YouTube now directly competes with SoundCloud and Spotify. YouTube has relaunched its ‘Artist on the Rise’ program and has named Jessie Reyez as its first featured performer. Launched late last year, the program now includes promotion and programming …
Category archives: SoundCloud
5 Ways To Greatly Increase Your SoundCloud Plays — As Recommended by SoundCloud
Your music not only has to sound good. It has to look good on SoundCloud, too. On SoundCloud, there are a plethora of ways for artists, labels, and curators to garner streams for their tracks. A few of those methods include being adde…
Latest Industry: SoundCloud, YouTube, Modern Sky, Snapper Music, Duke University, K-Pop, Hackers, More…
SoundCloud hires Mark Eisenberg. SoundCloud has hired Mark Eisenberg as Senior Vice President of Content Partnerships. He previously served as Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at SoundExchange. Eisenberg will advance SoundClou…
SoundCloud hires SoundExchange’s Mark Eisenberg as SVP, Content Partnerships
Ex-Sony exec will be based in New York
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Latest Industry: Spotify, SoundCloud, Apple, Pandora, Sony/ATV, Snap, More…
Walmart Yodel kid gets 2.13 million streams. Mason Ramsey, otherwise known as the Walmart Yodeling Boy, has another reason to celebrate. Following his deal with Atlantic Records, the 11-year-old singer’s debut single ‘Famous’ ra…
SoundCloud hires Nancy Hood to lead consumer business
Former PayPal exec named Senior Vice President, Listener
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Latest Industry: UMG’s IPO, A$CAP, Festival Plastic Ban, Spotify, SoundCloud, Apple Music, Amazon, More…
Vivendi isn’t ‘pulling a Sony’ — but UMG might be going public. Vivendi CEO Arnaud de Puyfontaine stated that his group is a “strategic partner of Spotify.” He clarified that Vivendi has no intentions of selling…
Latest Industry: Spotify’s Chery, Lamar’s Pulitzer, Lil Wayne, SoundCloud, Sony/ATV, Mixcloud, Conchita Wurst
Betting long on Lil Wayne. Sound Royalties has just bagged a marquee investment: Lil Wayne. The company focuses on helping artists raise funds for future projects while leveraging lucrative catalogs. “I am very excited to be team…
SoundCloud posted a $82m loss in 2016, but took on $170m in investment last year
New CEO says company “has never been healthier financially”
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SoundCloud’s Financial Losses Are Way, Way Worse Than We Thought
SoundCloud’s revenues topped $100 million last year. That’s great! But, its losses totaled nearly $100 million in 2016. It will likely grow even more. =( Speaking with the Financial Times just over a week ago, SoundC…