A growing number of creators and musicians with popular videos on YouTube are worried about a drop in income thanks to a spreading boycott by major advertisers upset that their ads have been placed alongside controversial videos. ________________________ “If you’re seeing fluctuations in your revenue over the next few weeks,…
Category archives: Startups
Emoticast Raises $5 Million As Sean Parker, will.i.am, David Guetta Back Mobile Music Messenger
Emoticast believes it has found the best way make sure that music and music marketing take advantage of the current explosion in mobile messaging. Today, a group of all-star investors showed their belief the company with a $5 million investment in the startup. ___________________________ Mobile music messenger Emoticast has announced…
Spotify Acquires MightyTV, Names New VP Of Technology
Spotify continues to up its bet on data analysis with today’s acquisition of MightyTV. The startup’s team will be joining Spotify, including Founder/CEO Brian Adams, who will has been named the music streamer’s VP of Technology, focusing on advertising and marketing technology solutions. MightyTV is a Tinder-like video streaming app…
4 Secrets to Improve Your Startup’s Sales
Don’t roll your eyes at sales before you understand everything you have to gain.
Slacker Radio Is "On The Cusp Of Profitability,” says CEO
“We are comfortable with the idea of being at a smaller scale,” said Slacker CEO Duncan Orrell-Jones commenting on the unsustainable losses of his larger competitors. “We are on the cusp of profitability,” he added. ____________________________ The revelation that Slacker Radio was close to becoming a profitable company came during…
Mutualism UK: Building Scenes In Surprising Places [INTERVIEW]
In this piece we hear from the founders of Mutualism UK, a growing scene based 50 miles outside of Manchester, as they discuss the origins of the organization, the challenges of growing in a small town, and what their goals for the future are. ______________________________ Guest post by Leticia Trandafir…
Indie UK Music Publisher Sentric Adds $3.7M To Fund Int’l Expansion
Liverpool, UK base indie music publisher Sentric Music, has closed a £3m funding round led by the Business Growth Fund (BGF). The new funding will be used to expand internationally, with more funds available for acquisitions. Launched in 2006, Sentric offers publishing, licensing and royalty collection services. Known for its…
9 Revolutionary Companies to Watch
Nine little-known companies are working hard to bring game-changing tech to market.
SoundCloud Responds To Cash Crunch, Fire-Sale Report
Reports of a SoundCloud cash crunch and sell-off at 40% below investor valuation surfaced yesterday, even as the music streamer expanded its Premier Platform. Now SoundCloud is pushing back, saying that news of its pending demise are greatly exaggerated. __________________________________ In a statement released later yesterday SoundCloud disputed reports that…
39 Essential Music Tech Events At SXSW
As many Hypebot readers head off to SXSW, we wanted to again share a list the 39 essential music tech related meetups and sessions prepared by our friends at MusicTectonics and msuch and tech pr firm rock paper scissors. Yes, 39 is a lot to call essential, but this is…