Meet Kanye West, Your New Financial Adviser
Kanye West is a lot of things – he will even tell you that he contains multitudes – but one surprising thing that he is certainly is a successful financial. Continue reading
Pandora Q2: Revenue Up, Listener Hours, Active Users Down (And That’s Good News)
UPDATED: Pandora reported a 12% year over year revenue increase in Q2 2018, after the markets closed on Tuesday. But both monthly listener hours and active users continued a slow. Continue reading
Buying, Selling Music Merch: The Basics
Revenue from merch can be a fantastic way to supplement your income as a performing musician, with the additional bonus of providing free advertising. Here we look at the basics. Continue reading
Spotify Isn’t Priced At $10 Everywhere, And That’s Just Fine [Glenn Peoples]
When the fairness of payments to artists and labels is debated, it's important to factor in that monthly subscription prices for Spotify and other music streaming services varies from territory. Continue reading
Pitchfork Launches Dedicated Hip Hop Vertical
Pitchfork today debuted a new section dedicated to of hip-hop. “Levels," the first new section to launch on Pitchfork since “The Pitch” debuted in 2013, hopes to be "the essential. Continue reading
Harry Fox Agency Unfairly Blamed As MMA Debate Rages [Chris Castle]
In this piece Chris Castle defends the Harry Fox Agency which has, of late, been heavily maligned as debates over the Music Modernization Act Continue to rage on. Here he. Continue reading
eMusic Releases Questionable Blockchain ICO Plan
Alongside a backdrop of late payments to at least one distributor, music download store eMusic has just released a white paper spelling out an ambitious blockchain ICO. But, writes David. Continue reading
Iceland Airwaves Is First Int’l Festival To Close Gender Gap
Iceland Airwaves has become the first major international festival outside of the U.S. to close the gender gap. Their move is a part of the global initiative Keychange, in which 109. Continue reading
Troy Carter On His Spotify Exit: ‘Right Time To Move’
Troy Carter is exiting Spotify in early September, the streamer confirmed on Monday. Statements issued by Carter and and CEO Daniel Ek point to an amicable exit after a fruitful. Continue reading
