Business, Services And Guides For Music Labels
But, is this enough to convert its 175 million users to its paid subscription service ‘SoundCloud Go’? Today (June 23rd), SoundCloud announced via their blog that they are amping up their discovery features across all of their platforms. The latest feature is called Suggested Tracks. The new feature is very similar to Spotify’s Discover as it […]
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June 21, 2016 Radio and television host and producer Ryan Seacrest, eight time Grammy award winner musician/entrepreneur Usher, and iHeartMedia Chairman and CEO Bob Pittman discuss hustle and entrepreneurship at Lumière Theater, Palais during the Cannes Lions Festival. (Photo credit: Getty for iHeartMedia.) Usher gives us the lowdown on what is needed to be successful in the […]
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Bail date is set for July 1st… Today (June 22nd) Troy Ave attended the Manhattan courtroom via his wheelchair – the first public appearance from the Rapper since he was charged with attempted murder on May 31st. The District Attorney’s Office handed Collins the indictment – one count of second degree attempted murder and four counts of […]
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The latest executive shuffles across the music industry… CAA has promoted Sabrina Butera and Sam Forbet to Music Agents, as part of a wider executive shuffle that saw 5 trainees being elevated to Agent positions. Last week, CAA announced a joint venture with licensing giants Global Brands Group, and these appointments are thought to be the […]
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Vinyl fans wave goodbye to all hopes of a season 2… Vinyl was the hit show which followed the fictional American Century Records – a label struggling to reinvent itself and capture a new sound. Bobby Cannavale played the record executive, with both Martin Scorcese and Mick Jagger directing. As part of the ‘set,’ Scorcese transformed Brooklyn’s Rough Trade record […]
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YouTube slammed for the ‘value gap’ and for not paying copyright holders fairly… On Monday, 180+ music artists sent an open letter to congress pleading for urgent DMCA reforms. This was part of a continued effort to prevent online platforms, like YouTube from exploiting the work of artists by hiding behind safe harbor provisions. This letter came after […]
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Spotify service goes down…again. Today (June 22nd) Spotify has been experiencing technical difficulties, causing the streaming service to go down in areas of the UK, US and others places across the world, leaving users unable to stream music. Though the app allowed users to listen to music that was saved for offline playback, the service […]
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‘Stairway To Heaven’ Case is becoming one big joke… Yesterday (June 21st), it was Led Zeppelin’s turn to present their case to the Judge. Robert Plant took to the stand in a federal courtroom in Los Angeles to testify how the band created ‘Stairway To Heaven’, but like the other members of Led Zeppelin there was very […]
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But are the documents real? We asked the Santa Barbara Police. Early this morning, a large document detailing evidence collected in a Santa Barbara police raid at Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch in 2003 surfaced. The horrid list included books stuffed with images of nude children, sadomasochism, and even strangely morphed images of children’s faces on naked adults. […]
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More people in the UK buy CDs as opposed to streaming music… According to research conducted by Kantar Worldpanel Entertainment, only 14% of people in the UK actually pay for a music streaming service. A survey population of 15,000 were sampled, and of the people that participated, 62% of the 14% of people who claimed that […]
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