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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

SESAC buys up The Harry Fox Administration, a rapper secretly records a complete album in an NYC Apple Store, Bandcamp continues to improve its offerings to independent musicians, and we. Continue reading

Guest Post on 07/11/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Inc., CBS, Cologne, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, Los Angeles, New York City, Taylor Swift, The O2 Arena, Twitter

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Massive Changes In This Year’s Music Sales

A recent Nielson report on the year's music sales reveals some interesting new data on how music is being consumed. Massive growth has been seen for streaming services like Spotify,. Continue reading

Guest Post on 07/08/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Compact disc, independent music, Independent record label, It's Too Late (Carole King song), iTunes, Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift, YouTube

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Taylor Swift’s New Video Racks Up 1 Billion Vevo Views In Record Time

OK, I'm going to just say it. I used to make fun of Taylor Swift as another lightweight pop star. She still is unlikely to join the pantheon of musical. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/07/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Getty Images, Joseph Kahn, Kendrick Lamar, music industry, music video, Space (punctuation), Taylor Swift, Twitter, Vevo

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21,000+ Sign Petition Calling For Musician Credits On Apple Music [SIGN ON HERE]

There are two main reasons we should all demand full credits be published on Apple Music and all digital services.: 1) its only fair that musicians, producers and others get. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/06/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: Apple Inc., Beck, Beggars Group, Billboard Magazine, Fiona Apple, independent music, Merlin Network, record label, Spotify, Taylor Swift

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Join Our Online Networking Party Now – Shameless Plus Allowed

It's a Hypebot tradition to host a free online networking party several times a year. The music business slows down for the summer, but many of readers use the down time to. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/05/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (26)

Tags: Adobe After Effects, Apple Inc., Artist, Brooklyn, direct to fan, Hypebot, music industry, New York City, Spotify, Taylor Swift

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U.S. Music Streaming Market Worth $2.7 Billion By 2019

Yesterday's launch of Apple Music will surely accelerate mainstream adoption of streaming music. But how quickly will it happen and what does it mean in terms of revenue for artists and. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/01/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (4)

Tags: Apple Inc., Artist, Deezer, Digital Music News, Google Play, iTunes, music industry, Rdio, Rhapsody (online music service), Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift, United States

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Top Tech Writers Review Apple Music: “Handsome… Robust… Complicated” [+ A Video Tour]

Several tech writers were given a 1 day trial of Apple Music yesterday and overnight their reviews started to trickle. While generally positive, there were some real concerns that could slow. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/30/2015 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Bob Seger, Garth Brooks, iTunes, Jimmy Iovine, List of online music databases, Mashable, Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift

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UPDATE: AC/DC Embraces Streaming – 6 Major Artists Who Still Don’t

UPDATE: AC/DC began showing up on Spotify and Deezer late yesterday. Apple Music may be poised to add 100 million paid streaming subscribers, but there are still a number of major artists. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/30/2015 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: AC/DC, ACDC, Android (operating system), Apple Inc., Disc jockey, Euro, IOS, IPhone, Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift, The Beatles

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Napster Founder, Spotify Board Member Sean Parker On Apple Music, Taylor Swift And The Music Industry

With the pending launch of Apple Music, there is no shortage of “Spotify Killer” headlines. But there is room for more than one streaming music service, argues Napster co-founder and. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/29/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Compact disc, Facebook, Founders Fund, music industry, MySpace, Napster, Sean Parker, Spotify, Taylor Swift

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Apple To Raise Cloud Music Library Limit From 25,000 to 100,000 Songs

[UPDATED] Apple execs were particularly active on social media over the weekend , ahead of Tuesday's launch of Apple Music, Beats 1 radio and iOS8.4. Ian Rogers shared more exact launch. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/29/2015 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: App Store (iOS), Apple Inc., Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Eddy Cue, Ian Rogers (chess player), ICloud, IOS, IPhone, Streaming media, Taylor Swift

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