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After denying that the platform will close in 50 days, Chance the Rapper may very well save SoundCloud. Yesterday, citing unnamed sources, TechCrunch published a damning article. SoundCloud founders Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss made a stunning confession at an all-hands meeting. After firing 40% of its staff (173 employees), the company had only fifty […]
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Want to reach over two billions views on YouTube? Going to Berklee may increase your chances, as Charlie Puth and Psy have found out. Berklee College of Music’s mission statement reads, “Berklee’s mission is to educate, train, and develop students to excel in music as a career.” Throughout its 72-year history, Berklee College of Music […]
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The countdown for SoundCloud’s final days has begun: 50, 49, 48, 47, 46… Earlier this year, SoundCloud’s co-founder and CEO Alexander Ljung shocked investors and employees with a jaw-dropping statement. He told investors, “SoundCloud may run out of cash earlier than December 31, 2017… These matters give rise to a material uncertainty about the Group’s […]
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Get ready for a Spotify IPO, possibly later this year, thanks to a new deal with Sony Music. Several months ago, Spotify locked down multiyear licensing deals with UMG and Merlin Network. Now, in its quest to launch an IPO, the streaming platform has locked down another major licensing deal. This time with Sony Music. […]
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Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth top Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ on YouTube. For the past five years, Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ had been YouTube’s most-watched video. Not anymore. Now, Wiz Khalifa’s ‘See You Again’ featuring Charlie Puth has topped the Korean superstar’s single. On YouTube, ‘Gangnam Style’ had become so popular that it literally broke the platform’s […]
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The cold reality of watching people lose their jobs at SoundCloud hits the web in spreadsheet form. Top executives have jumped ship. Spotify has walked away from acquisition talks. Google has yet to make a move. Deezer may or may not purchase the company. In a desperate move for cash, the company has asked German […]
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Jay Z’s Platinum-certified 4:44 doesn’t appear on the Billboard charts. WTF? For the second week in a row, DJ Khaled’s album, Grateful, has reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200. According to Nielsen Music, Grateful earned 70,000 equivalent album units, down 53 percent from last week. Traditional album sales composed 16,000 of the entire sum, also […]
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Behind every ‘fake artist’ is a real artist that’s getting paid, directly and upfront. So who cares? Spotify’s ‘fake artist’ issue? It’s basically ‘fake news’. Because ‘fake artists’ are actually real artists. They just have fake names that Spotify listeners aren’t reading anyway. Spotify denies it all. I’m not here to call them liars. But it […]
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Last week, Spotify got blasted by allegations of manufacturing ‘fake artists’ to avoid paying the real ones. Now, they’re responding to those accusations, and addressing broader issues of playlist gaming. If Spotify is the new king of the music industry, are they ruling the minions fairly? As the influence of streaming playlists becomes extreme, that’s becoming […]
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Along with spammers and coverbots, has Spotify also gamed the music industry and artists’ fans? According to a new report, they may very well have. Kendrick Lamar’s “Humble” recently reached number one on Billboard’s streaming charts. Straight off the rapper’s album, Damn., Lamar has racked up over 291 million streams on Spotify. But, did you […]
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