[UPDATED] TuneCore has named Neil Bhay Vice President of Technology. He joins from Viacom, where he served as Vice President of Technology. Bhay will focus on expanding technology solutions for TuneCore artists. As a musician himself, Bhay’s first-hand industry experiences will help drive artist-centric, effective tech solutions. “We are excited…
Category archives: streaming
Bittorrent Traffic Suddenly Rising In Traffic Share Thanks To Streaming Fragmentation
For a long time it looked as though the popularity of legal streaming services would be able to curb online piracy, but as streaming offerings continue to diversify, and more of the services continue to release their own original programming, the a la carte option of Bittorrent has seen a…
Fan Powered Music Streaming, Gaming Hub Launches [EXCLUSIVE]
Fan Powered Music has launched a free fan driven streaming service and gaming hub with a catalog of 6000+ tracks from independent musicians. The mix of music and games offers a unique way for artists to communicate with and engage fans. The new music and gaming service is designed to…
Next Big Sound Makes All Pandora Artist Data Public
Pandora’s Next Big Sound has made all artist data open and available to anyone. Until now, Pandora data was only visible to the artist, label and their team. "In an industry where stream counts are an important measure of an artist’s success," writes Next Big Sound senior product manager Dan…
Spotify To Report 3rd Quarter Financials
Spotify (NYSE:SPOT) will post its third quarter 2018 financial results and letter to shareholders on Thursday, November 1, 2018 before the market opens. The streamer will hold a question and answer session at 8:00 AM ET. A live webcast will be accessible at investors.spotify.com and a recording of the webcast…
Symphonic Distribution Adds 3 Execs
Electronic and urban music distribution and label services company Symphonic Distribution is making moves to bolster their marketing team with three new senior hires. AJ Alvarez joins the company as Director of Client Marketing & Playlist Promotion, Teddy Tutson joins as Director of Video Strategy, and Jon Mizrachi joins as…
What Artists Get Paid By Spotify Direct Deal
Spotify has recently begun not only allowing artists to directly upload their content to the streaming service, but also cutting directly deals with artists. Here we take a closer look at what exactly artists, labels, and Spotify all get out of these deals. __________________________ Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of…
Spotify Cracks Down On Family Plan Abuse
Spotify is cracking down on abuse of its Premium For Family subscriptions.The streamer sent email to many Family subscribers in the U.S. demanding that they confirm their home address by clicking on a links that will verify the link using online GPS data. ______________________ @Spotify Why do you need my…
Spotify Launches Free Co.Lab Musician Career Workshops – How To Apply Now
Spotify has announced Co.lab, a series of free educational and networking events open to all working musicians. Every Co.Lab event will be organized around a music business theme. _______________________________ Co.Lab is a new free Spotify for Artists event series designed to connect musicians with experts from across the industry -…
On-Demand Streaming To Have 19.8% Compound Annual Growth Through 2026 [PMR Analysis]
On-demand streaming will have 19.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) through 2026, according to an new analysis by PMR. YouTube and its massive audience remains the wild card. Will more YouTube users pay for music – including via its own recently launched subscription service – or are it and Spotify’s…