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WEDNESDAY 10.4.17 Music Business News From Around The Web It feels wrong to write headlines that tie music to tragedy, but it would be far worse to pretend the connection. Continue reading
NetEase Cloud Music Leads Electronic/Dance Music Growth in China
Recently China has been seeing massive rapid growth in its population's consumption of electronic/dance music over the past year. As online music platforms play an ever more important role in. Continue reading
You Can Now Purchase Stock In Eminem’s Royalties
In what could be the canary in the coalmine for music business, rapper Eminem is now allowing stock in his music royalties to the buying public via the Royalty Exchange. Continue reading
Spotify Partners With NS2 For Self-Service Ad Platform Test
Spotify recently launched a new self-service ad platform allowing promoters to upload and market their shows to specific fans. Currently in its beta in the US, the service has prompted. Continue reading
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
This week, the posts on Hypebot that incited the most views covered how Ed Sheeran's Spotify earning could make you reconsider the financial value of streaming, how Zedge's acquirehire of. Continue reading
Spotify Now Valued At $16 Billion By Investors
Private trades for Spotify stock are now valuing the music streamer at $16 billion, according to a new report. That's up $3 billion since June alone, and could put the. Continue reading
Our Next President’s Husband Could Be An Entertainment Attorney
DLA Piper has appointed entertainment and media attorney Douglas Emhoff as a partner, based in the firm’s Los Angeles and Washington DC offices. In addition to being a respected lawyer,. Continue reading
A Look Inside The ‘Offices’ Of Bandzoogle’s Team Of Remote Staffers
As modern work habits shift, the number of people working remotely has exploded. But what does that actually mean and look like at a music or music tech company? To. Continue reading
Loss Of Fair Pay And Why We Should All Write Rock Operas [David Lowery]
Here we look at how the legal action (and inaction) by those in the federal government and the Department of Justice in particular has it challenging for songwriters to be. Continue reading