In this journey back through a full week of music industry news we revisit ReverbNation’s acquisition of Audiokite, the spike in streams of ‘Go Cubs Go’, a full list of CMA winners, and other important music business stories. ReverbNation Acquires Audiokite Fan Feedback Platform "Go Cubs Go" Streams Spike Dramatically…
Category archives: Music Tech
REQUIRED READING: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
The most well read articles on Hypebot from the past week included an explanation of why no one is listening to your music, hard rock’s strong showing on streaming services, an exposé of counterfeit CDs on Amazon, and more. 3 Reasons No One Is Listening To Your Music 2016 Outlaw…
Neil Young Catalog Returns To Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Napster, Deezer, Others
[UPDATE 2] Neil Young has been one of the most vocal critics of music streaming, primarily because of audio quality. In April of 2015, he pulled all of his catalog off of most music streamers, making it available only on Tidal, which offers a hi-fi streaming option. At the time,…
One Chart Which Tells The Music Business Story
This article looks at an exceedingly revealing chart from Fortune detailing the revenue generated by the recorded music industry within the past forty plus years, including all of highs and some alarming lows as the music business has reacted to the introduction of new technology. _________________________ Guest Post by Bobby…
ReverbNation Acquires Audiokite Fan Feedback Platform
Artist services platform ReverbNation is thriving standing while others have disappeared, in part because it consistently innovates, and central to their mission has always been bringing artists closer to their fans. So today’s acquisition of fan feedback platform AudioKite continues both traditions. ____________________________________ ReverbNation has acquired AudioKite for an undisclosed…
AM BRIEF: Neil Young Back On Streamers • Dick Clark Sold To Chinese Co. • Racist CMA? • More
TGIFriday 11.4.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Welcome back Neil. Didn’t miss you as much as I thought I would. And are headlines that say Dick Clark Prod. was sold to a Chinese company just as racist as the Country Music Association dissing Beyonce’? Read more under our…
The Art And Science Of A Music Chatbot
In recent tech companies have been encouraging consumers to treat music as an automated service rather than as a static product, with significant success. Now it appears companies may start working to push a much older technology on consumers, in the form of automated chatbots. _____________________ Guest Post by Cherie…
Open Music Initiative Adds 80 Top Music Industry Partners
The Open Music Initiative (OMI), a non-profit collective spearheaded by Berklee College of Music’s Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship (ICE) is working to promote open source standards for music. Their efforts got a major boost today with the addition of 80 powerhouse members. ______________________________________ The Open Music Initiative (OMI) of the…
Napster Partners With Sprint, EVEN and Lufthansa, Joins Music Industry Initiatives
Napster has been a little silent lately compared to competitors like Spotify and Apple Music. But that doesn’t mean the music streamer formerly know as Rhapsody has not been busy cutting deals to expand its reach. Music streamer Napster today announced several new mobile carrier, hardware, retail, and airline industry…
YouTube Red Has Just 1.5 Million Paid Subscribers [Report]
It’s not easy to get people to pay for something that they are used to using for free. That’s the man takeaway from a new report that YouTube’s paid service Red had just 1.5 million paid subscribers as of this summer. ___________________________________ YouTube Red had just 1.5 million paying subscribers…