Bozoma Saint John, one of Apple Music’s most visible executives, has resigned and joined Uber as its Chief Brand Officer. Saint John had been Pepsi’s head of music and entertainment before joining Beats Music just months prior to Apple buying the music streamer and headphone manufacturer. ________________________________ Before joining Apple…
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WED. BRIEF: St. John Exits Apple Music For Uber • BuzzAngle + Shazam Data • Apple’s iOS 11 Adds FLAC • More
Wednesday 6.7.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Executive shuffles are often about money. But Apple losing Boz to Uber is also likely a reminder that Cupertino’s nerd-boys club can be less than music (or women) friendly. Updated continuously under our More News tab
Midem Day 1: Streaming’s Evolution, Voice Control, Hi-Res Audio & More
Day 1 of Midem 2017 has come and gone. Here is first in a series of posts from Cannes from the Midem blog and Music Ally’s, Stuart Dredge. Streaming and subscriptions are the talk of the music industry in 2017, fuelling a healthy (so far) return to growth for global…
Stephen Bryan Joins YouTube as Head of Label Relations [OFFICIAL]
We’ve been hearing the rumors for days, and have now confirmed that Stephen Bryan has joined YouTube as Head Of Label Relations. He will report directly to YouTube Global Head Of Music Lyor Cohen. The two worked together at Warner Music prior to Boyd joining SoundCloud in 2014. "At YouTube,…
TUE. BRIEF: Apple Doubles Down On Music • MIDEM 2017 Begins • Spotify IPO Conflict • More
TUESDAY 6.6.17 Music Business News From Around The Web As yesterday’s announcements reminded, music remains at Apple’s core. So why isn’t Apple Music an artist friendly platform? Updated continuously under our More News tab
Apple Introduces "Breakthrough" HomePod Speaker Designed To "Reinvent Home Music"
At today’s WWDC conference, Apple introduced HomePod, a new line of Siri controlled audiophile smart speakers that deliver automatically adjusted spatially aware sound. Connected with Apple Music, HomePod also acts as a musicologist delivering personalized music selections. In addition to being a high quality music delivery system, Apple’s HomePod functions…
10 Free Sites For Sharing Your Music
As they work to establish their careers, artists will work to get as much music in front of their audience as possible, but just using music aggregators like Tunecore or Distrokid may not be enough. Here we look at ten other free options for sharing your music. _________________________ Guest post…
China Music Licensing Pioneer Mathew Daniel Joins NetEase Cloud Music
China music licensing pioneer Mathew Daniel has moved to NetEase Cloud Music as VP of International. Formerly President, International of R2G, which was acquired late last year by Tencent Music, Mathew and his partners pioneered the development of the music licensing market in China. In addition to launching the first…
Key SoundCloud Exec Stephen Boyd Is Headed To YouTube
Stephen Bryan, SoundCloud’s exiting chief content officer is headed to YouTube, multiple sources have confirmed. Bryan joined SoundCloud in 2014 from Warner Music and was responsible for getting the licensing deals to expand SoundCloud from user-generated content to the launch of a full fledged music streamer, SoundCloud Go. _________________________________ What…
14 Commonly Confused Terms In Music, Audio
As with any field so diverse and complex, the music industry is rife with terminology and vocabulary that can baffle those outside the recording industry and which are often confused or misused by those within it. Here we clear up some of the most commonly confused terms in music and…