Author archives: Bruce Houghton

At A2IM’s Indie Week? Join Us For Streaming Manipulation: The Ethics of Streaming

A2IM’s Indie Week is taking over New York City and I’m in town to be part of the Streaming Manipulation: The Ethics of Streaming panel on Tuesday. Here are my (much smarter that I am) fellow panelists and all the details. Streaming Manipulation: The Ethics of Streaming Tuesday, June 18th,…

Genius Accuses Google Of Stealing Its Song Lyrics

Lyrics annotation site Genius,com says that it has caught Google stealing and using its song lyrics to power some of the tech giant’s search results, Genius says it caught Google by cleverly inserting a series of alternating straight and curved apostrophes in the lyrics that it hosts and then finding…

28 Father’s Day Grateful Dead For Kids Shows, 1 Promoter

Peter Shapiro, the legendary concert promoter and venue owner, announced that he’s promoting dozens of family-friendly Grateful Dead tribute shows across the United States on Father’s day. The shows, part of Shapiro’s “Rock & Roll Playhouse” concert series, are aimed at providing concert experiences to kids and helping them connect…

Taylor Swift Gives Surprise Performance At Stonewall Inn AEG Pride Celebration [VIDEO]

Taylor Swift made a surprise appearance at last night’s Stonewall Inn and AEG’s pride celebration commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising during NYC’s Pride Month. Swifts appearance before just 100 people at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, the site of the 1969 riots that launched the gay…

Spotify Takes Aim At Radio with ‘Your Daily Drive’ [Mark Mulligan of MIDiA]

[UPDATED] MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan has been warning for more than a year that radio is streaming’s next frontier; and with this week’s release of the personalized music + news playlist "Your Daily Drive," Spotify took a giant step towards making his prediction a reality. _______________________________________ By Mark Mulligan of…

Can’t Find Your Missing Spotify Songs and Downloads After Yesterday’s Update?

Spotify updated its app for Premium users yesterday with a streamlined look, new music features like ‘Your Daily Drive’ and, of course, more emphasis on podcasts. As part of the streamlining, however, Spotify buried the users lists of "Songs" as well as the list of downloaded music that many use…

Wife Upload’s Husband’s Snoring To Spotify, Apple Music. 30,000 Streams Later…

Fed up of her husband’s snoring, a wife who uses the name Duck Mischief turned his night time noise into an 80s movie style dramatic theme song and released it on Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and other streaming services. 30,000 stream later… I got so fed up of my husband’s…

LiveXLive Reports Revenue, Subscriber Growth, But Still Bleeding Cash

Live music streaming service LiveXLive announced financial results for the 4th quarter of 2019 and full results for their fiscal year. The company reported record revenue for their full fiscal year of $33.7 million, which was up by 368% year-over-year and $9.2 million in Q4 2019, up 29% year-over-year. The…

Pandora Launches ‘Studio Resonate’ Consultancy

Pandora is launching a new in-house consultancy called Studio Resonate. The consultancy will provide advertisers with audio creative development, sonic branding and strategy services, web and mobile experiences, visual design, rich media production and live activations. While Pandora has provided these services to advertisers for a decade, according to a…