Vivendi isn’t ‘pulling a Sony’ — but UMG might be going public. Vivendi CEO Arnaud de Puyfontaine stated that his group is a “strategic partner of Spotify.” He clarified that Vivendi has no intentions of selling…
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Latest Industry: Live Nation, SoundCloud, Apple Music, Amazon Alexa, YouTube, Guitar Center
A neural network on what you love to listen to. Music Audience Exchange (MAX) has unveiled its Artist Matching Engine. The platform’s data model uses neural networks to map music tastes onto the demographic, psychographic, geographic and be…
What YouTube, Pandora, Spotify, Apple Music & Amazon Are Paying Artists In 2018
Napster, Tidal, Apple Music, and Amazon still have the highest per-play rates. And don’t expect to make much on Pandora, Spotify, and YouTube. How much should artists expect to receive on streaming music platforms? That’s a comp…
Latest Industry: MMA, Apple Music Worldwide, GEMA, Live Nation, Amazon, TickPick, Royalty Flow
MMA fastrack! Looks like the super-sized Music Modernization Act (MMA) is getting fast-tracked — big time. Just today, the consolidated music legislation received a unanimous 32-0 vote from the House Judiciary Committee. Onto the…
10 Leadership Lessons From Amazon’s Massive Success
Take a lot of risks and run with the ones that pan out.
4 Obvious Pros and 4 Disconcerting Cons for Whatever City Wins Amazon’s HQ2
Along with everything good cities want. a multibillion-dollar investment and thousands of new jobs will raise housing costs, tighten labor markets and clog streets.
Fair Warning: Amazon Music Will Delete All of Your MP3s on April 30th
A friendly reminder: unless you download and save all of your Amazon-stored MP3s, you can bid them farewell – for good. Underscoring the death of MP3 downloads, Amazon Music quietly scrapped MP3 imports several months ago. The e-commerce gi…
Amazon’s Dog-Friendly Seattle Headquarters Is 6,000 Pups Strong
It has been reported for years that Amazon employees are all about the dogs, but until recently, it wasn’t known how crazy they are about our four-legged friends.
Alexa Is Randomly Laughing, But Nobody’s in on the Joke
Some Alexa users have heard random, creepy giggles from the virtual assistant in recent weeks. Amazon says the problem was the result of a false positive.
Amazon Is Laying Off ‘Several Hundred’ Employees
The pink slips will be predominantly given to workers in the company’s consumer retail business, according to The Seattle Times.