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Rightscorp Rings In New Year By Vowing To Find New Ways To Lose Money

Rightscorp, a company with a history of hemorrhaging money with its ill-fated attempts to defeat piracy by means of aggressive letters and robocalls appears to have more money-losing ventures planned for. Continue reading

Guest Post on 01/05/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: " copyright infringement, 24/7 Wall St., Apple Inc., Free tier (business model), Internet service provider, List of online music databases, music industry, NASDAQ, Share price, Spotify

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THU. BRIEF: Grammys Make NY Moves • Live365 Returns • SESAC Sold • Goodbye Vine • More

Music Business News From Around The Web What does it say about the music industry in LA when the Grammy's move to New York City? Next stop Las Vegas? Updated. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/05/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Broadcasting Company, Crossroads of the World, Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, Grammy Award, Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Las Vegas, Latin Grammy Award, Los Angeles, music industry, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Neil Portnow, New York City, The Recording Academy

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How #Coachella Announcement Exploded On #Twitter [CHART]

In the 24 hours after Coachella announced its 2017 lineup, it exploded on Twitter.There were 510,000+ Tweets mentioning "Coachella" That's mentions of the event (@Coachella, #Coachella, #Coachella2017) and doesn't include. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/04/2017 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Merlin Works To Make Independents Equal With Majors On Streaming Services [INTERVIEW]

Charles Caldas discusses Merlin, an organization which works to help the independent label community battle for maximum compensation from digital streaming services like YouTube and Spotify, as well as combat. Continue reading

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Tags: Apple Inc., Berklee College of Music, Merlin Entertainments, music industry, Music licensing, Music publisher (popular music), Service (systems architecture), Spotify, Timeshare, United Kingdom

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SESAC Sold To Blackstone, A Private Equity Firm Known For Leveraged Buyouts, Credit Default Swaps

U.S. music performing rights and rights management organization SESAC has been acquired by one the country's biggest private equity and investment groups, Blackstone. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Bruce Houghton on 01/04/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Ariana Grande, Artist, Bob Dylan, Breast, Charli XCX, Cheez-It, Mariah Carey, Mariah's World, music, New Year's Eve, seasc, Watercooler

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Track Your Direct-to-Fan Music and Merch Sales with Flyt’s Free Url Shortener

Flyt, a new tool for artists and labels looking for help navigating a direct-to-fan sales landscape, flyt acts a url shortener and sales tracker for artists using services like Shopify. Continue reading

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Tags: App Store (iOS), Apple Inc., direct to fan, Google Play, HTML, iTunes, Magento, music industry, PledgeMusic, Shopify

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Spotify’s Top Artists plus Most Streamed and Viral Songs US, UK and Global Week of 1/2/17

Spotify's Weekly Charts highlight top artists on the streaming platform by listener along with the past week's most streamed and viral songs in the US, UK and around the world.

Bruce Houghton on 01/04/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Ariana Grande, Calvin Harris, DJ Snake, Fifth Harmony, I Took a Pill in Ibiza, Justin Bieber, Major Lazer, Mike Posner, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna

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Ariel Hyatt On Music PR And Crowdfunding [INTERVIEW]

In this edition of In the Hot Seat with Larry LeBlanc, he speaks with Ariel Hyatt, the founder and owner of Cyber PR, a boutique public relations firm working to. Continue reading

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Tags: Broadway theatre, Brooklyn, Donald Trump, Hamilton (musical), History of the United States, Hypebot, Kanye West, List of numbered streets in Manhattan, Los Angeles, New York City

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Tidal Releases Year End Numbers, Not The Right Ones

Although not exactly a heavy-hitter on the level of Spotify or Apple Music, Tidal has done a good job of staying in the streaming spotlight. With the conclusion of 2016,. Continue reading

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Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Music, Comparison of on-demand streaming music services, Frank Ocean, IPhone, iTunes, Jay-Z, Spotify, Streaming media

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Fundraisers Planned For Bankrupt Team Rock’s 73 Metal Hammer, Classic Rock, Prog Staffers

A fundraiser for the 73 staff made unemployed by the abrupt closure of music magazine publisher TeamRock and its brands Classic Rock, Metal Hammer, Prog, the Golden Gods Awards and. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/04/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Abu Dhabi, Africa, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Apple Inc., Glasgow, London, North London, Spotify, Streaming media, United Kingdom

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