Thursday 1.19.16 Music Business News From Around The Web I guess, why not? But Apple Music adding CBS Sports feels more like a strange distraction than a smart add-on. Updated continuously under our More News tab
Category archives: Music Tech
WED. BRIEF: Facebook: Premium Live, $3B For VR • Amazon Absorbs Ghost Tunes • More
Wednesday 1.18.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Facebook is still committed to video, but its strategies are – as usual – confusing and shifting rapidly. Updated continuously under our More News tab
How Radio Concert Wristbands Can Scale For Smaller Shows
Although they have become commonplace at music festivals RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) have not yet caught on at smaller scale concerts, something which may be about to change. ______________________________ Guest Post by Rachel Grate on Eventbrite RFID (radio frequency identification) technology has already taken over music festivals, and venues are…
IBM Partners With Sacem For Music Cloud-Based Rights Management Platform
French performance rights organization Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique (Sacam) announced that they are partnering with technology giant IBM in a 10-year bid to develop URights, a cloud-based copyright platform designed to track and collect on online music for creators and publishers. URights aims to leverage cloud…
Spotify’s Latest Offer To Labels: A 14% Lower Royalty Rate
Spotify, YouTube and other music streamers are locked in tough re-negotiations with the major labels. But for Spotify, the stakes are the highest. The largest music streamer, which loses millions of dollars quarterly, is planning an IPO this year. __________________________________ Spotify’s latest offer to record labels marks an almost 14%…
AM BRIEF: Is Sony For Sale? • Is Payola Back? • Octosense VR Does Rihanna • More
Tuesday 1.17.17 Music Business News From Around The Web The battle for the future of Sony could get interesting, but the the big story to watch this year is how virtual reality will change live music. Updated continuously under our More News tab
Midemlab: 10 Years Of Music and Music Tech Innovation
This year marks the tenth year of Midemlab, a startup competition put on by Midem. Here we look at ten of the contests greatest success stories from the past ten years. ___________________________ Guest Post by Melina Druga on Midem In this series of posts from Reportlinker, we review the latest…
MON. BRIEF: Sony Ent CEO Exits For Snapchat • $1.45M Helps Twickets Go Global • SiriusXM Pandora Bid Possible • More
Monday 1.16.17 Music Business News From Around The Web The exit of Sony Entertainment CEO Lynton is certain to set off a battle for control of the music division. Updated continuously under our More News tab
Spotify , Pandora, YouTube Top 10 App Earners In 2016 Proving That Freemium Still Works
A new analysis proves just how dominate a player Spotify is. The study of app downloads and app revenue showed that the music streamer was the top earner both in Apple’s App Store and overall (App Store and Google Play) globally in 2016 ________________________________________ Spotify earned more revenue than any…
How To Survive The Music Industry In 2017
"The music industry can really fuck you up," writes David Emery, VP Global Marketing Strategy at Kobalt Label Services in this important essay/how to guide. "It’s all well and good to talk about it … (but) breaking it down into some small things that might make working in the music…