Author archives: Bruce Houghton

‘First On SoundCloud’ Expands With Fan Created Content

Following the success of the “First On SoundCloud” campaigns in the U.S., U.K. and Germany, SoundCloud has announced phase two of its developing artists program. The campaign features fans and their emotional connections to the tracks and creators they discovered first on SoundCloud. Twenty creators will be featured across SoundCloud…

Snapchat Is Back (Sort Of) But investor Still Aren’t Happy

Snapchat’s user base is finally growing again, though not dramatically enough for investors. The social channel added 4 million daily active users last quarter, marking its first gain in a year. Snapchat now has 190 million DAUs, up from 186 million at the end of 2018. That was also 3…

Kobalt’s AWAL Expands Artist Marketing Team With VP Hire

AWAL, Kobalt’s red hot label services and recordings company, has hired Thomas Fiss as VP of Strategic Marketing, North America. Based in Los Angeles, Fiss will oversee multichannel marketing, which includes conceptualizing and producing content offerings and partner integrations for AWAL artists with brands, media outlets and others. "We are…

Trailblazing Sylvia Rhone Named Epic Records CEO, Chairman

Sony Music Entertainment has promoted label veteran Sylvia Rhone to Chairman and CEO of Epic Records. In her new role, Rhone will lead the creative direction and management of Epic, and report to Rob Stringer, CEO, Sony Music Entertainment. “Sylvia is a trailblazing and iconic executive who has played a…

Spotify, Chance The Rapper, Kesha Join Webby Winners 2019

Chance The Rapper, Childish Gambino, Kesha, Solange and Spotify were among the 2019 Webby Award Winners alongside Steph Curry, Ellen DeGeneres, The Walking Dead, Trevor Noah and more. Three million votes were cast in more than 240 countries to choose the Winners of the Webby People’s Voice Awards. This year’s…

Berklee Announces Online Master’s Degree In Film Scoring

Berklee Online has announced a new Master Degree in Music in Film Scoring. The program will officially start in January 2020, with applications launching on May 13. The Berklee Online Master of Music in Film Scoring program will teach students how to analyze a given film score on multiple musical…

Remix Hits Opens Stem Marketplace, Partners With Sony To Offer Iconic Songs

Nashville based Remix Hits has launched a hit song stem marketplace offering producers iconic songs in the form of an affordable remix-focused ‘Kontakt’ stem instrument dubbed ReleaseTM. The first wave of available song packs includes classic hits from Sony Music, including: TLC’s No Scrubs, The Outfield’s Your Love, The Guess…

Twitter Stock ↑15.7% Tues. On Strong Revenue Growth, Mixed Monthly User Stats

UPDATE: The last monthly user stats that Twitter says it will ever share showed a social media channel struggling to grow. Twitter added monthly users for the first time in a year – 330 million monthly users vs. 321 million in the previous quarter. But that’s still lower than the…

Muso Raises $4.5M For Piracy Tracking From Hartwell Capital

Digital piracy specialist MUSO has raised $4.5 million in an extension of its $3.2 million 2017 Series A with Harwell Capital. The new investment will be used to expand the company’s efforts in the digital media, gaming and live broadcast sectors. MUSO’s technology removes unlicensed digital content and provides data…