More Music Industry News: Payola, HMV, Ultimate Chart Imposter, The Other Live Music Biz & More
App Turns Google Into Music Locker Before Google Has The Chance. (Epicenter) Univision has agreed to pay $1 million in a settlement with the FCC over payola allegations. The case. Continue reading
The Hypebot Hit Song Contest: Enter Now
(UPDATED) …Because The Grand Prize Alone Is Worth Over $3,500!!! Here at Hypebot, we’ve channeled our inner pop stars and have written the first data-driven hit song. The catch is. Continue reading
SoundOut Releases Semantic Music Search Technology For Catalog Owners
SoundOut, Slicethepie’s analytics and market insight service, has announced the launch of SoundOut Search, a music semantic search technology for catalog owners. The service enables users to search a music. Continue reading
What I Learned At NMS: You Have 10 Seconds
This post is by Ryan Van Etten (@ryanve), Editor/Producer of VirtualMusic.tv; he was our featured corespondent at New Music Seminar in New York. 10 seconds to engage someone—to impress them.. Continue reading
iSound: Discovering Up-And-Coming Artists Now
As I write this, I'm listening to music on the improved iSound site; it's an online, personalized radio station, with a heavier lean towards indie music and up-and-coming artists. The. Continue reading
How Turn A Record Leak Turn Into A Good Thing
Record leaks happen. I remember being 14 or so and having gained access to some albums a couple months before the street date hit. Was there a gray area there?. Continue reading
Suddenly, I Don’t Think I Want To Own Music Anymore
This guest post is by Brenden Mulligan, founder of ArtistData. ArtistData was acquired earlier this year by Sonicbids, where Brenden is now the VP Strategic Development. Follow him on Twitter @bmull.. Continue reading
Interview: Jeff Price, TuneCore’s Outspoken CEO
On iTunes Delivery, His Competitors & More Yesterday, I spoke with Jeff Price, the CEO of the digital music distributor TuneCore. At recent events, certain companies have been advertising 24-hour. Continue reading
C-Mon & Kypski +19,765 Fans Crowdsource A Video
C-Mon & Kypski asked their fans to contribute to the video for their song “More is Less,” as as of this morning 19,765 people have jumped on board. The video. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: Google Music Coser, Thumbplay Adds Offline, WMG Loss Projected, Blackberry, BitTorrent Study & More
Google has reportedly opened talks with the Harry Fox Agency as part of an accelerated effort to open a its own music service. (NY Post) Rumors have Google Music launching. Continue reading
