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Blockchain For Music: The Promise and Problems
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Know who owns rights to what is one of the greatest challenges currently faced by the music industry as well as those involved in it. Many believe Blockchain technology could be the answer to this issue by making royalty payments faster and more efficient whenever a song is consumed. Guest post by Alexander Stewart from Berklee's Music Business Journal One of the biggest problems the music industry faces today is knowing which labels and publishers, performers, songwriters and producers own ...
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Is CES The New SXSW?
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Or is it the new Advertising Week? Or is there just a cabal of brand managers who live on jets and touch down at these events once every few weeks, making them all essentially the same? Cortney Harding was less than impressed, but from this sea of homogeneity did come announcements on hi-res music and VR. By music industry and tech consultant Cortney Harding As we walked into the Spotify party at CES last week, one of my consulting clients leaned ...
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Obama On Post-Election Plans: "I'm waiting for my job at Spotify"
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As President Obama ends his 8 years in office, he's hinted that he'll be working to rebuild the Democratic party, bringing more millennials into the fold as activists and candidates. But at a White House event for outgoing U.S. ambassadors, he jokingly shared his aspirations to get a job creating playlists for Spotify. At a White House reception this week, U.S. Swedish ambassador Mark Brzezinski and wife, podcast host and writer Natalia Brzezinski, shared a priceless private moment with outgoing ...
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A Label, A Magazine And Band On The Value Of Email Marketing
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Email marketing is often touted as one of the most effective ways of targeting consumers in the digital age, but how effective is it really? Here representatives of label, music magazine, and band weigh in on the value of email marketing in the music industry. Guest post by Robert Lanterman on Soundfly's Flypaper This summer, Dan Oshinsky, Director of Newsletters at Buzzfeed, penned a piece in which he argued that email marketing is now as important as ever. I found this interesting, ...
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Merlin Works To Make Independents Equal With Majors On Streaming Services [INTERVIEW]
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Charles Caldas discusses Merlin, an organization which works to help the independent label community battle for maximum compensation from digital streaming services like YouTube and Spotify, as well as combat online music piracy. Guest Post from Pias Charles Caldas has to be many things to the independent label community—a valuable mix of diplomat, mediator, champion, dealmaker and firefighter. Since 2007 he’s headed up Merlin, the agency which battles to maximise income for indies from digital services – both through licensing ...
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SESAC Sold To Blackstone, A Private Equity Firm Known For Leveraged Buyouts, Credit Default Swaps
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U.S. music performing rights and rights management organization SESAC has been acquired by one the country's biggest private equity and investment groups, Blackstone. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. SESAC, the only one of the three top U.S. performing rights organizations to operate as a for profit privately owned business, has been acquired from Rizvi Traverse Management by private equity firm Blackstone. This transaction is Blackstone’s first investment as part of a private equity strategy designed to hold investments ...
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2016: A Look Back At Deaths In Music
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In this mournful but important look back at a tragedy filled 2016, the Soundfly Team take a moment to remember and reflect on the all to numerous contributors to the music industry who passed away during the year and the legacy which they left behind. Guest Post by the Soundfly Team on Flypaper Well, it’s that time of the year again; when we get to look back and reflect on all the musical experiences we’ve had, both as listeners and ...
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Google Rumored To Be Interested In Acquiring SoundCloud, Pandora Seeking Alternative Suitors To Sirius XM
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Spotfify is prepping a major IPO. But on day 3 of 2017, that's already looking unlikely to be the year's biggest story in music streaming. Google is reportedly sniffing around SoundCloud, even as Pandora's money folks search for a buyer. Google is interested in buying SoundCloud, according to multiple sources. While we can't measure the accuracy of each of the stories that we're hearing, there's enough chatter for us to believe that where there's smoke, there's real fire. A SoundCloud ...
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