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Trump Administration Seeks To Cut Or Privatize All Arts Funding
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In an alleged effort to reduce spending by the government, the Trump administration recently drafted a budget which would lop off funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Guest post by Taylor Mims on Amplify In an attempt to reduce government spending, the Trump administration has drafted a budget that would eliminate funding for nine government agencies including the National Endowment for the Arts. The administration’s budget would ...
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Stagelink Expands To US Backed By Seven Figure Investment
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German based event crowdsourcing platform Stagelink has expanded to the U.S. after concluding a seven-digit seed financing. Using Stagelink, musicians and other creators uncover fan demand for potential live appearances to produce successful, risk-free events and tours. Stagelink will open its first U.S. office in Santa Monica, California. “Coming to the U.S. is an important step for Stagelink’s growth. Our analytics and promotion technology is able to predict ticket sales with an accuracy of 90%. Thus, Stagelink offers content creators a risk-free ...
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Congress Preps To Gut Net Neutrality With Bills Pretending To Save It
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The Trump administration and its new FCC boss have made clear their intentions to completely trash net neutrality protections, but the threat of backlash and the complications of rolling back such regulations means they'll likely try and and take a lazier, sneakier route towards undoing things. Guest Post by Karl Bode on Techdirt As we've noted a few times, the Trump administration and new FCC boss Ajit Pai have made it abundantly clear net neutrality protections will be going the ...
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YouTube Unleashes Power Of Live Streaming
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In addition to its new 'Super Chat' feature, YouTube is also seeing a rise in the success live streaming video, although this has been a part of YouTube since 2011 the popularity of such content on Facebook, and the ability to monetize it means YouTube stands to gain greatly from pushing live streaming to the forefront. Guest post by Tim Mulligan of MIDiA Yesterday YouTube announced that it was opening up live streaming to its creator community who have a ...
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Four Companies Could Buy Spotify And None Are U.S. Based, Says Mark Mulligan
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According to multiple reports, Spotify will delay its IPO until at least 2018. That's an expensive choice, thanks to a $1 billion loan with an escalating interest rate. But there may be another reason that Spotify is taking its time. A buyer could swoop into save the rapidly growing but very unprofitable company; and that buyer isn't likely to be Google, Amazon or any of the names often mentioned, says analyst Mark Mulligan. By Mark Mulligan of MIDiA and the ...
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Pandora Makes The Case For Building A Full Stack Streaming Music Company
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Songkick's Ian Hogworth apparently coined the term, but I first heard about “full stack" music companies during a webinar that PledgeMusic and DotBlockchain co-founder Benji Rogers gave for BerkleeOnline. He was referring to the rollup of PledgeMusic, Noisetrade and Set.fm into a multi-faceted artist services company. Now, Pandora's Glenn People's makes the case that their acquisition of Ticketfly and other initiatives are creating the first full stack music streamer. Building the Music Company of Tomorrow How Ticketfly Helped Pandora Create a Full-stack ...
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Spotify Adds 1,000 Jobs In NYC, Will Move To World Trade Center Thanks To $11M In State Incentives
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To think that Spotify has inadvertently (we hope) helped President Trump “make America great again"... The Stockholm-based music streamer announced today that it would be adding 1,000 jobs in the U.S. over the next two years. Of course, there were also those $11 million in New York rent incentives that helped make the deal possible. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo today announced that Spotify will move its U.S. headquarters to 4 World Trade Center, creating more than 1,000 new jobs ...
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African American Museum Exhibit Explores Musical Roots
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As a way of recognizing African American History Month, the Smithsonian is drawing attention to its 'Musical Crossroads' exhibit at its new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C. Guest Post from SoundExchange In recognition of African American History Month, we are highlighting the “Musical Crossroads” exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. What do Parliament-Funkadelic’s Mothership, Chuck Berry’s 1973 Cadillac Eldorado and the fedora Michael Jackson wore during his 1984 ...
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