Attorney Chris Castle sits down with Micahel Brandvold and Jay Gilbert on the Music Biz Weekly Podcast to talk about Pledgemusic. Castle offers his insights into when the current debacle started, why it may have happened and what could happen next including bankruptcy and administration. There’s also advice about what…
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Join This Online Music Hackathon To Win $5000 Grand Prize
Join this online music hackathon sponsored by Repl.it and judged by Tom Lehman, the CEO of Genius this week to win the $5000 grand prize. The rules are super simple: It’s open to any kind of submission, so long as it’s built on Repl.it and incorporates music in some way….
Google Is Launching Yet Another Social Network. This Time It’s Called Shoelace
While nobody is about to deny Google’s stature as a company, it has struggled to cultivate much success in the social network department. Still, it’s not about to stop trying, as evidenced by its new attempt at the hyper-local social media platform, Shoelace. ________________________ Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of…
ROXi Plots IPO For Music Streaming Service, Device
ROXi Music, the manufacturers of music streaming service and device ROXi has chosen investment bank Arden Partners to prepare its initial public offering in the fourth quarter of 2019. The offering will be floated on the alternative investment market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange. CEO Rob Lewis said going…
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This Week In Music Commentary
In music commentary this week, industry experts weigh in on how Spotify’s new ad campaign reinforces the need for user-centric royalties, PledgeMusic’s ongoing pursuit of a sale, why it’s time to revisit how artist marketing is done, and more. Spotify’s ‘Dance Like Nobody’s Paying’ Serves As Call For User-centric Royalties…
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
In this flip back through the past week’s music industry news, we revisit the impressive bump unsigned artists have seen in their revenue over the last year, what YouTube is finally doing to block major streaming ripping sites, why albums continue to have some value and more. Revenue For Unsigned…
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
Some of the chart-topping articles from the pages of Hypebot this week covered the backlash to Spotify’s tone deaf ‘Dance as if no one is watching’ ad campaign, why it’s time to rewrite the artist marketing playbook, the reason metadata is so important for musicians, and more! Spotify Draws Fire…
Amazon Music Unlimited Subscriptions Surge 70%, Faster Than Spotify Or Apple Music
Subscriptions to Amazon Music Unlimited grew an impressive 70% last year, according to a new report. Amazon Music and Amazon Music Unlimited had more than 32 million subscribers combined as of the end of April, according to the Financial Times. By comparison, Spotify has 100 million paid subscribers and 26%…
Billboard, Bandsintown Partner To Grow Artist and Concert Discovery Across Their Massive Music Platforms
Billboard and Bandsintown have announced a multifaceted partnership designed to drive music discovery, fan engagement and sell more tickets. The collaboration launches with the addition of Bandsintown’s comprehensive global tour date listings across Billboard and its portfolio of music sites which include Spin, Vibe, and Stereogum. Billboard and its sites…