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Apple Set To Kill iTunes Today, New iPod Touch Unveiled
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Apple is set to announce the end of iTunes today. Ironically, the company unveiled a new iPod Touch last week, the newest iteration of the hardware that made it so easy to put a whopping 1000 iTunes tracks in your pocket. During Tim Cook's keynote at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California today June 6th, Apple is set to replace iTunes with standalone music, television and podcast apps, reports Bloomberg. Apple is re-positioning itself as a next ...
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Eventbrite President Andrew Dreskin Steps Down
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Eventbrite President Andrew Dreskin is exiting his leadership role at the independent ticketer. “After more than a decade at Ticketfly, two acquisitions, and all told almost 20 years running ticketing companies, it feels like the right time for me to transition into a different role,” Dreskin told Billboard’s Dave Brooks, who first reported his exit. In a statement to CelebrityAccess, a spokesperson for Eventbrite said Dreskin plans to transition into an advisory role at the company as part of a ...
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Monetising Fandom: How ByteDance Is Poised To Lead A Streaming Paradigm Shift [Mark Mulligan]
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Music subscriptions are going a great job of monetising music consumption, says MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan, but the next phase is monetise music fandom. “In short," he says, “streaming needs to figure out how to bring heart and soul back to music. By Mark Mulligan of MIDiA from his Music Industry blog Streaming music is approaching a decision point. Right now, music subscriptions are doing a fantastic job of monetising consumption, but next we need to learn how to monetise ...
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It's No Longer A Major Label World
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If there was still any doubt in your mind that you didn't need to be signed to a major label in order to succeed in the music industry, wonder no longer, as new data reveals just how much of market share indies have gained in recent years. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 If you thought that you needed to sign with a major record label or publisher in order to have success, that’s no longer true and ...
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8 Ways The Grateful Dead Have Become An American Brand
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While their music may not be to everyone's taste, there's no denying that the The Grateful Dead have been incredibly successful, not only in their musical career, but also in leveraging their success into an iconic American brand. Guest post by Fred Jacobs of Jacobs Media Strategies Truth be told, I was never much of a Grateful Dead fan. My tastes leaned more British Invasion – the Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, Kinks, and the Who. And my idea of great bands ...
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King Crimson Shades Spotify With Apple Music Exclusive
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King Crimson, one of the last major streaming holdouts, has finally made its entire catalog available. In an apparent dis to market leader Spotify, the classic rockers has made all 13 albums available only on Apple Music. Spotify will reportedly get the catalog next month. From Wikipedia King Crimson is an English progressive rock band formed in London in 1968. King Crimson have been influential both on the early 1970s progressive rock movement and numerous contemporary artists. The band has undergone numerous formations throughout its ...
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A Brief History Of Record Deals
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While artists have always been responsible for music's artistic future, technology and the recording industry have always shaped how that future has been implemented. Here we look at record deals through the ages, from their inception in the late 1800s through to present day. Guest post from AWAL Artists have always shaped music’s future, and tech has always shaped how they do it. When you retrace our industry’s steps, macro changes — the way songs are made, heard, valued, and ultimately exploited ...
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Playlist Manipulation Will Create A Crisis In Streaming says MIDiA's Mark Mulligan
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Label and artist manipulation of songs, playlists and the streaming services themselves will lead to a crisis, says MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan. “The paradox here is that casual fans have the potential to generate more streams than engaged listeners," says Mulligan."Streaming makes casual listeners ‘more valuable’ than aficionados." By Mark Mulligan off MIDiA and the Music Industry blog Streaming economics are facing a potential crisis. The problem does not lie in the market itself; after all, in Q1 2019 streaming ...
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