After YouTube’s debacle with their advertising partner’s content appearing alongside hate videos, Google is looking for a way solving it’s defrauded advertiser issue before more companies pull out, something which can likely be done tracing the money. ________________________ Guest post by Chris Castle of Music Tech Solutions "Americans are freedom…
Category archives: Music Tech
FRI. BRIEF: Congress Joins Copyright Office Battle • Vivid Seeks $1.5B Buyer • Geffen Relaunches • More
FRIDAY 3.24.17 Music Business News From Around The Web The battle for control of the U.S. Copyright Office has long term implications for music. Updated continuously under our More News tab
Variety Poaches Two Senior Billboard Editors To Expand Music Industry Coverage
[UPDATED] Much like the music industry is rebounding, so too are the trade media that cover it. Irving Azoff co-owned Oak View recently bought Venues Today and is angling to purchase Pollstar. Billboard is experiencing a major revenue uptick; and now venerable film and tv industry trade Variety is expanding…
SoundCloud Gets A Lifeline: $70 Million In Debt Financing
After publicly admitting that it could run out of cash later this year, SoundCloud has received $70 million in debt financing. The company had, for months, tried and failed to raise $100 million in venture financing. __________________________________ Struggling music service SoundCloud has received a much needed $70 million loan from…
Stock Falls As AT&T, Verizon, Others Join Google, YouTube Boycott
Shares of Google struggled on Thursday, continuing a multi-day downward trend. The drop came as a growing number of major advertisers boycotted Google and YouTube after it was revealed that their ads have appeared alongside videos promoting terrorism and offensive content. _________________________ AT&T, Verizon, Johnson & Johnson, GSK and Enterprise…
Inside Pandora’s Plan To End Abandoned Playlists
Subtitled "how I learned to stop indecision and love the Genome," Pandora data analyst Glenn Peoples offers a peek inside “Add Similar Songs,” a unique and powerful playlist-building feature built into the new Pandora Premium service. _____________________________________ By Glenn Peoples, Music Insights and Analytics at Pandora If famed disc jockey…
Live Nation, Vice Media Shutter Ad Video Unit, 12 Laid Off
Live Nation has pulled the plug on a company unit that produced video content for advertising. According to the New York Post, sources said the division, a joint venture with Vice Media, had 12 employees, who have all lost their jobs. The source told The Post that the two year…
THU. BRIEF: ASCAP Adds Admin Services • Diddy vs Reverse Racism Claim • Sheeran Re-credits Hit • More
THURSDAY 3.23.17 Music Business News From Around The Web ASCAP and others are adapting to survive in the digital age and to properly service their members. Updated continuously under our More News tab
Rihanna Gives 45 Minute Video Lesson On How To Use Instagram Live
Musicians and music marketers are just beginning to discover how to properly use the many live video that are suddenly available from Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter and more. But it’s clear that they offer a powerful way to connect with fans, as Rihanna proved during last night’s Instagram Live feed….
Song Stories: How Music Shaped Our Lives [INTERVIEW]
In this interview Kyle Bylin, he discusses his new book Song Stories, a collection of essays published in book form exploring how music has shaped our identities and changed our lives. _________________________ Guest post from The New Rockstar Philosophy Everyone has a song that hit them at that perfect time….