The practice of music streamers offering deep year end discounts continues this holiday season with Spotify and Amazon Prime Music both offering incentives to lure new and returning customers. ______________________________________ Just in time for Black Friday and the holiday shopping season, Spotify and Amazon Prime Music are both offering premium…
Category archives: Music Tech
FRI. BRIEF: Glyde Nears Deadpool • AI As Music’s Next Napster • Tidal Sued Again • More
Friday 1.25.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Glyde: Another niche streamer fails to gain traction. Updated continuously under our More News tab
Facebook Discovers More Broken Metrics
In a follow up to their realization that they had accidentally been inflating a key video metric, Facebook recently revealed that were several additional audience metrics which have been being miscalculated, although the fixing of said metrics will likely be a huge benefit the metrics and marketing industry. _____________________________ Guest…
CD Baby Acquires Show.co, Soundrop To Expand Artist Services, Pledges New Distribution Approach That Favors Constant Creation
CD Baby has acquired music marketing platform Show.co and its defunct app Soundrop. The deal continues a trend of established new music industry players including ReverbNation, PledgeMusic, TuneCore acquiring startups to expand their offerings. ___________________________________ CD Baby has acquired Show.co, the digital music marketing platform; and the indie digital distributor…
How One Top Music, Entertainment Analyst Did Predicting 2016 Industry Trends
Here the analysts at MIDiA research review their predictions for 2016, having placed big bets on what the year would bring for the music and entertainment industry. __________________________ Guest post by Mark Mulligan on his Music Industry Blog Part of our job at MIDiA Research is to help our clients…
TUE. BRIEF: Instagram Live Video • "We Shall Overcome" Lawsuit • Amazon Expands Ticketing • More
TUESDAY 11.22.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Facebook continues live video push with mew Instagram feature. Updated continuously under our More News tab
Music Industry Seeks To Ban Concert Ticket Buying Bots
Having choice seats snatched out from under them by the ticket bots of a third party ticket broker is an all-to-common occurrence for a lot of ticket buyers, and while it’s been an annoyance for some time, it looks as though something may finally get done about it, at least…
MON. BRIEF: Radio Sues Azoff’s Global Music • Rightscorp Cash Crunch • R.I.P. Sharon Jones • More
Monday 11.21.16 Music Business News From Around The Web A new lawsuit could prove the viability of Irving Azoff’s attempt to take on BMI, ASCAP. Updated continuously under our More News tab
REWIND: New Music Industry’s Week In Review
In this journey back through a lively seven days of music industry news, we revisit ReverbNation’s new Fader partnership, Live Nation’s direct sale of tickets to scalpers, SoundCloud’s pledge to pay more artists, and more. ReverbNation Partners with The Fader’s Publishing Network Yes, Live Nation Is Selling Tickets Directly To…
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
The very most popular and widely read posts on Hypebot this week delved into what a Donald Trump presidency might mean for the music business, six major tech predictions for the future of music, how you can get DJs to play your music and more. What A Donald Trump Presidency…