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Iconic label ECM Records Commences Streaming and Expands Partnership with Universal Music Group in Global Digital Distribution
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Universal Music Enterprises
Esteemed independent label ECM Records today announced they are expanding their partnership with long-standing distribution partner, Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music based entertainment to bring the entire ECM catalogue to major streaming platforms on Friday November 17, 2017. Renowned for contemporary, jazz and classical music, ECM's catalogue is critically-acclaimed as the finest of its kind. Curated by its visionary founder Manfred Eicher, ECM has maintained a consistently high standard of artistry and production. The music and ...
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UnitedMasters On Closing The Music Data Chasm: The Inspiration Driving This $70 Million Startup
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HypeBot
UnitedMasters launched it artist services platform this week with $70 million in funding from Google and Andreessen Horowitz; and a promise to “free musicians from dependencies on the old model while increasing their income tenfold". Using data to understand and monetize fan behavior is at the core of their plan to make this bold promise a reality. UnitedMasters Chief Product Officer Jack Krawczyk, the former VP of Product Management at Pandora, shares a look inside the theory and the potential that ...
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Legendary Drummer Lenny White Launches New Venture: IYOUWE
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
With projects featuring: Joel Levine & Pete Levin IYOUWE is a musical collective created by Lenny White to promote real music in an ever-changing cultural terrain. The collective includes musicians, singers, poets, and rappers. Although many styles of music are embraced by this group, artists at IYOUWE are responding to the urgent need for a culture that has values and values freedom. Our first intention is to present music that inspires, provokes and finds a groove for you. To do ...
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YouTube's Feed Evolution and Why It Matters
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HypeBot
Having been welcomed into the world way back in 2005, YouTube has naturally undergone some changes over time, but of all these changes, the evolution of its feed is perhaps the most important, particularly when it comes to being a artist looking to reach fans via the platform. Guest post by Jenna Wasserman, Rights Management Coordinator at The Orchard from The Daily Rind Since YouTube was founded in 2005, it has been transformed from a simple search engine into a website that’s completely personalized and ...
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Rock Impresario Bill Graham’s Sons Renew Estate, Memorabilia Fight
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HypeBot
Legendary concert promoter and music empresario Bill Graham died in 1991, but his sons are still locked in a bitter legal fight with the executor of his estate over his rock memorabilia, including hundreds of concert posters and scrapbooks. “Our clients have witnessed nearly a decade of litigation and it’s been hard. They found out a person they really trusted, their fiduciary, utterly betrayed their trust and arranged to sell things that had belonged to their dad,” attorney Therese Cannata ...
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UnitedMasters Lands To $70 Million From Google To Take On The Record Labels
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HypeBot
Next-gen artist services and music technology platform UnitedMasters, led by former Interscope Records president Steve Stoute, has exited stealth mode with $70 million in funding from Google's parent company Alphabet, respected venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, Floodgate, Translation and entertainment conglomerate 20th Century Fox. UnitedMasters has raised $70 million to take on just about everyone in the recorded music business. “For too long, artists have had to surrender their independence and creative freedom to make it in the music industry. Until ...
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YouTube Tries The Frenemy Approach, Partners With Ticketmaster To Sell Tickets Alongside Videos
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HypeBot
YouTube is adding concert updates and ticket sales via a partnership with Ticketmaster. The recorded music industry may not be happy with YouTube, but that doesn't mean that artists hoping to fill venues don't appreciate the video giant's massive promotional reach. YouTube and Ticketmaster have partnered to add concert updates and ticket sales alongside an artist's music video. “Starting today, we will begin featuring hundreds of artist’s upcoming U.S. tour dates on their YouTube videos," the company said in a ...
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Broker Genius Raises $15M For Dynamic Ticket Pricing
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HypeBot
New York based Broker Genius, developers of dynamic ticket pricing technology has secured a $15 million Series A round of funding from Boston-based growth equity firm Volition Capital. Broker Genius offers pricing automation technology in the live event secondary market. The travel industry uses similar technology to price flights and hotels rooms. To date, Broker Genius technology has priced over $2 billion in entertainment and sports ticket inventory. The new funding will support additional product development. Advancements in the technology will ...
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