Project Music Is Ready To Fund $20,000 Seed Round For 6 – 8 Startups
Eight music and entertainment companies have committed to providing seed investment funds to select startups through a 14 week music tech accelerator at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center. The six to eight. Continue reading
Full Text Of Amazon Prime Music Announcment
Amazon introduced its long rumored streaming music service Thursday morning. But Amazon Prime Music comes with some major limitations. It's free for Prime members and free of ads. There a. Continue reading
Kanye “Bound 2” Lawsuit Is Really About Right of Publicity, Not Copyright Infringement
By John Miranda, a Chicago-area Lawyer and Consultant, of Feliz Media. The recent lawsuit filed against Kanye West has sparked a lot of talk about the importance of diligent sample. Continue reading
30 Midemlab Music Tech Startup Finalists Announced For Midem 2014
The 2014 Midem gathering takes place February 1 through 4 in Cannes. Among the special events will be Midemlab, a pitch competition for music tech startups and app developers. 30. Continue reading
Many UK Music Retailers’ Holiday Sales At Risk Due To Single Distributor’s Failure
Numerous music retailers across the UK, including HMV, Amazon and indie music shops, are not getting music orders in a timely manner during the crucial holiday season. Arvato, a distributor. Continue reading
YouTube Deletes Billions Of Fake Views
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. People on the internet are noticing that YouTube deleted billions of fake views from YouTube, after someone – some say artists, labels, or their. Continue reading
CHANGES @Billboard, Glassnote, Universal Music
Griffin Sweet has joined Billboard as brand partnership manager, based in New York. Sweet joins Billboard from OMD Sound, the in-house music consulting and intelligence group at Omnicom’s OMD, Universal Music. Continue reading
Spotify’s Daniel Ek: Music Industry Savior Or Opportunist?
The seeds that grew into Spotify were planted 10 years ago, when the Swedish government all but announced that they weren't prosecuting file-sharers who had pulled the rug out from. Continue reading
Russell Simmon’s All Def Digital Claims 3 Million YouTube Subscribers, 1 Billion Views
Russell Simmons should be pretty happy with the development of All Def Digital, the YouTube MultiChannel Network that includes numerous popular hip hop and sketch comedy channels. At this week's. Continue reading
New Music Industry Beholden To Old-School Benchmarks – Upward Spiral Podcast #33
In episode 33 of the Upward Spiral, we talk with JJ Italiano, who is a manager, producer, and major label veteran. Italiano got his start managing Flobots, who rose to. Continue reading
