Alternative Power 100 List Honors Women In The Music Business
Only 14 women were among the 153 honored in this year's Billboard Power 100. On this International Women's Day, music industry network SheSaid.So has released their second Alternative Power 100. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
As we take a few minutes to revisit a full seven days of music industry news, we revisit musicians' reaction to SXSW contracts which threaten immigrants, the appreciable bump in. Continue reading
Facebook Looks To Hire Legal Director Of Music Licensing As It Beefs Up Music Team
A new job posting adds provides further proof that Facebook is finally getting serious about music. Facebook is now advertising for a Legal Director of Music Licensing to join Tamara. Continue reading
10 Things You Can Do To Get Better Tour Data
When artists set out to plan a tour, there are challenging decisions that must be made, when it comes to where fans and venues are located, what cities are worth. Continue reading
Everything I Know About Digital Entrepreneurship, I Learned from YouTube
Here Peter Hollens outlines how YouTube can work as the perfect combination business school and incubator for the eager digital entrepreneur, as it allows artists to learn how to foster. Continue reading
Rochelle Holguin Named To Creative Strategy Post At UPMG
Universal Music Publishing Group has named Rochelle Holguin to the newly-created position of Vice President of Creative Strategy. Holguin's new gig will see her with oversight of creative development and. Continue reading
Pandora Makes The Case For Building A Full Stack Streaming Music Company
Songkick's Ian Hogworth apparently coined the term, but I first heard about "full stack" music companies during a webinar that PledgeMusic and DotBlockchain co-founder Benji Rogers gave for BerkleeOnline. He was. Continue reading
Prince’s Songs Were Streamed 4.7 Million Times In First 2 Days
Talk about pent-up demand. On the partial first day that the bulk of Prince's catalog was again available on all the major streaming music services, his songs were streamed 1. Continue reading