Latest Industry: Facebook, Spotify & Samsung, Drake, Ticketfly, MelodyVR, Pussy Riot, Downtown, More…

Mass exodus of Facebook users jumping ship to…YouTube? Online market research firm SimilarWeb has found Facebook will soon become the third-largest site in the US.  In the past 2 years, Facebook’s monthly visits have fallen from 8.5 million to 4.5 bill…

Introducing ‘Talent Show,’ Facebook’s Blatant Copy of Musical.ly

Could talent singing competitions help Facebook finally take down Musical.ly? Several months ago, independent researcher and engineer Jane Manchun Wong found an interesting but unannounced feature on Instagram. To better compete against struggling riva…

9 Tips To Increase Likes Before Summer Ends [Cyber PR]

Summer is almost half over! And now is a great time to increase social media following and up your engagement. "I know it’s difficult to focus on interaction with fans of your music when all you want to do is treasure the sunny days of the season," writes Ariel Hyatt…

Mark Zuckerberg on Why Facebook Won’t Remove ‘Fake News’ and 3 Other Takeaways From His Recent Interview

In a podcast interview with Recode, the co-founder of the social giant opened up about regulating ‘fake news,’ monitoring content, his mentor and tech’s next frontier.

Is Instagram about to become the music industry’s new best friend?

The Facebook-owned social media platform has transformed itself – and artists are noticing
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Latest Industry: Piracy Drops, TanaCon, Stony Plain, Idris Elba, James Mtume, Netflix, More…

Fewer young people are pirating content. According to a new report from the UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO), piracy has dropped 7% among 16-to-24-year-olds since 2015.  Over half now subscribe to an online video service, including Netflix and A…

Latest Industry: Facebook, Apple, MMF, Warner/Chappell, SGAE, YouTube, Drake, AWAL, More…

So, who did Facebook give YOUR information to? Facebook has admitted to providing 61 businesses access to user data, including public profile information, after stating it wouldn’t.  The social network provided users’ personal information t…