Author archives: Bruce Houghton

MON. BRIEF: ASCAP, BMI Consent Decree Arguments • Sonos Revenue Grows • 9128 Launches • More

MONDAY 5.12.19
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Portia Sabin Named President Music Business Association

The Music Business Association (Music Biz) has named respected industry veteran Dr. Portia Sabin as President. The trade group advocates on behalf of the music industry. The organization’s current longtime president James Donio will be stepping down from the post, but will continue in an advisory role, Music Biz said…

Apple Music For Artists Exits Beta, Available Free To All With Enhanced Analytics, Shazam

Apple Music For Artists has long lagged behind Spotify and Pandora with the tools and analytics that it offers artists. That changed overnight with the public launch of a toolkit that insiders have been playing with for months. Apple Music For Artists now offers all musicians and their team a…

SXSW 2020 PanelPicker Voting Is Open

Your votes can help choose which panels should grace the stage at SXSW 2020. Voting now will help keep your favorites near the top of the list. "PanelPicker connects us with the thousands of creative professionals, experienced experts and informed consumers that make up the global SXSW community. This interface…

‘Apple Digital Masters’ Launches As Apple Music Tests HI-Res Streaming At No Extra Cost

Apple Music has announced the launch of ‘Apple Digital Masters,’ which brings its “Mastered for iTunes” offering into its global streaming catalog. 75% of the Top 100 tracks in the U.S. and 71% of the Top 100 globally offered in the hi-res streaming format. Hi-res tracks across Apple Music have…

LiveXLive Revenue Grows, But Losses Continue

LiveXLive Media, the live music and entertainment streaming service, announced record revenue for Q1 2019, but the startup is still bleeding cash. The company posted revenue of $9.5 million for the quarter, up from $7.6 million in the same period in 2018. LiveXLive attributes the improved revenue to strong subscriber…

Eventbrite Revenue, Ticket Sales Up, But Q2 Losses Widen

Ticketing and event platform Eventbrite announced results for Q2 2019, reporting strong revenue growth for the quarter. Net revenue for the second quarter grew by 19.6% to $80.8 million, which the company says was driven by ticket sales and add-ons that allow event creators to upsell ancillary or premium offerings…

AM BRIEF: Apple Music Unveils ‘Digital Masters’ • Capital Congress • Sonos Losses Narrow • Earbuds • More

THURSDAY 8.8.19
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Payola At Radio Never Went Away, says New Report

Broadcast radio has been rocked by at least two payola scandals in the 1960s and again in 2004. But payola – the illegal practice of paying to be played on the radio – is still rampant in the US, according to multiple reports. ___________________________________ “Everyone knows it’s there,” Allen Kovac,…