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As Twitter Tumbles, Rumors Of A Switch To Algorithm Based Feeds Are False
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Twitter stock tumbled yesterday after the company reported slower user growth. This came after a week of consternation among Twitter users after a rumor began to circulate that the service would be switching a Facebookesque newsfeed, where user only see posts deemed popular or relevant to their interests. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 Twitter was in a panic last week as rumors circulated that the service was moving towards an algorithm-based feed that would select which tweets you ...
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Kickstarter Passes 100,000 Funded Projects, 22% Of Them Were Music
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Despite the growth of music-centered fan funding platforms like PledgeMusic, Kickstarter is still very popular with many musicians. The company announced this week that it has past 100,000 successfully funded projects and released stats that show how musicians are using Kickstarter. Music On Kickstarter By The Numbers Number of successfully funded Music projects — the category with the largest share of projects: 22,133 Number of albums, compositions, or performances that have been nominated for a Grammy — from Rhythm & Blues to Latin Jazz: ...
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Is Songkick Struggling Or Just Shifting Gears?
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As the touring industry gathers in San Francisco for Pollstar Live!, a series of recent changes in the executive suit at Songkick are raising eyebrows. In recent weeks, Songkick Co-CEO Ian Hogarth moved to Chairman leaving Matt Jones as sole CEO; alongside two major staff exits. VP of Industry Relations Greg Schmaele and Jessica Henig, head of Artist Services & Enterprise Relationships both have left the startup. Is Songkick struggling or just shifting gears? One insider told Dave Brooks of Amplify that ...
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Is Twitter Still Relevant?
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As its stock flutters dramatically downwards, and bickering musicians use the platform as a space to air their grievances, there is some question as to how artists' relationship with Twitter - and indeed Twitter itself- will evolve moving forward. Guest Post by Jesse Kirshbaum There is so much speculation about Twitter right now. Their stock is down 35% this year and it’s clear that there are tough times ahead for the company. Sure its ad-infrastructure isn’t as robust as Facebook and its platform isn’t ...
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SoundCloud Reports $56.5M Loss, Faces "Material Uncertainties"
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This is the year that SoundCloud has promised to launch a paid music service and start paying more to the artists that create the music that draw millions of listeners to the service. But first it has to survive growing multi-million dollar losses. SoundCloud lost $56.5 million in 2014 according to new UK filings. The loss almost equals the $60 million in investments the music service raised that year. Revenue was $25 million in 2014. “Our overhead base has increased ...
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Merlin Reduces Administration Fee For Indie Labels By 20%
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Merlin, the global digital rights agency for independent labels has announced that it is reducing the administration fee for deals with members by 20% from 2.5% of revenues to 2%. This marks the 5th time in 4 years that Merlin has reduced admin fees. They are now almost a quarter of what they were in 2012. In 2015, Merlin marked the first full year of operation of its US office, an expansion of staff at its London office and further roll out ...
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Marketing With Cinemagraphs And Animated GIFs
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For artists, keeping up with digital marketing trends is important when it comes to getting the attention of fans both old and new. Here we look at how GIFs and Cinegraphs can be made and integrated into email and other forms of social media. Guest Post from the FanBridge Blog Earlier this month, we talked about the social media marketing trends we see on the horizon for 2016. This is important to keep in mind as we discuss how it ...
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Bob Freedman on Dick Twardzik
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Following my post last week on pianist Dick Twardzik and his death in 1955 of a heroin overdose, I received an email from saxophonist and arranger Bob Freedman, who has worked with Maynard Ferguson, Sarah Vaughan, Grady Tate, Buddy Morrow, Lena Horne, Joe Williams, the Thad Jones and Mel Lewis band and many others. (For my earlier chat with Bob on Ferguson, go here). Bob sent along his recollections of Twardzik... “In 1948, when I was 14, I joined the ...
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