The 2017 edition of Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference [WWDC] begins today at 10AM PT/1PM ET. It’s a time when Apple makes big announcements and offers advance looks at major upgrades and new products. We’ll be live tweeting today via @hypebot with an emphasis on music related announcements. Here’s what…
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Everfest Festival Experiences Platform Raises $3.6M From Live Nation, ATX
Everfest, a global festival search engine and calendar, has raised $3.6 million in a funding round co-led by Live Nation Entertainment and ATX Seed Ventures. Benchmark Capital’s Bob Kagle also returned as an investor. C3 Presents (Lollapalooza, ACL) co-founder Charlie Walker and Chris Shonk of ATX will join the board….
Everfest Festival Experiences Platform Raises $3.6M From Live Nation, ATX
Everfest, a global festival search engine and calendar, has raised $3.6 million in a funding round co-led by Live Nation Entertainment and ATX Seed Ventures. Benchmark Capital’s Bob Kagle also returned as an investor. C3 Presents (Lollapalooza, ACL) co-founder Charlie Walker and Chris Shonk of ATX will join the board….
Death Of The MP3 Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
Much has been said lately about the alleged demise of the MP3, although many of these stories have gotten the facts somewhat twisted, confusing the patent for the MP3 with the actual format itself. ________________________ Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 There’s been a flurry of articles lately…
Facebook Is Getting Into TV: Here’s Why
Facebook’s CFO David Wehner announced the company would be boosting its production of longer-form video content, as the social media platforms looks ahead to where the future of social video, advertising, and user engagement is headed. _________________________ Guest post by Tim Mulligan of Midia Last week there was a lot…
Apple’s iTunes Is Coming To Microsoft Windows Store
Microsoft today announced that Apple’s iTunes will be added to its Microsoft Windows Store by the end of this year. Why is this a big deal? Techcrunch explains: "Windows 10 S only runs Windows Store apps and unless an application like iTunes is available in the store, those users who…
Smule Raises $54M At $604M Valuation, As More Musicians Use Platform To Connect With Fans
Social music startup Smule has raised $54 million in a strategic financing round led by Tencent. The funds will be used to expand the service, which has 54 million monthly active users creating over 20 million songs daily, into Asia. ____________________________________ Giant Chinese investor Tencent has led a $54 million…
2 Simple Ways To Include Event Discovery Sites In Your Marketing
Although you already be marketing your events to regional audiences and social media followers, a vast number of urban event-goers often using event discovery sites in order to make their plans. Here we explore two important ways in which you can incorporate event discovery sites into your marketing. __________________ Guest…
Musical.ly Syncs With Apple Music
[Updated] IT’S OFFICIAL: Musical.ly has partnered with Apple Music. In a rare outside partnership, Apple Music will be one of the services delivering songs to the popular short music video creation app. _______________________________ Starting today, Apple Music will begin delivering song snippets to popular music video app Musical.ly. As of…
How To Convert More Interested Fans Into Attendees Using Bandsintown
In this day and age, music fans expect to receive information about tours and shows, not to have to seek it out. Here we explore how artists can use Bandsintown in conjunction with streaming services to encourage fans to purchase tickets to their next show. ________________________ Guest post by Dana…