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Spotify Acquires Blockchain Innovators Mediachain Labs
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HypeBot
In what appears to be an acquire-hire, the team from blockchain startup Mediachain will be joining Spotify in New York City to help the music streamer create “a more fair, transparent and rewarding music industry for creators and rights owners." Details of Spotify's acquisition of Mediachain Labs were not released, but the blockchain technology company had raised a $1.5 million seed round from investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square. Mediachain Labs has led the Mediachain project, a blockchain research agenda ...
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IFPI Music Industry Revenue Report 2017 - Quick Take [Mark Mulligan]
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HypeBot
International trade group, the IFPI, released its annual Global Music Report 2017 today. It's overview of developments in the recorded music sector including the rise in streaming and the industry’s priorities. Analyst Mark Mulligan offers a quick look at the numbers. By Mark Mulligan of MIDiA and The Music Industry Blog Today the IFPI published their annual assessment of the global recorded music business. The key theme is the first serious year of growth since Napster kicked off a decade ...
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Former Pandora, Sirius XM Exec Chris Harrison Named CEO Digital Media Association
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HypeBot
Digital music veteran Chris Harrison has been named the CEO of the Digital Media Association (DiMA), a trade group representing Spotify, Apple, Pandora and other online distributors of digital music, movies and books. Former Pandora, Sirius XM executive Chris Harrison has been named CEO of the Digital Media Association (DiMA). DiMA is the trade association representing the legal and policy interests of Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Pandora, Napster, Spotify and other digital media distributors. Harrison joins as DiMA members are ...
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Record Store Day 2017: A Reminder That Americans Still Buy Music
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HypeBot
Did you know that one in three vinyl buyers also pays for an on-demand music subscription? Even in the age of streaming, many still want to touch, feel and own their music. Proof of that is just hours away during this Saturday's Record Store Day. Guest post by Russ Crupnick of MusicWatch Saturday April 22 begins the second decade of Record Store Day, an event celebrating the independent record store. In a world of streaming, digital files and music discovery apps, ...
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The Nu Jazz Agency Announces Special Workshop On Digtal Services You Need To Know About And Use In The Jazz Industry At Jazzahead 2017 In Germany!
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Nu Jazz Publicity
Nu Jazz Agency has just announced that Managing Director Jerald Miller will be leading a workshop entitled: Digital Based Services on Saturday, April 29, 2017 from 15:00-16:00HR for the JazzAhead! music conference to be held in Bremen, Germany at the Bremen Exhibition Center in Hall 6, Conference Room 1, as part of the (3) European Jazz Expo. The discussion will primarily focus on little known digital services in the music business industry that every person in the business of making ...
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Discogs Attacked By Pirate Spam On Two Fronts
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HypeBot
Popular crowdsourced music database Discogs is being attacked on two fronts—one by pirates posting links to illegal downloads and the other by an anti-piracy outfit filing takedown demands for thousands of legitimate links. Music database Discogs is under attack from two different and difficult to combat kinds of spam. Hundreds of fake movie and TV links to lesser known pirate sites have been posted on the platform, and several anti-piracy companies are attempting to delist thousands of legitimate Discog links ...
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It's JAM time again. Get your jazz on.
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
April is Jazz Appreciation Month —and it is flying by. The Smithsonian Institution decreed the month's status 16 years ago as a way to spread appreciation for—and interest in- the music genre. Many activities now find themselves under that celebratory jazz umbrella. The National Endowment for the Arts moved its annual NEA Jazz Masters induction concert from January to April, and, six years ago, UNESCO added International Jazz Day to the mix. That global celebration closes the month on April ...
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The Reason That YouTube Pays Artists So Little
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After a rough financial decade, the music business is finally seeing some appreciable revenue growth, and it's showing no signs of stopping. YouTube, however, doesn't seem to have gotten the memo and continues to pay artists a minimal amount. Here we look at why this is. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 The recorded music business is rejoicing at the fact that after more than a decade, it finally has some strong revenue growth. The best part is ...
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