Using Album Trailers To Build Hype For Your New Music

While not typically thought of as a good medium for audio, a trailer can a be an excellent way to capture your audience's short attention span and is easy to disseminate on social media platforms.

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

For some of Hypebot's most popular posts this week, we revisited Pandora's purchase of Rdio, looked back at another year of Facebook, and discussed things we're tired of hearing said about. Continue reading

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My Journey From Major label pop princess to DIY indie misfit [5X Platinum Seller Jennifer Paige]

Jennifer Paige has a unique view of the music industry. A product of the major label system, her 1998 single “Crush” hit #1 in 16 countries, selling more than 11. Continue reading

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10 Top Music Marketing Trends of 2015

In this article, music marketing company Red Tape X looks at some of the best marketing techniques of 2015 and how they were effectively used by some of the music. Continue reading

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2015: Year Of A Million Streaming Services [Cortney Harding]

While there are a plethora of streaming services currently available, most of which are reasonably well designed and user friendly, none of them seem to have gained enough traction as to. Continue reading

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Top 5 Must-Hear Music Biz Podcast Episodes of 2015

Music Biz Podcast distributed 33 shows in 2015. We are proud of every single interview we conducted, but these five episodes received the most downloads on iTunes. Thank you to every. Continue reading

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WED. NEWS BRIEF: Spotify Adds Party Mode • Apple Music to Sonos • Discogs Vinyl Hub • Vevo + Twitter • More

Wednesday 12.16.2015 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web Spotify adds Party mode: Could great features matter more than splashy exclusives? Updated continuously under our More News tab. CLICK HERE 

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Pandora Signs Direct Licensing Deal with Warner/Chappell Music

Pandora today announced a multi-year licensing agreement with Warner/Chappell Music. The deal comes on the heals of direct Pandora deals with Sony/ATV, Merlin, Songs and others.

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Rhapsody, Napster End 2015 With 3.5 Million Subscribers, 45% Growth

When listing streaming music services, we sometimes don't include Rhapsody. But 45% growth – all in paid subscribers – coming during a year when Apple Music and Tidal launched, Rdio. Continue reading

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Billboard Scores How Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Pandora, Amazon Prime Did In 2015

Taking a page from the likes of TMZ and Buzzfeed, Billboard has become increasingly fond of creating thumbs up/down style infographics that, while short on nuance, offer interesting snapshots of. Continue reading

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