Bandsintown and Facebook have partnered to relaunch the popular concert discovery platform’s Facebook Event export feature. Once a day, Facebook scans Bandsintown events and automatically populates the Events tab on artists’ Facebook Page as part of the Facebook Events service. How It Works From Bandsintown Manager Automatic Export Of New…
Category archives: Music Tech
Music Supervision and Sync News: Lady Gaga • Bohemian Rhapsody • Red Dead Redemption • BMG • More
This month’s music supervision roundup from Emma Griffiths at Synchtank surveys the world of film, tv, advertising, gaming, business and more for the best and most interesting synch placements and news. ___________________________________ By Emma Griffiths of SynchTank Film and TV 10 Great Movie Music Moments by Michel Legrand (Variety) From…
FRI. BRIEF: Behind Spotify’s Podcast Move • Scooter Buys Atlas • Techstars Music Class Of 2019 • More
FRIDAY 2.8.19
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Music Streaming Rates 2018: Per Stream Rates Drop and YouTube’s Value Gap Is Very Real
[UPDATED] 2018 saw music streaming come into its own as the dominant source of recording music revenue. But as streaming volumes swelled, the YouTube value gap and its pitifully small payout percentage became even more apparent. _________________________________ Guest post by David Lowery of The Trichordist Here we go again. To…
Spotify’s Podcast Play Not A Sure Winner says MIDiA Analyst Mark Mulligan
Spotify declared itself an "audio-first’ streaming service on Wednesday with a $500 million push into podcasting led by the acquisition of Gimlet Media and Anchor, with other deals in the wings. But Spotify’s major podcast play is far from a sure bet, says top industry analyst Mark Mulligan of MIDiA….
Musiio Raises $1M To Bring Spotify-Like AI To Other Music Services, Labels, Publishers
Musiio has raised a $1 million seed round to continue development of its use of artificial intelligence (AI) which brings Spotify-like discovery and curation tools to other music services and AI driven A&R tools to labels and other music companies. Singapore’s Wavemaker Partners, US’s Exponential Creativity Ventures and undisclosed angels…
THU. BRIEF: Sonos Stock Plunges • Musiio Raises $1M • Marshmello’s Impact • PledgeMusic • More
THURSDAY 2.7.19
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PledgeMusic Advises Artists To Suspend All Campaigns [UPDATE]
Pledge Music has sent an email to artists with active crowdfunding campaigns advising them to "suspend" them immediately, Hypebot has confirmed. The company also suspended new fan contributions to all campaigns overnight Wednesday. Attempts to contribute to multiple campaigns on Thursday morning resulted in a pop-up reading: "Dear Fans, Unfortunately…
Article 13 Moves Forward As France, Germany Sign On
Article 13 is moving forward to full adoption after France and Germany signed on to a revised version. The on again off again controversial EU copyright directive legislation is set up-end the Safe Harbor protections on which YouTube and other popular user-generated platforms were created. Google, YouTube and others have…
Spotify (SPOT) Stock Continues To Fall
Spotify (SPOT) stock fell 2.83% Wednesday after the streamer’s Q2 earnings report and news of two major acquisitions. The stock was trading down another 2.21% at $132.46 in pre-market trading Thursday. Strong user growth and its first ever profitable quarter were offset by lower than anticipated earnings and the acquisition…