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# REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/rewind-the-new-music-industrys-week-in-review-1-41/
- Published: 2014-04-12T10:13:00.000Z
- Updated: 2014-04-12T10:13:00.000Z
- Description: Bette Midler: 4.1 Million Pandora Streams = $114, "Impossible for songwriters to earn a living" Music's 10 Most Innovative Companies Musicians: Your Instrument Could Be Contraband, Subject To Immediate Seizure. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/04/rewind-the-new-music-industrys-
- Author: admin
- Tags: Major Labels, Music Business, Music Marketing, Music Tech, Social Media, Startups & Funding, Streaming, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:38

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- **Bette Midler: 4.1 Million Pandora Streams = $114,** ["Impossible for songwriters to earn a living"](https://www.hypebot.com/bette-midler-41-million-pandora-streams-114-impossible-for-songwriters-to-earn-a-living/)
- **Music's** [10 Most Innovative Companies](https://www.hypebot.com/musics-10-most-innovative-companies/)
- **Musicians:** [Your Instrument Could Be Contraband, Subject To Immediate Seizure](https://www.hypebot.com/musicians-your-instrument-could-be-contraband-subject-to-immediate-seizure/)
- **Can Will.i.am's Smartwatch** [Save The Music Industry?](https://www.hypebot.com/can-williams-smartwatch-save-the-music-industry-with-wearable-music/)
- **Twitter Redesign-In-Progress** [Offers Fresh Music Marketing Potential](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/04/-twitters-redesign-in-progress-offers-fresh-music-marketing-potential.html)

**MORE:**

- **Hypebot's Music Industry** [News](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/news.html) **and** [Jobs](http://hypebot.jobamatic.com/a/jbb/find-jobs?ref=hypebot.com)
- **Big Data Changed** [How We Measure Success](https://www.hypebot.com/big-data-changed-how-we-measure-success/)
- **Spotify's Most** [Viral and Streamed Tracks US, UK and Global](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/04/spotifys-most-streamed-viral-tracks-us-uk-global.html)
- **Prince Drops Universal,** [Forms Own NPG Music Publishing](https://www.hypebot.com/prince-drops-universal-forms-own-npg-music-publishing/)
- **Researchers Claim That** [Releasing YouTube Music Videos Reduces Album Sales](https://www.hypebot.com/report-claims-that-releasing-youtube-music-videos-reduces-album-sales/)
- **Music & Entertainment Stocks** [Drift Downward](https://www.hypebot.com/music-entertainment-stocks-drift-downward/)
- **Heartbleed Bug:** [A Musician's Guide To The Web's Biggest Security Threat](https://www.hypebot.com/heartbleed-bug-a-musicians-guide-to-the-webs-biggest-security-threat/)

**Lists**

- **Full List of** [Billboard 2014 Music Awards Nominees](https://www.hypebot.com/billboard-announces-2014-music-awards-nominees-full-list/)
- **Stub Hub Releases** [Top Selling Music Festivals and Hottest Fest Acts Lists](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/04/stub-hub-releases-top-selling-music-festivals-and-hottest-fest-acts-lists-.html)

**Deals**

- **Local Concert App Timbre** [Quietly Acquired By Seatwave Ticketing Marketplace](https://www.hypebot.com/local-concert-app-timbre-quietly-acquired-by-seatwave-ticketing-marketplace/)
- **Smule Raises Another** [$16.6M For Social Music Apps](https://www.hypebot.com/smule-raises-another-166m-for-social-music-apps/)
- **SFX Acquires** [EDM Management, Creative Agencies TMWRK, Meta Agency and Learned Evolution](https://www.hypebot.com/sfx-acquires-edm-management-creative-agencies-tmwrk-meta-agency-and-learned-evolution/)
- **Nas and Anthony Saleh Visit Singapore** [As Potential Investors In Asian Startups](https://www.hypebot.com/nas-and-anthony-saleh-visit-singapore-as-potential-investors-in-asian-startups/)
- **PledgeMusic Partners** [With The Agency Group](https://www.hypebot.com/pledgemusic-partners-with-the-agency-group/)
- **Azoff MSG** [Buys 50% Stake In Burns Entertainment](https://www.hypebot.com/azoff-msg-buys-50-stake-in-burns-entertainment/)

**Music Services**

- **Rhapsody Paid Subscribers** [Jump 63% To 1.7 Million](https://www.hypebot.com/rhapsody-paid-subscribers-jumps-63-to-17m/)
- **Spotify and Box TV** [Launching Top 40 TV Show](https://www.hypebot.com/spotify-and-box-tv-launching-top-40-tv-show/)
- **Apple Bans** ['iTunes Radio Competitor' Bloom.fm](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/04/apple-bans-itunes-radio-competitor-bloomfm-.html)
- **Deezer Expands Free Music Offering,** [Samsung Partnership Prior To US Launch](https://www.hypebot.com/deezer-expands-free-music-offering-samsung-partnership-prior-to-us-launch/)
- **A Race To The Bottom?** [Spotify Adds Territory, Offers Premium Subs For $3](https://www.hypebot.com/a-race-to-the-bottom-spotify-adds-territory-offers-premium-subs-for-3/)
- **Bop.fm Powers** [Free Artist Created Streams](https://www.hypebot.com/bopfm-powers-free-artist-created-streams-playable-on-almost-any-music-streamer/) and [Introduces Playlist Grabber](https://www.hypebot.com/playlist-grabber-increases-bopfms-strength-as-a-music-services-connector/)

**Marketing**

- **Adweek's Music Issue:** ["Kick-Ass" Mag Covers, Beats by Dre Ads, Streaming Music Battles](https://www.hypebot.com/adweeks-music-issue-kick-ass-mag-covers-beats-by-dre-ads-streaming-music-battles/)
- **Celebs Getting Paid** [Up To $20,000 To Attend Coachella](https://www.hypebot.com/celebs-getting-paid-up-20000-to-attend-coachella/)
- **Facebook Bans Your Favorite Marketing Tactics** [For The Good Of The People](https://www.hypebot.com/facebook-bans-your-favorite-marketing-tactics-for-the-good-of-the-people/)
- **Live Nation Partners with Motorola** [for New Artist Discovery Project](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/04/live-nation-partners-with-motorola-for-new-artist-discovery-project-.html)
- **Artist Marketing Platform** [Zankme Shuts Down](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/04/artist-marketing-platform-zankme-shuts-down-.html)

**Job Changes**

- **Billboard Editor Switch:** [Tony Gervino New Editor-In-Chief, Joe Levy Now Editor-At-Large](https://www.hypebot.com/billboard-editor-switch-tony-gervino-new-editor-in-chief-joe-levy-now-editor-at-large/)
- **Warner Music Revamps Classical Music Division,** [Names New Top Execs](https://www.hypebot.com/warner-music-revamps-classical-music-division-names-new-top-execs/)