SoundCloud is hosting its second annual SoundCloud Artist Forum tomorrow Wednesday, November 16th. Broadcast via Facebook Live all creators are invited to participate. __________________________________ The SoundCloud Artist Forum will bring together creators from across the platform to meet, network, share and collaborate. This year’s event will also feature panel discussions…
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U.S. Copyright Office Reopens DMCA Takedown and Safe Harbor Debate, Asks For Comments
As if there were not enough scary things already happening in Washington, D.C. this week, the U.S. Copyright Office has opened a new comment period looking for reaction to current DMCA Safe Harbor and takedown regulations. _________________________________ As it promised it would earlier this year, the U.S. Copyright Office is…
2 Big Promotions + 4 New Signings = Cooking Vinyl 11.14.2016
Two key Cooking Vinyl executives got promotions and four new artists got record deals in just another for indie label Cooking Vinyl, currently celebrating their 30th year of releasing often great music. _________________________________ Cooking Vinyl General Manager Rob Collins, who has been with the company since January 1999, has been…
The Fickle Listening Habits Of Streaming Music Consumers [CHART]
With 40 million tracks available on Spotify and Apple Music, and 125 million tracks on SoundCloud, the hardest part form many music lovers is deciding what to listen. It turns out that more choice leads to more fickle listening habits, according to research from MIDiA. _________________________________________ Related articles Prince Pulls…
Napster/Rhapsody Posts Surprise $1.6M Quarterly Profit
Napster, the music streamer formerly known in the U.S. as Rhapsody has posted a surprising $1.6 million profit in the third quarter of 2016. Maybe there is still hope for the financial future of streaming music…. After years of losses, Napster/Rhapsody posted a $1.6 million profit in the third quarter…
Spotify Update Available – Download It Now To Save Your Hard Drive
For weeks now, Spotify users have fallen prey to a major bug in its desktop application across multiple platforms that left 10-700 gigabytes and more of junk data every hour on the unsuspecting user’s hard drive. Now a promised fix has been released. _________________________________ Spotify has released desktop app version…
Amazon Music Unlimited Goes Live In UK, Germany, Austria
Amazon’s full on demand streaming music service Music Unlimited, has launched in UK, Germany and Austria; its first territories outside of the U.S. _______________________ Amazon Music Unlimited has launched in UK, Germany and Austria. Amazon Prime members in the UK pay £7.99 per month or £79 per year; while non-Prime…
Country’s Cowboys: Where Have They All Gone?
Country radio has long been a powerful force to be reckoned with in world of broadcast and music in general, but some of those numbers seem to be changing as radio listenership in general declines and the popularity of streaming continues to grow. _______________________________ Guest Post by Glenn Peoples, Music…
Spotify Is Dumping Huge Amounts Of Junk Data On Your Hard Drive, Fix Promised
[UPDATE] Spotify users are falling prey to a major bug in its desktop application across multiple platforms that is leaving 10-700 gigabytes and more of junk data every hour on unsuspecting user’s hard drives. ________________________________ UPDATE: Version 1-.42.151 is available to most users as of 11/14/2016 For five months or…
Why Would A Big Arms Dealer Want A Piece Of Pandora?
Given that arms dealers and music tend not to mingle much as industries go, it is perhaps surprising that Lockheed-Martin owns two million dollars worth of shares of the popular streaming platform Pandora. ____________________________ Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 It’s safe to say that if you’re involved…