AM NEWS BRIEF: Beyonce Releases Surprise Album, YouTube Opens Live Streams, Audiam Payouts & More

FRIDAY 12.13.2013 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web   CLICK HERE Updated Continuously @ Hypebot's More News Tab

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Inside CD Baby: 5M Tracks from 330,000 Artists [INFOGRAPHIC]

CD Baby has shared some behind the scenes stats that also provide a seldom scene view of the vibrancy of independent and d.i.y. music. The company currently distributes 5 million digital. Continue reading

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TuneCore Partners With INDMUSIC To Monetize YouTube Videos

TuneCore has partnered with INDMUSIC to offer YouTube monetization services to distributed artists. An important new source of revenue for artists, YouTube monetization is an increasingly crowded sector including competitor. Continue reading

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You’re Losing Money: Why The Majority Of Artists Should NOT Use Tunecore

OP-ED by C. Vincent Plummer ( @cvpmusic ) is a Musician, Co-Founder, & Social Strategist for Bedloo. If you're anything like me, your band is not famous. You might have. Continue reading

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Music Publishing Weekly Roundup: Country Awards, ASCAP100 and Audiam

Nashville celebrated country music this week with four major awards shows – the CMA, ASCAP, BMI and SESAC awards. SESAC’s Nashville Music Awards honored Keifer Thompson as Songwriter of the. Continue reading

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10 Things Musicians Need To Do Now to Prepare for the Holiday Season

By Chris Mooney, Senior Director of Artist Promotions and Strategic Relationships at TuneCore. The holidays represent a lot of things: time with family, a break from work or school, food,. Continue reading

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Tunecore Announces $330M In Artists Payments

TuneCore has paid out more than $330 million to artists since the company launched the business in 2006, according to stats shared by the digital music distributor. TuneCore Artist earnings. Continue reading

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Why Musicians Make Little While Music Services and Distributors Make Billions [JEFF PRICE]

By Jeff Price, the founder of TuneCore and now founder/CEO of Audiam. In today's new music industry of peer-to-peer file sharing, download stores, and on-demand streams, it's hard enough for. Continue reading

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Tunecore Founders Link Startup Audiam To DistroKid To Offer Cheaper Music Distribution

Tunecore founders Jeff Price and Peter Wells have added deeply discounted digital music distribution to their recently launched YouTube monetization startup Audiam via Philip Kaplan's DistroKid. Price and Wells were forced. Continue reading

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

7 Second 'Twerk Team' Vine Video Delivers 750% Sales Increase To Year Old Song POLL: If You Care About Music, Should You Ditch Spotify? – Initial Results Music Ad Watch:. Continue reading

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