Author archives: Bruce Houghton

Apple Acquires Platoon Emerging Artists Marketing Platform

Apple has acquired U.K. based music creative services and artist development startup Platoon, according to multiple reports. The startup’s co founder, Denzyl Feigelson, is a long time consultant for Apple and produces its annual UK iTunes Festival. Platoon launched in 2016 under the moniker "as launchpad for fearless creatives." The…

PresskitTO Disappears Without Notice Leaving Many Musicians Without Promo

Digital press kit service presskit.to has gone offline without warning, leaving hundreds, if not thousands of artists and marketers without access to their promotional material. Presskit.to, which launched in 2012, has been offline for almost three weeks. The demise of the digital press kit service came without warning or any…

Latin Dominates Top 10 YouTube Videos 2018

Eight of the top 10 most played music videos on YouTube worldwide last year were in Spanish, with Puerto Rican singer Ozuna (pictured left) making an appearance in 2018’s #1, #9 and #10 music videos. The top 10 YouTube music videos by views for 2018 (as of Dec. 5): “Te…

Insomniac Adds Label Services

EDM festival promoter Insomniac has launched Insomniac Music Group, an in-house record label services group overseeing distribution and management of music for both established and up-and-coming artists. Insomniac will also use the label as an umbrella for their existing in-house imprints such as Insomniac Records and will offer a range…

SoundCloud Names Lisa Ellis To Head Music, Artist Relations

SoundCloud has hired former Sony Music exec Lisa Ellis to head Global Head of Music & Artist Relations. She will work alongside SoundCloud’s artist and label services team based in New York. Ellis joins SoundCloud from Provenance Ventures, a holding company for Provenance Media, where she will continue to serve…

Spotify ‘Wrapped’ Artist, Fan 2018 Recap Micro-sites Launch

Spotify for Artists has launched the 2018 edition of its annual Wrapped campaign. Artist get a free custom micro-site chronicling their stats and successes on the streamer over the last year. Wrapped for fans give users a look back at the music they discovered and played on Spotify over the…

THU. BRIEF: Spotify Wrapped 2018 • BMG Splits Exec Team, Katz Exits • New Soundcloud Music Chief • More

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A2IM Sets Indie Week 2019 Dates, Opens Libera Nominations

Independent music trade group A2IM announced that their 2019 Indie Week will take place on June 17-20 at The New York Law School. Nominations for the indie music Libera Awards are also open. A2IM has pledged to make this year’s four day gathering of the indie music tribe a more…