Category archives: Music Tech

WED. BRIEF: Grande Forever 21 Lawsuit • Tindr + Live Nation • Linkfire + Boomplay • Empire Adds Nashville • More

WEDNESDAY 9.4.19
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Pandora Adds Music, Podcast Sharing To Instagram Stories

Pandora has added music and podcast sharing to Instagram Stories. Starting today, Pandora users across all tiers of service can share songs, albums, podcasts, playlists and Pandora stations via Instagram Stories and give friends and followers free temporary access to Pandora. From the Pandora app, tap “Share” and then “Instagram…

Spotify Adds ‘Horoscope Today’ Short Podcasts From Parcast

Spotify has added Horoscope Today, short podcasts for each of the 12 signs delivered every day, 365 days a year. The two-minute daily audio is produced by Parcast, which Spotify acquired or $54 million in April of this year as part of a major puch into podcasting. "From relationship drama…

BeatChain Brings Tools, Data Musicians Need Into One App

BeatChain brings both the data and tools that musicians and labels for marketing in a single spp. Using an expanding toolkit, artists can build an engaged fanbase who get everything direct including tracks, content, tickets, and merchandise. Ben Mendoza, the CEO of BeatChain, joins Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert on…

6 Great Online Music Forums To Visit When You’re Caught In A Jam

While social media has taken over where online forums once reigned supreme, it’s important to remember that many of these forums – or at least ones very like them – still exist, and if you’re trying to find answers or broaden your horizons in a very specific niche of the…

7 Reasons Teenagers Love Instagram (According To A Teenager)

Established as the social media darling of the under twenty set, the post offers an insider’s understanding of why it is that Instagram is so popular among teenagers, as detailed in seven points by University of Texas student Andrew Watts. ____________________________ Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 If…

6 #MusicBiz Stories You Missed Over The Long Weekend

Here is a quick round-up of six important music business stories that you may have missed over the holiday, and believe it or not only two of them are about Taylor Swift. • Taylor Swift’s Lover Passes 3 Million Equivalent Sales • 1 In 4 Albums Sold In US Last…

Once Upon A Time… In Radio

In this piece, Fred Jacobs explores the role of radio in the recent Tarantino film "Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood" and how its use in the film highlights radio’s iconic cultural relevance in the era depicted – a relevance radio could have again. _________________________________ Guest post by Fred Jacobs of…

AM BRIEF: Spotify To FB Stories Song Sharing • Swift’s ‘Lover’ Passes 3M • Jay-Z, NFL Inititiative Begins • More

MONDAY 9.2.19
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