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Wednesday 11.23.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Vevo was created by labels as a YouTube alternative. Year's later it's still struggling to find its raison d'être. Updated continuously under. Continue reading
The Time Has Come For Facebook To Accept Songwriters’ Friend Request [David Israelite]
As Facebook has grown and developed, on the video side of things in particular, the time has come for the popular social networking platform to become properly licenesed, lest it risk. Continue reading
How Fan Videos Helped Sell Adele’s “Hello”
It is a truth universally acknowledged that having a good video to accompany it can really help a song to gain popularity, as seems to have been the case with. Continue reading
Free Music Services Account For More Than 80% Of All U.S. Streaming
Free music services account for 80% of all streaming the in U.S., according to a new Music Watch survey. That's bad news for rightsholders, since free services pay far less. Continue reading
4 Key Ways To Get People To Click On Your YouTube Videos
The massive saturation present on virtually every music platform means it has become that much more difficult to get your music to stand out from the crowd, and YouTube is. Continue reading
11 Ways To Promote A Music Video [Kosha Dillz]
Music videos require a lot time and often money to produce, so it's a shame if no one ends up seeing them. In this piece, rapper Kosha Dillz outlines eleven. Continue reading
What In The World Happened At CÜR?
In this recent piece, Cortney Harding investigates what happened to CÜR, a music startup designed to offer streaming and internet radio at a lower rate than its competitors, but which seems to have. Continue reading
Universal, Sony, Warner Music To Sign 9 Acts From “The Stream” Spotify Competition
It was only a matter of time before TV talent competitions joined forces with streaming music. That's the premise behind the open talent competition "The Stream," and Spotify along with. Continue reading
Vevo Hires Goldman Sachs To Raise Up To $500 Million
Vevo has hired Goldman Sachs to help it raise $3-$500 million, according to The Financial Times. The money will fund international expansion, acquisitions and original programming. UMG and Sony each own. Continue reading
