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SFXE Teeters On Bankruptcy, Explores Debt Restructuring

[UPDATED] With SFXE stock trading down 95% for the year and saddled with $300 million in debt, the EDM conglom has very few options. But even as it teeters towards. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/01/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Asset, Corporation, Electronic dance music, EMC Corporation, Google, Public company, Robert F. X. Sillerman, SFX (magazine), The Wall Street Journal, Wall Street

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Spotify’s Top Music Of 2015

Spotify has released its annual Year in Music lists of the most popular artists and songs for its 75 million users in 2015. Drake was Spotify's most streamed artist in 2015 with. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/01/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Billboard Magazine, Busy Man, Diplo (DJ), Ed Sheeran, Electronic music, GOOD Music, Justin Bieber, Major Lazer, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna

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TUE. NEWS BRIEF: SFX Eyes Debt • YouTube Red Gains Traction • Apple Music To Sonos • Adele Tops 4M • More

Tuesday 12.1.2015 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web Tired of reading about Adele? There is other industry news, and you'll find it here. Updated continuously under our More News tab.. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/01/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Acting, Adele (singer), Apple Inc., Arctic Monkeys, BBC, Billboard Magazine, Grammy Award, Pharrell Williams, Singing, Sony

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The Revenue From A Single Taylor Swift Concert

For those curious about how much an A-list superstar like Taylor Swift makes off a single concert, a recent performance at a publicly owned stadium offers a unique look at such an. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/30/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: Arian Foster, concert, Dallas Cowboys, DeAndre Hopkins, Florida, Houston Texans, National Football League, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Taylor Swift, Tennessee Titans

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Why Music Streaming Isn’t Really About The Music

It may seem strange for companies like YouTube and Amazon to be entering the streaming industry, particularly given how notoriously unprofitable it is, but by offering it bundled with other services, profitability becomes less. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/30/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Advertising, Adware, Android (operating system), Annotation, Google, Google Play, IOS, Subscription business model, United States, YouTube

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New On Our Jobs Board: Ass’t Music Publicist At CyberPR

Digital music marketing firm CyberPr is hiring a NYC based assistant publicist. Founder Ariel Hyatt says she's looking for "a strong writer who is also a detail-oriented multi-tasker to assist with blogger. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/30/2015 in Music Marketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Bangalore, Chicago, Cision, Corporation, GTCR, Hypebot, New York City, Recruitment, SimplyHired.com, social media

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5 Types Of Videos That Will Improve Your YouTube Channel (Besides Music Videos)

Regularly uploading new content to your YouTube channel is an important part of maintaining fan interest, but you only have so many songs to post, and music videos generally come with. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/30/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Acoustic music, Alternative country, Artist, Big data, Billboard 200, Billboard Hot 100, Facebook, Hip hop music, RSS feed, YouTube

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Spotify Offers Deep Discounts – 3 Months For 99¢, Free With Chromecast – Artists Get Nothing

Just in time for the holiday buying season, Spotify is repeating some the deep discounts that it offered earlier this year. And while they may help keep the music streamer. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/30/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Inc., Deezer, Google, Hans-Holger Albrecht, Hypebot, Initial public offering, Spotify, Streaming media, Subscription business model, United States

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THE PITCH: iMusician Digtal Distribution

This PITCH comes from Swiss based indie digital music distributor iMusician; and like all the startups featured on THE PITCH, they've been given 100 words to tell you all about. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/30/2015 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Deezer, Euronext, Hans-Holger Albrecht, Initial public offering, iTunes, Paris, Spotify, Streaming media, YouTube

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Eagles Fan Concert Footage Lawsuit Settled

Few artists are as aggressive, and successful, at protecting their intellectual property as The Eagles. This time they settled before the suit went to trial.

Bruce Houghton on 11/30/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Advertising, Associated Press, Casino, Compact disc, Connecticut, Dan Malloy, Don Henley, Eagles (band), Glenn Frey, lawsuit

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