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Curation is King: Google Acquires Songza For $39m
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(UPDATED) Google has acquired mood and activity based streaming music service Songza. Original reports put the price tag at $15 million, but several rumored suitors likely pushed the deal to what the New York Times is now reporting as $39 million. Why Songza? Curation - humans and/or algorithms choosing the right music for each user - is seen as key to mainstream adoption of streaming music. Pandora built its service on curation; and Beats Music has made it the cornerstone of ...
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Spoon Partners with Indie Record Stores for Instant Vinyl Gratification Campaign
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Britt Daniels of Spoon came up with an indie-oriented vinyl-centric response to the digital tracks offered as a form of “instant gratification" to those pre-ordering online at big outlets. His solution is to gift those who pre-order Spoon's upcoming release, “They Want My Soul," at select indie record stores with a 10" vinyl record including a single off the album when they preorder. While they're obviously ways to do indie digital gratification, this is a catchy idea and the folks ...
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Southern Cross Kitchen Strikes A Chord In Conshohocken With New Music Lounge
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Michael Ricci
Acclaimed Bar and Restaurant To Open “The Barrel Room” Featuring Live Music Nightly July 2, 2014 – “When you see the Southern Cross for the first time, you understand now why you came this way…” – Crosby, Stills & Nash. Named after one of the most iconic classic rock songs of our generation, it seems only fitting that Southern Cross Kitchen (SCK) has revealed plans to open the largest music venue in Conshohocken. “The Barrel Room,” which will be located ...
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Canada Drops Onerous International Artists Fees
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As part of a plan to crack down on temporary foreign workers, last summer the Canadian government added a $275 processing fee on top of a $150 work permit requirement for each and every member of a band and crew from outside the country playing in Canadian venues. Some non-profit venues and festivals were exempt, but small clubs - who often pay bands less than the new combined fees, were not. One calculation put the cost to fans oat $4.25 ...
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Denver's BandSwap Creatively Boosts Bands and Builds Community
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BandSwap is a unique intitiative from nonprofit SpokeBUZZ that takes Colorado bands on tour to play in host cities and then brings host bands back to Colorado for a festival. BandSwap is entering its third year and is not only successfully helping bands build audiences and connections but also developing related creative and community events both in Colorado and in host cities. SpokesBUZZ came to my attention two years ago with their crowdfunding campaign for the first edition of Bandswap ...
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Google Has Acquired Songza
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HypeBot
After weeks of rumors, its official: Google has acquired mood and activity based streaming music service Songza. Neither side is releasing details of the deal. But originally, reports put the price tag at $15 million. Since then, several other rumored suitors likely pushed the final price higher. Google says it won't make any immediate changes to Songza. But overtime they will incorporate the startup's technology into Google Play Music and the soon to launch YouTube music streaming service. Songza, currently ...
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Music Monetization: Bittorrent Bundle Pay Gates, Youtube Wants You to Play for Tips
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We seem to be moving into a phase where even big companies that work with musicians are recognizing that monetization is important and that musicians want to get paid. BitTorrent developed its bundles to help musicians market but they've also been experimenting with monetization all along. They now think that pay gates will work and that seems likely. YouTube's also talking creator monetization even as they battle to limit indie music monetization. But with all the talk of fan funding, ...
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Rdio Acquires Tastemakerx, Adds Key Execs
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Music streamer Rdio has aquired hipster music discovery and curation app, TastemakerX. Rdio will absorb the entire TastemakerX team, including CEO and co-founder, Marc Ruxin, and co-founder Sandro Pugilese. Ruxin will become COO and head Rdio's corporate marketing, ad sales, brand partnerships and business development. No details of the deal were announced; and which TastemakerX features will make there way into Rdio is unclear. Along with the TastemakerX team, Rdio has made two additional key hires. Jim Rondinell joins as SVP of Content ...
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