[UPDATED] Pandora (NYSE: P) announced today that its $9.99 Spotify-like on-demand streaming tier, Pandora Premium, will launch this week. Invites for a free trial will be sent to select users this Wednesday; and an option to upgrade will be available to all listeners over the coming weeks. ____________________________ Rolling out…
Category archives: Music Tech
MON. BRIEF: Brands Reduce SXSW Spending • Sheeran Breaks Charts • Epic Music Card Game • More
MONDAY 3.13.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Is the de-commercialization of SXSW a bad thing? Updated continuously under our More News tab
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
In this final re-visitation of a full seven days of music industry news, Ed Sheeran’s ‘Divide’ smashes records, music streamers are paying less to licensing orgs, Jimmy Buffet over extends himself, and much, much more! Ed Sheeran’s ‘Divide’ Breaks 1st Week Album Record In 4 Days Share Of Revenue Music…
Next SF MusicTech Is Oct. 17th & We’ve Got 10% Off Discount Codes
[UPDATE] SF MusicTech has just announced that their next edition will on October 17th, back at the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco. We’ll share details and speaker announcements as we get them. But tickets are on sale now at a very low “just announced” rate; and we’ve got a special…
THE PITCH: TuneRegistry Takes On Music Rights, Metadata
Today, indie music rights and metadata management platform TuneRegistry makes its PITCH. As with other startups in this ongoing series, we’ve given them 100 words to convince you of their worthiness. _________________________________ TuneRegistry is an all-in-one music rights and metadata management platform for the independent music community. TuneRegistry helps music…
Adrian Belew On Making Music Like Life Itself [INTERVIEW]
Here progressive composer and instrumentalist Adrian Belew shares the process behind his construction of the score for Pixar’s recent animated short film Piper, as well as his unique approach to instrumentation and music tech. _________________________ Guest post by Leticia Trandifir of Landr It’s hard to image the mind-boggling amount of…
TUE. BRIEF: A Smaller SXSW? • Sheeran Smashing Records • 7Digital • Vertigo Music • More
3.10.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Just days before SXSW Music come reports that the festival may be a bit smaller and saner this year. Updated under our More News tab
7digital To Acquire Top Competitor 24-7 Ent, Raise $3.6 Million
Consolidation in the digital music space continues with today’s announcement that digital music services provider 7digital is acquiring its last major European competitor, 24-7 Entertainment. _______________________________ B2B digital music services group 7digital Group Plc (LON:7DIG) is issuing new stock to raise $3.64 million USD (£3mln) as it finalizes negotiations to…
Share Of Revenue Music Streamers Paid Licensing Orgs Fell 27% In 2016, Says New Study
What a stream is worth will be debated forever, but one place to start is to ask what revenue it generates. A new study says that monetization is fast approaching $100 per 1000 streaming hours. At the same time, however, payments to creators as a percentage of growing ad and…
AM BRIEF: Airbnb Gets Into Music • Anchor FM Raises $2.8M • Royalty Rates Reviewed • More
Thursday 3.9.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Music + Airbnb: Music continues to be the great connector, but the only way left to monetize seems to be live. Updated continuously under our More News tab