As we flip back through another eventful week of music industry news, we look at an infographic of musicians killed by guns since the 1950s, Trump’s ‘Freedom Kids’ lawsuit against the candidate, the impact of Pokémon GO on Pandora, and more. Musicians Killed By Guns 1950 – 2016 [INFOGRAPHIC] Live…
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3 Tips For Expanding Your Career Beyond Music
While it’s certainly a fun and rewarding experience, limiting yourself to just being a musician means that you can miss out on other exciting entrepreneurial opportunities which can present themselves during the course of your involvement with the music industry. __________________________________ In this new post on MusicThinkTank, Nick Gross explores…
FRI. BRIEF: Live Nation, Amazon Report Record Quarters • SFX Maneuvers • VKontakte • Leadership Music • More
FRIDAY 7.29.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Live Nation’s increasing strength makes the job of resurrecting SFX that much more difficult. Updated continuously under our More News tab
Donald Trumps Own Viral ‘Freedom Kids’ Now Plan Lawsuit Against Trump Campaign
Some may recall the Trump campaign’s singing/dancing ‘Freedom Kids’ from earlier this year. Now it looks as though the group’s organizer will be suing the campaign after its violation of their verbal agreement and repeated failure to properly compensate the performance group. _______________________________ Guest Post by Mike Masnick on Techdirt…
WED BRIEF: Facebook Growth Continues • Music Pubs Battle Sony • Eventbrite Adds Music Vets • Twitter Adds Stickers • More
THURSDAY 7.28.16 Music Business News From Around The Web It’s hard to imagine that Facebook could get any bigger, but it just did. Updated continuously under our More News tab
Spotify Starts Selling Your Fan Data Out Their Back Door [Chris Castle]
Spotify recently announced that it plans to start selling its free users’ identifiable information to major ad companies using pattern recognition and other data mining techniques to profile fans before packaging them for resale. _____________________________ Guest post by Chris Castle of Artist Rights Watch Spotify announced today that it is…
5 Things Songwriters Must Know About Consent Decrees
In this article we discuss how recent major changes to the federal agreement governing how performing rights organizations like ASCAP, SESAC, and BMI operate has much of the music community up in arms. _______________________________ In a recent posting on MusicThinkTank, Brian Penick breaks down how the consent decree works and…
WED. BRIEF: Apple Beats Expectations, Twitter Doesn’t • Apple Nabs Carpool Karaoke Exclusive • Dart Shifts To Data • More
WEDNESDAY 7.27.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Apple beat analysts expectations. Twitter didn’t. Both earnings reports mark an end to perpetual tech stock growth. Updated continuously under our More News tab
Why I’ll Never Be A Ghost Producer And How They’re Killing EDM
A heavily contested practice in the EDM community, ghost producing is argued by some to enable obscure producers to earn income and advance their industry notoriety, but the reality is that they may actually be doing their careers more harm than good. ___________________________ Guest Post by Collin McLoughlin on Medium…
AM BRIEF: SFX Nears New Plan, CEO • Vevo Nears WMG Deal, Paid Service • Guevara Near Death, Gets New CEO • More
TUESDAY 7.26.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Could SFX come back from the dead? They’ve reportedly found a CEO that might pull it off. Updated continuously under our More News tab