MON. BRIEF: Taylor Swift Rules • Merlin Passes $1B To Indies • Apple Sets Sept 12th Announcement • Streaming Challenges • More

MONDAY 8.28.17 Music Business News From Around The Web  Taylor Swift is #1 everywhere. I mean, everywhere. That's really all you need to know.   Updated continuously under our More News tab

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This Week In Music Commentary

Commentators inside the music business over the past seven days discuss and weigh in on curated playlists' rise to power, whether technology is to blame for the death of your. Continue reading

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TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

This week's most popular Hypebot articles covered the mystery of Taylor Swift's sudden social media vacancy, the progress of co-founders case against TuneCore, Pirate Bay's paltry payout to labels, and. Continue reading

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California Dems May Draft Bieber Manager Scooter Braun To Be Candidate For Governor

It's hard to imagine that their aren't a few compromising photos buried deep inside Justin Bieber's Facebook and Instagram accounts. Nevertheless, veteran music manager Scooter Braun is said to be. Continue reading

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Content Is King! 10 Essential Tips To Crush Your Content Hustle [Kosha Dillz]

Here rapper Kosha Dillz offers up ten suggestions for DIY artists on how they can successfully create compelling content to engage with their fanbase and grow their brand.

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Pirate Bay Ordered To Pay Labels A Paltry $477,000

Despite being an early target of  multiple lawsuits brought my several labels and music trade groups, torrent tracker Pirate bay is still operating and helping to enable music and media. Continue reading

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Early Music Marketing Tips For Indie Artists

Here Janelle Rogers offers up several out of the box tips on successful marketing for indie artists, looking at how to build and maintain relationships with fans both online and. Continue reading

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Pandora Top Spins Cardi B Shakes Largely Male Top 10 With ‘Bodak Yellow’

Pandora is seeing plenty of shakes up these days, with a new rapper from Atlanta making a splashy debut, two fresh faces hitting the country scene, and female rapper Cardi. Continue reading

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New Taylor Swift Single This Friday After Her Social Media Blackout Breaks Internet

A full solar eclipse and a President's speech to the nation did not stop Taylor Swift from dominating both traditional and social media over the last few days. Wiping both. Continue reading

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Taylor Swift Returns To Social Media With Cryptic Video [WATCH]

Three days after wiping her web site and social media accounts clean,  Taylor Swift is back online, kind of.  At 11AM ET today the pop star posted a cryptic 10. Continue reading

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