Fast Company has named its Most Innovative Companies of 2017 and 10 made Music ‘s Most Innovative list. They include only one music streamer, one record label, one that has very little to do with music and a heavy emphasis on companies that empower musicians. _________________________ 10 Most Innovative Music…
Category archives: Music Tech
Virginia Legislature Passes Bill Legalizing Ticket Scalping
In most parts of the country, state officials are working to limit ticket re-sales and scalping. Not so in Virginia, where a new bill has passed that guarantees the ability to resell concert and other event tickets. _________________________________________ A new bill passed in the Virginia state legislature guarantees the right…
FRI. BRIEF: UMG, Live Nation Report Growth • Pitchfork Magazine Shutters • UTA Protest Today • More
FRIDAY 2.24.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Dear skeptics (and I’ll admit to being one of them), Live Nation just reported its 6th consecutive year of revenue growth. Updated continuously under our More News tab
AM BRIEF: Music Biz, Google File DMCA Comments • Jay Z: 1st Rapper To Win Songwriter Award • EarIn Raises $3.5M • More
THURSDAY 2.23.17 Music Business News From Around The Web It’s hard to overstate how important the battle to reform the DMCA is for both music and tech. Updated continuously under our More News tab
T Bone Burnett Slams Google and Other Tech Cos., Demands Major Copyright Reform
"(Google and other tech companies) are enriching themselves off the artistic, cultural and economic value everyone else creates," states a concerned and upset T. Bone Burnett in a scathing 5 minute video sent to the U.S. Copyright Office. ___________________________________ Digital safe harbors are a failure and the Digital Millennium Copyright…
Jay Z To Launch Venture Capital Fund
Jay Z has long been a player. In this case, we don’t mean cheating on Beyonce. We are referring to his early stage investments in everything from Uber to JetSmarter. Now, he’s working to formalize his activities as a VC by launching his own new fund. ______________________________ Jay Z is…
WED. BRIEF: T Bone Skewers Copyright Laws • Jay Z’s Venture Fund • Amazon Goes Country • More
WEDNESDAY 2.22.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Go T Bone! But does the copyright reform that artist’s seek stand a chance with Trump and Goodlatte at the helm? Updated continuously under our More News tab
Bandcamp Grew Fan Signups 4X By Making A Very Simple Change
By any yardstick, Bandcamp is on a roll. Not only is it growing rapidly, as measured by both new artist and label signups and transactions, but the indie music site also experienced an exponential jump in fan growth after it made a single, simple change. ____________________________ The number of fans…
TUE. BRIEF: Vadio On Life Support • Kim Dotcom Loses • Rogers Eyes Border Wall Show • ReDigi • More
Tuesday 2.21.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Despite high profile WMG and Shazam deals Vadio has all but shut down. Updated continuously under our More News tab
CD Baby Back Online After Multi-Day Outage
CDBaby.com is back online after an outage that lasted much of the last 5 days. The indie music and musician’s services company blamed a corrupt database caused during routine maintenance. _________________________________ CDBaby.com, which was unavailable to users for most of the last 5 days, is back online. Service was restored…