CÜR Media, the parent company of unlaunched streaming service CÜR Music is on the brink of bankruptcy, despite raising millions. The CÜR collapse follows the recent $18 million failure of social music service Crowdmix before it had launched and the current flameout at music streamer Guvera. _________________________________________ Former UMGD, CUR…
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#WhyFrank, Pandora Charts, Stranger Things: This Week in Music, More – Liv Buli’s Weekend Reading List
Frank Ocean’s latest release, new charts from her …
Musical Inventions In The 21st Century
For better or for worse, the 21st century has brought about numerous changes for the music industry, particularly where tech is concerned. In this article we look at what some of these major innovations are, and how they’ve impacted the music business landscape. _______________________________ In this latest piece from MusicThinkTank,…
Live365 Rises From The Deadpool, Small Webcasters Rejoice!
Small webcaster service Live365 will relaunch soon. Details are scarce, but we got this response to an inquiry: "The Live365 assets have been acquired – right now, we’re working on finalizing plans over the next few weeks and will be releasing more information then." Live365 shut down abruptly at the…
Why Apple’s Removal Of The Audio Jack From The iPhone Would Be A Terrible Idea
The tech rumor mill recently dropped the news that, on the latest model of iPhone, Apple my be planning to eschew the conventional analog heaphone jack in favor of the iPhone Lightning connection, something which would likely end up hurting consumers in the long run. _________________________________ Guest Post by Mike…
AM BRIEF: Live365 To Relaunch • Bieber Deletes Instagram • PA Streaming Tax • Sonos Mystery Event • More
TUESDAY 8.16.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Details are thin, but a Live365 relaunch should be great news for small webcasters and broadcast diversity. Updated continuously under our More News tab
Pandora Adds Charts Powered By Next Big Sound
Beyond the useful musings of Next Big Sound data journalist Liv Buli, I’ve wondered exactly what Next Big Sound has been up to since being acquired by Pandora. I assumed that they were doing behind the scenes work with data, but today they announced a public facing product that adds…
Dot Blockchain Music Project To Launch Within Next Week – “Growing up in public with your pants down.”
[UPDATED] Less than 7 weeks ago, a small and underfunded but dedicated team started work an app that will apply blockchain technology to the music industry, and establish a globally distributed database of music rights via an open source architecture. Today, founder Benji Roger announced that a first public alpha…
Dropbox For Music Biz Webinar Tuesday: FREE For Hypebot Readers
Dropbox is already in use throughout the music industry. On Tuesday, the fine folks at Music Biz are sponsoring a webinar to share how Dropbox is streamlining workflows, powering secure collaboration, and even saving performances. ____________________________________________ In this session, presenter Marshall Kurtz, Dropbox’s Solutions Architect, will demonstrate how users and…
Spotify’s Original Content, Shazam Gets a Gameshow, Frank Ocean is Just Cruel and More – Liv Buli’s Weekend Reading List
Just back from vacation, Liv Buli, the Data Journalist for Pandora’s Next Big Sound shares what she’s paying attention to, as she parses data while taking the cultural temperature. Liv often sees what matters before the rest of us; and shares it most Fridays on Hypebot . _______________________________________ Hello world….