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Pandora Adds Discount Student, Military and Veterans Plans

Pandora has added deeply discounted student and military plans. The streamer recently launched the Pandora Premium Family Plan, where up to six family members get Premium features for $14.99 per month. The Pandora Student Plan offers full Pandora Premium features for $4.99 per month, with a 60-day free trial. The…

Panora Adds Discount Student, Military and Veterans Plans

Pandora has added deeply discounted student and military plans. The streamer recently launched the Pandora Premium Family Plan, where up to six family members get Premium features for $14.99 per month. The Pandora Student Plan offers full Pandora Premium features for $4.99 per month, with a 60-day free trial. The…

DIY Musicians Now Earn More Than $2 Billion A Year

DIY musicians now in earn more than $2 billion a year from recorded music, music publishing income, live performance fees, merchandise sales and other income Music industry analysts MIDiA recently estimated that DIY and self releasing artists earned $643 million in recorded music revenue in 2018. In a new Rolling…

Full Screen Direct Shutters As D2F Takes Another Hit

Fullccreen Direct is shutting down all operations The direct-to-consumer platform which served 75 major music clients including Metallica, Kid Rock, Justin Timberlake and Keith Urban was the backbone of their direct to fan eCommerce and online fan clubs. Formerly known as StageBloc, Fullscreen Direct and its parent Fullscreen Media were…

Rolling Stone To Challenge Billboard With Music Charts

Rolling Stone Magazine is launching multiple music charts in a direct challenge to Billboard. Data for the charts will come from BuzzAngle Music. Rollling Stone owners PMC made a strategic investment in the music data firm last year. Rolling Stone has increased its music industry coverage in recent months, including…

Fyre Festival’s Billy McFarland Writing Memoir From Jail

Billy McFarland, co-founder of the failed Fyre Festival, is writing a memoir about the event while he is in federal prison serving 6 years for fraud and selling fake tickets to events. New York Magazine says the working title is “Promythus: The God of Fyre” (sic), according to McFarland’s girlfriend….

Warner Music Group Reports Solid Q2, Digital Up 21%

Warner Music Group Corp. today announced solid second quarter financial results for the period ending March 31, 2019. Total revenue grew 13.2% and digital revenue was up 20.8%. “Our second-quarter results were strong,” said Steve Cooper, Warner Music Group’s CEO. “Our sustained investment in our artists and songwriters, our artist…

YouTube Coachella Views Jump 90% A Live Concert Streaming Comes Of Age

Here’s a stat for the many who doubted that mainstream fans would ever want to watch a concert live on their computer or phone: YouTube’s live stream of Coachella’s first weekend logged 82 million live views – an increase of 90% compared to 2018. YouTube is also expanding its live…