SPOXIT: Do Netflix woes mean Spotify, streaming has jumped the shark?
Netflix stock tanked to the tune of a loss of $50 billion in market cap. What does that mean for Sptofy, music streaming and streaming as a technology? A guest. Continue reading
TuneCore payments to artists surpass $2.5B, up 46% from prior year
Flat fee independent d.i.y. digital music distributor Tunecore announced today that it has paid artists more than $2,5 billion since launching in 2006. In 2021 alone TuneCore paid artists $222. Continue reading
Elon Musk acquires Twitter for $44B and 4 things that means for music
Elon Musk official aquired Twitter on Monday for $44 billion promising to “unlock” the platform’s potential by loosening what he sees as unfair restrictions on free speech. “Free speech is. Continue reading
NFTs could fix ticketing and AfterParty raised $7M to prove it
Live event ticketing is a thorny problem with roots well beyond the Ticketmaster Live Nation cabal and questionable secondary players like StubHub. With its trackability and flexibilty, NFT ticketing could. Continue reading
Why Instagram hashtags DO NOT WORK
Hashtags may make it easy to find specific types of content, but as far as increasing your engagement they do not do much to help. A guest post by Bobby. Continue reading
BUSINESS OF INDIE: Making Vinyl convention • Ingrooves CEO exits • Orchard launches Elevate • more
In this latest edition of Business Of Indie, registration is open for the Making Vinyl conference in Nashvillle, The Orchard launches the Elevate mentorship program, the long time CEO of. Continue reading
Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Music economics • Fixing the industry • Why followers are not fans & more
Episode #89 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business podcast is live. Episode #89 On this week’s YMC podcast, hosts Jay. Continue reading
Is Universal Music stepping up to solve unfrozen mechanicals crisis?
Universal is rumored to plan to try and solve the unfrozen mechanical problem. A guest post by CHRIS CASTLE of Music Tech notPolicy. I have it on good authority from. Continue reading
9 great ways to promote music on Twitter
If you’re going to promote your music on social media (and you should be), Twitter can be a great place to do it. Here’s how. A guest post from DITTO. Continue reading
The ugly truth about music discovery
Music discovery is the buzziest buzzword in music today, and for a good reason. Everyone wants to get ahead, but few know the truth. A guest post by James Shotwell. Continue reading
