Catering to your fanbase is a key part of successful music marketing, and Spotify’s new pre-save option – which gives fans the option of adding as-yet unreleased music their library, allows artists to engage with their listeners early, and ensures listeners don’t miss out on the latest tracks. _________________________________ In…
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Spotify To Rise 60% say 33 Top Analysts as Stock Hits New Low, Sheds $12B Value (NASDAQ:SPOT)
Spotify stock closed at $125.68 on Friday, ticking up slightly from an all time day-end low of $125.55 the day before. In late July, Spotify’s stock was soaring at $196.28, raising the streamer’s market cap to $35.3 billion. 5 months later the Spotify market cap has fallen more than $12…
MON. BRIEF: Has Spotify Stock Hit Bottom? • Springsteen, BTS Concert Films • LiveStyle Turnaround • More
MONDAY 12.17.18
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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
In this roundup of the past week’s music industry news, we revisit the evolution of third party playlists and what they mean for streaming, Amber Grimes’ move from Spotify to Capital, a judge’s confirmation of a five million ‘Blurred Lines’ judgement against Robin Thicke, and more. The Evolution Of 3rd…
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
The most popular articles from the pages of Hypebot this week explored why some Spotify users are becoming so disenchanted with the platform, Tencent’s IPO situation, Mariah and Ariana’s YouTube successes, and more! There’s "Nothing Social Anymore About Spotify," Say Users Tencent Music IPO’s At Reduced $12.3B Valuation This Week’s…
Apple Music Shuts Artist-To-Fan Social Platform Connect, Redesigns Artists Pages, Radio
Apple Music is shutting down its Connect artist to fan social platform. Apple’s previous attempt at building a music focused social network, iTunes Ping, launched and shutters in months. Apple began notifying artists that they could no longer post on Connect amd previously posted content was being removed from the…
Taylor Swift Uses Facial Recognition At Shows To Stop Stalkers
The use of facial recognition at live events has become public with the recent report that it was used at Taylor Swift’s Rose Bowl concert on May 18th to spot potential stalkers. A facial recognition camera was placed into a kiosk that ostensibly displayed rehearsal clips of Taylor’s Reputation tour,…
FRI. BRIEF: Apple Music Closes Connect • YouTube Spam Purge • Taylor Swift Facial ID’s Fans • More
FRIDAY 12.14.18
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SoundCloud Adds Live Stream-To-DJ Mixes With Serato
SoundCloud has launched the ability for DJ’s to discover and live mix music from its licenced catalog through Serato’s DJ Pro 2.1 and DJ Lite 1.1 decks with a SoundCloud Go+ subscription. By combining Pro Unlimited and Go+, users can also mix and stream millions of underground and premium tracks…
Trala Scores $1.3M For Violin Learning App, Another Win For Techstars’ Startup Incubator
Trala has raised an oversubscribed $1.29 million seed investment round for its violin learning app. Trala is part of the Techstar Chicago startup incubator. Investors in the round include Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn; lead investor Origin Ventures and Techstars Ventures, as well as three execs at language learning app,…