic, Taylor Swift

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How Fan Videos Helped Sell Adele’s “Hello”

It is a truth universally acknowledged that having a good video to accompany it can really help a song to gain popularity, as seems to have been the case with. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/24/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Abu Dhabi Media, Adele, Apple Inc., Autonomous sensory meridian response, Charlie the Unicorn, Digital video recorder, music video, Taylor Swift, Vevo, YouTube

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3 Must-Know Facts About Nielsen’s Billboard Charts

Billboard and Nielsen surveys inform a great deal of what we know about the music business when it comes to numbers, but how these companies work can be something of a mystery. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/17/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Adult Top 40, Airplay, Billboard charts, Billboard Hot 100, Billboard Magazine, Mainstream Top 40, Record chart, Spotify, Taylor Swift, Tempo

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Pandora Predictions Chart: Finding The Next One Direction

In this round of the Pandora Predictions Chart, they're taking a look at the jazz funk boy band group Forever In Your Mind, set to potentially fill the void left. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/03/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: album, Barbra Streisand, Billboard 200, Billboard Magazine, Future (rapper), Hands of Stone, Looking 4 Myself, No Limit (Usher song), Sugar Ray Leonard, Taylor Swift

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New Global Head Of Music Lyor Cohen’s Letter To His YouTube Team [FULL TEXT]

Former top Def Jam and Warner Music Group executive Lyor Cohen has been named the Global Head Of Music for Google's YouTube (more here), and began his tenure with a. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/28/2016 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Pandora Radio, record label, Sam Smith, Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift, Tim Westergren, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, Young Thug

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Data From Music Streamers Saved Label $1 Million This Year, Says Big Machine’s Scott Borchetta

Like it or not, data drives the music industry. That's particularly true of labels that compete for commercial radio play. Data, including expensive focus groups, drives what and how they. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/23/2016 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: album, Big Machine Label Group, Big Machine Records, Karlie Kloss, Music recording sales certification, Nashville, Scott Borchetta, Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift, Tennessee

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MON. BRIEF: Sillerman Likely Lied, No One Is Surprised • L’il Wayne: ‘Birdman Spent My $100M Advance’ • Musical.ly Tests Ages • More

Monday 9.19.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Former SFX CEO Bob Sillerman is the Donald Trump of the music business. Updated continuously under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 09/19/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 2016, Adam Levine, Canadian Business, Donald Trump, Donald Trump presidential campaign, Facebook, Hillary Clinton, music industry, Republican Party (United States), SFX. SFXE. Sillerman, Taylor Swift, Thomson Reuters

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How Music Industry Project Management SHOULD Work

As the music industry has transformed and increased in complexity so dramatically over the past few years that the already time consuming task of reporting has grown even more so.. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/31/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Music, Bloomberg Businessweek, concert, Digital Music News, Frank Ocean, music industry, Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift

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Ariana Grande, Kanye West Get Biggest VMA Bump On Spotify

The VMAs may have taken a ratings hit, but they still deliver a bump on Spotify. After Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj’s workout-filled performance of their new single “Side To. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/30/2016 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Ariana Grande, Charli XCX, Dangerous Woman (song), Iggy Azalea, MTV Video Music Award, music video, Nicki Minaj, Sam Smith, Side To Side, Taylor Swift

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