SiriusXM’s purchase of Pandora has analysts wondering how big its aspirations really are
Category archives: Music industry
The war over music copyrights
VC firms haven’t been the only ones raising hundreds of millions of dollars to invest in a booming market.
Tech Crunch
Apple’s buyout of Shazam: 5 reasons it could change music streaming forever
Apple is in a music-streaming arms race. It’s getting closer to 50m paying music subscribers worldwide, but remains approximately 39m behind Spotify’s premium global user-base.
Music Business Worldwide
There’s More Behind Spotify’s Artist Direct Upload Strategy Than Meets The Eye
In a surprise announcement, Spotify will now allow indie artists to bypass distributors like CD Baby and TuneCore and directly upload their songs to the platform.
Forbes
Could SiriusXM’s buyout of Pandora finally deliver the first true ‘full-stack’ music company?
On a fateful summer afternoon two years ago, SiriusXM took a swing and a miss.
Music Business Worldwide
Universal parie sur un marché africain dépassant l’Europe d’ici dix ans
Universal Music France supervise une nouvelle filiale du géant de la musique pour l’Afrique francophone. Le but affiché est d’abord de faire prospérer un marché local, pas de dénicher des talents pour les développer ailleurs.
Les Echos
Ticketmaster Faces Class-Action Lawsuit After Scalping Report
Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation Entertainment sued for “unlawful and unfair business practices”
Latest Industry Jobs: TuneCore, Vevo, Symphonic Distribution, More…
TuneCore poaches a key executive from Viacom. Neil Bhay will serve as Vice President of Technology at TuneCore. He joins from Viacom, where he served as Vice President of Technology. VEVO confirms a key appointment. Bryon Schafer will serve as Senior …
Latest Industry Jobs: SoundExchange, Atlas, Elektra, ICMP, More…
SoundExchange announces a promotion. Richard Conlon will now serve as Chief Corporate Development Officer at SoundExchange. The former Chief External Affairs Officer will lead the collective rights management organization’s expansion efforts. Conlon …
Senators Pen Letter to Live Nation CEO Over Ticketmaster Mass-Scalping Report
Jerry Moran and Richard Blumenthal call on Michael Rapino for more details on Ticketmaster’s resale program