Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: More Money, More Problems • Stay Safe/Sober • Selling Your Music Online • More
This week on MusicThinkTank, we took a look at how more money leads to more problems, how you can stay safe and sober at your next show, a complete guide. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
In this re-visitation of full week of music industry news, we take another look at the impending death of net neutrality, whether cassettes are becoming the next vinyl, YouTube's launch. Continue reading
YouTube Led Google’s 22% Growth, $26 Billion Q4. Maybe They Can Share More Of It With The Music Industry?
The music industry has recently its ire recently on YouTube and its payments to rightsholder. In a quarterly earnings call this week, the CFO of parent company Alphabet (aka Google). Continue reading
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
Some of the most popular and frequently read posts from the world of music business this week included an explanation of why Spotify can't turn a profit while Netflix can,. Continue reading
Lupe Fiasco Announces New Release, Launches Indie Label with Nashville’s Thirty Tigers
When Lupe Fiasco left Atlantic for 2014, it was the assumed that the Grammy winning rapper would land at another major. But for his first release since, Fiasco has chosen. Continue reading
Why Do Streams Count As Sales On Billboard Charts? “There is no consumption,” says Digital Music Veteran
This week Billboard and Nielsen added streaming to their genre charts, and digital music veteran Jim Griffin is asking why. He's held top digital posts at Warner Music, Cherry Lane. Continue reading
10 Legal Steps To Take As An Entertainer
While their aren't specific rules to follow as an entertainer, there are certainly key legal concepts and strategies those in the music business should take into account when conducting their. Continue reading
Music Industry Has Upper Hand As Spotify Faces Soaring Interest Rates, Stock Discounts
Last year when Spotify took on $1 billion in debt, we reported that it did so under terms that forced rate increases if it failed to IPO. Now, those terms. Continue reading
Matador Records Founder Chis Lombardi In Founding An Indie Label, ‘Signing Music You Love’
In this piece Kenny Gates of [PIAS] speaks with Matador Records founder Chris Lombardi, who originally began the label as a hobby, about the label's origins, and where he things the. Continue reading
