Tag: The New York Times

Music Publishing News Roundup 7.22.16: Apple Streaming Royalty Proposal • SOCAN Buys Audiam • VKontakte Preps Streamer • More

Apple has proposed a streaming royalty rate with the Copyright Royalty Board as part of a preceding to set statutory rates for downloads and interactive streaming services. The proposed rate,. Continue reading

Bob Baker on 07/22/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: American Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada, Authors and Publishers, Canada, Canadians, Immigration to Canada, iTunes, John McCallum, Justin Trudeau, Society of Composers, The New York Times, United States

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Facebook Ads: 6 Ways They Can Work For Performing Artists

In this article for musicians and independent artists, Dave Ruch explores what artists can accomplish through the use of Facebook advertising, and why such ads can often be a worthy. Continue reading

Guest Post on 07/13/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: A/B testing, Advertising, Call to action (marketing), Facebook, Facebook features, Google, News aggregator, social media, The New York Times, Web feed

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Slim’s Nightclub Has The Best Sign In It’s Bathroom

Leave it to a live music club in San Francisco to solve the issue of transgender bathrooms, once and for all. While Pearl Jam and Bruce Springsteen are cancelling shows. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/06/2016 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Born to Run (song), Bruce Springsteen, Charlotte, Cider, Demi Lovato, Equality North Carolina, Google, Hypebot, LGBT, Meetup, music industry, North Carolina, Pandora, Pat McCrory, Ringo Starr, San Francisco, Science fiction, The New York Times, United States

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#GoogleMath: No Idea What YouTube Is Paying You?

Despite an oft quoted figure of 3 billions dollars since 2005, it seems YouTube actually has has no idea what it's paying artists, although the evidence seem to be fairly. Continue reading

Guest Post on 06/27/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: " copyright infringement, AOL, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Google, Jonathan Taplin, Silicon Valley, The New York Times, Travel Channel, United States, YouTube

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Expect Tougher Security At Concerts In Wake Of Paris Attacks

In the wake of multiple terrorist attacks in Paris, live music promoters large and small are promising to step up security. But most are remaining vague about exactly what that means or. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/18/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Active listening, Barack Obama, BuzzFeed, Child sexual abuse, Citizenship in the United States, concert, Ericsson Globe, Live Nation Entertainment, Los Angeles, Mexico, Paris, Pope, security, Stockholm, Sweden, The New York Times

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Rolling Stone Hit With $25 Million Lawsuit Over Rape Allegations

Rolling Stone has been hit with a $25 million lawsuit over a 2014 article that alleged that three members of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at the University of Virginia. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/12/2015 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Fraternities and sororities in North America, Fraternity, Kappa Sigma, lawsuit, Office for Civil Rights, Old Dominion University, Phi Kappa Psi, Rolling Stone, Teresa A. Sullivan, The New York Times, University of Virginia

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Indie Label For Sale On Craigslist For Just $5000

Running your own indie record label has probably been the dream of every Hypebot reader – unless of course you are one of those brave souls already living our dreams.. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/26/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Alternative dance, Artist, Arts administration, Atif Aslam, Facebook, independent music, Independent record label, Plant, record label, The New York Times

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Janita’s #IRespectMusic Interview For Forbes That Forbes Wouldn’t Publish

Recently Finnish-American singer-songwriter Janita did an interview with Forbes regarding her #IRespectMusic movement, an interview which Forbes later declined to publish. Here Janita examines the reasons behind the reversal of. Continue reading

Guest Post on 09/15/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Forbes, iTunes, Miley Cyrus, music industry, Petz, RCA Records, record label, Soundcloud, The New York Times, YouTube

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Miley Cyrus Releases FREE 23 Track Album At MTV VMAs Because “I can just do what I want to do”

As carefully calculated and smartly packaged as Taylor Swift is, Miley Cyrus is improvisational and raw. The music industry needs more of both kinds of artists. Each attracts legions of. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/31/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Los Angeles, Miley Cyrus, MTV, MTV Video Music Award, MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video, MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year, Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift, The New York Times, Twitter

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The Creative Nonpocalypse

Has the digital age brought about a decline in artistic and creative careers? A recent times article says no, but the creative economy is complex and creative work itself can be. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/28/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Inc., Author, Berklee College of Music, Big data, Board of directors, Compact disc, Country Music Association, Ellen Pao, Facebook, The New York Times

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