Find and Promote New Music Tech Sites and Apps With Product Hunt
Product Hunt is an increasingly popular site, launched late last year, that posts links to new websites and apps (the products in question). It seems to be taking on some. Continue reading
Top Pandora Execs Donate To Anti-Gay, Anti-Abortion Congressmen
Pandora founder Tim Westergren, its CEO and half of the company's board of directors have made campaign donations to several powerful anti-gay marriage, anti-abortion Republican Congressman. Utah Republican Representative Jason Chaffetz. Continue reading
Spotify Adds More Sonic Control with Equalizer
Spotify has upgraded its iOS app adding an equalizer. There are 22 presets for specifc genres including electronic, hip-hop and classical; or users can manually chose their own equalizer settings. The update is. Continue reading
Rhapsody Passes 2 Million Paid Subscribers, Expands French and Latin American Services
Rhapsody announced this morning that its has more than 2 million paid subscribers globally across its Rhapsody, Napster, recently launched UnRadio services. It's a significant milestone for the music streamer,. Continue reading
Can Indie Music Discovery App ‘Next’ Find Success Where So Many Have Failed?
Tinder is a mobile dating app that allows you to pick out those that interest you by swiping one way and dismissing those that don't by swiping the other. There's. Continue reading
Politics of EDM: Festival Bans Plains Indian Warbonnets, Sniffer Dogs Not So Easy To Ban
With electronic music a large part of youth culture, we're seeing numerous issues surface that have come up in the past. The trend of wearing Plains Indian warbonnets, aka "Native. Continue reading
Sony’s Major Label Shenanigans Revealed By American Idol Lawsuit
By copyright and intellectual property attorney Wallace E. J. Collins III, Esq.. 19 Entertainment, the record company founded by “American Idol” creator Simon Fuller, has sued Sony Music Entertainment for. Continue reading
Music Tech M&A: Apple x Swell, CBS x Eventful, Kapipal x WeLoveYourSongs
Music tech merger and acquisition activity isn't just happening in the streaming music space. Sometimes it's even happening where people wouldn't expect it to exist. For example, Apple is rumored. Continue reading
Merlin Slashes Indie Music Admin Fees Another 17%
Independent music global rights agency Merlin has lowered its fees yet again. After a 50% drop on 2013, Merlin today announced another 17% reduction. As of June 1, the agency’s administration fees. Continue reading
