Business, Services And Guides For Music Labels
If Netflix were ever thinking of introducing ads, they should forget it… A study was conducted on user attitudes towards price inclines and increased ads on Netflix, and what effect this would have on the number of people paying for a subscription. More than 1,200 respondents on Reddit were involved in the study and the results […]
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Ok, streaming services you can have my album now… Adele has never been a fan of music streaming services and has admitted that she doesn’t use streaming services herself – she prefers to buy a physical CD or download a song or album. When discussing with TIME why she didn’t originally put her album on streaming […]
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But, is this enough to convert its 175 million users to its paid subscription service ‘SoundCloud Go’? Today (June 23rd), SoundCloud announced via their blog that they are amping up their discovery features across all of their platforms. The latest feature is called Suggested Tracks. The new feature is very similar to Spotify’s Discover as it […]
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June 21, 2016 Radio and television host and producer Ryan Seacrest, eight time Grammy award winner musician/entrepreneur Usher, and iHeartMedia Chairman and CEO Bob Pittman discuss hustle and entrepreneurship at Lumière Theater, Palais during the Cannes Lions Festival. (Photo credit: Getty for iHeartMedia.) Usher gives us the lowdown on what is needed to be successful in the […]
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Bail date is set for July 1st… Today (June 22nd) Troy Ave attended the Manhattan courtroom via his wheelchair – the first public appearance from the Rapper since he was charged with attempted murder on May 31st. The District Attorney’s Office handed Collins the indictment – one count of second degree attempted murder and four counts of […]
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One band who paid $1,000 to play the festival learned just before they were going to make 3 hour trek to play LaconiaFest in Laconia, New Hampshire that the headliner for that evening, Sevendust, had pulled out. This band started inquiring about what happened but their point of contacts were MIA. They could only go […]
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The latest executive shuffles across the music industry… CAA has promoted Sabrina Butera and Sam Forbet to Music Agents, as part of a wider executive shuffle that saw 5 trainees being elevated to Agent positions. Last week, CAA announced a joint venture with licensing giants Global Brands Group, and these appointments are thought to be the […]
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Vinyl fans wave goodbye to all hopes of a season 2… Vinyl was the hit show which followed the fictional American Century Records – a label struggling to reinvent itself and capture a new sound. Bobby Cannavale played the record executive, with both Martin Scorcese and Mick Jagger directing. As part of the ‘set,’ Scorcese transformed Brooklyn’s Rough Trade record […]
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YouTube slammed for the ‘value gap’ and for not paying copyright holders fairly… On Monday, 180+ music artists sent an open letter to congress pleading for urgent DMCA reforms. This was part of a continued effort to prevent online platforms, like YouTube from exploiting the work of artists by hiding behind safe harbor provisions. This letter came after […]
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Spotify service goes down…again. Today (June 22nd) Spotify has been experiencing technical difficulties, causing the streaming service to go down in areas of the UK, US and others places across the world, leaving users unable to stream music. Though the app allowed users to listen to music that was saved for offline playback, the service […]
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