Apple Wins Taylor Swift Concert Video Exclusive, Prince Chooses Tidal For Surprise Album Release

It's not proven yet whether exclusives on music streaming services drive lasting subscriber growth or just upset locked out fans.  But that hasn't stopped every major player from fighting and. Continue reading

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Vevo Purchases ShowYou But Will It Seize The Opportunity?

Vevo's recent purchase of ShowYou has the industry abuzz as to whether this could potentially signal Vevo's entrance into the subscription world. Mark Mulligan asks what a company like ShowYou has to offer. Continue reading

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Spotify Users Now Log 1.7 Billion Listening Hours Monthly

Spotify announced that its "more than 75 million" users now listen 1.7 billion hours monthly.  As Music Ally points out, that matches Pandora listener stats from its 78 million users.. Continue reading

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The Challenges Of Launching A Music Startup [BRENDEN MULLIGAN]

Longtime music industry player Brenden Mulligan discusses the challenges of launching and running a music startup, and some important dos and don'ts for those planning to start the music business's. Continue reading

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How You Should Be Writing Your Music Press Releases

A good press release is the foundation of a forward thinking press campaign, so getting it right is really important in order to ensure that recipient of the release wants. Continue reading

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3 Old-Fashioned Ways That Work To Get People to Your Shows

In these times of rampant social media messaging, basic on-the-ground community building tactics are more valuable than ever to cut through the maze of the digital world and reach fans. Continue reading

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Musicyou Raises $330K Seed Round For Private Music Messaging

Music Messenger, PingTune, Mindie, Flipagram, TunePics. Music messaging and sharing is a crowded corner of the music tech space.  Joining in is Musicyou, armed with a second round of seed. Continue reading

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Fezzee Introduces New Device-To-Device Technology For Festivals At #SXSW

Fezzee introduced FessMesh at SXSW as the newest addition to it's suite of event management tools that creates a device-to-device, ad hoc mesh network using mobile devices at festivals to overcome. Continue reading

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YouTube Offers A More Interactive Experience With Multi-Angled Video Experiment

YouTube doesn't sit still long enough to get comfortable. After the launch of YouTube Music Key, YouTube is now playing around with yet another way to engage viewers – a. Continue reading

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Facebook, Twitter Changes Make Music Videos More Important Than Ever

The need for quality promotional video isn't going away – in fact, it's importance is rapidly increasing. With YouTube's continued growth and relevance in music discovery and the moves that. Continue reading

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