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Concord Music Acquires Savoy Label Group, 429 Records
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Indie music powerhouse Concord Music continues its buying streak with this acquisition of the Savoy Label Group. Details of the deal were not disclosed. In June, Concord acquired music publisher Imagem at a record breaking price reported to be between $500 million and $600 million. The combined companies create the world's sixth largest music publishing company. The 3,000 album strong Savoy catalog includes iconic recordings from Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon, and Charlie Parker, Sun Ra and many others. Savoy's subsidiary label ...
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Patreon Just Raised $60M, Now YouTube Is Gunning For It with Fan 'Sponsorships
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HypeBot
Patreon announced yesterday that it had raised an additional $60 Million to expand its fan-to-creator patronage site. Now Google's YouTube is gunning for the startup, which has become a popular revenue tool for many of its creators, with it's own Patraon-like fan “sponsorship" tools. Based on old-school patronage, Patreon enables fans and sponsors to support musicians and other creators. Patrons pledge to support creators on a recurring basis for each work created in exchange for early or exclusive access. Over ...
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23 Top Music Organizations Sign Letter On NAFTA Talks Demanding Protections For All Creators
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HypeBot
President Trump has forced the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Canada and Mexico; and included in that negotiation are important copyright and intellectual property provisions. Recently, major tech groups lobbied U.S. Trade Rep. Robert Lighthizer as the “new faces of the American content industry.” Not so fast, say 23 top music organizations including the RIAA, A2IM, NMPA, ASCAP, BMI and SoundExchange. Creators, they argue, deserve protection. In an open letter to Lighthizer, the trade groups and performing rights organizations ...
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Spotify is Beating Apple Music and Here Is Why
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HypeBot
Of the two major front-runners in the steaming war, Spotify and Apple Music, the former appears to be beating out its competition on several fronts. Here we look at some of main reasons for Spotify's growing success over Apple, including its 'bundling' with Hulu. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 At around 65 million, Spotify has more monthly paying customers than any of its competitors by far. One of the reasons is that it was one of the first in ...
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Indie Rock Is Thriving On Pandora
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HypeBot
The state of indie rock? Always up for debate. The state of indie rock at Pandora? Never been better, says the music streamer's Glenn Peoples, who took a deep dive into the data. By Glenn Peoples, Music Insights and Analytics at Pandora Lord Huron, a folky four-piece that weaves rural tradition into the skinny-jeaned sounds of urban America, makes for an excellent example of the state of indie rock at Pandora. The Los Angeles-based band is part of the burgeoning ...
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London-based Hitmakers Cousteau Reform As CousteauX
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Prime Mover Media
After a break of more than a decade, singer Liam McKahey and songwriter/instrumentalist Davey Ray Moor of London- based hitmakers Cousteau have reformed as CousteauX. The album of the same name is set for worldwide digital release by Silent X Recordings on September 15. The CD is released 9/22 and the vinyl LP on 9/29. A gold-selling act in Europe, Cousteau is best remembered by stateside audiences for the romantic yearning of “The Last Good Day of the Year” (2001), ...
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Event Marketing Tactics For Music Festivals
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HypeBot
When it comes to organizing and promoting music festivals, there are a variety of practices and techniques artists can employ in order to generate maximum hype around and event and thereby boost ticket sales. Here we look at some of the most effective of these tactics. Guest post by Emma Miller Music festivals are a great opportunity to get a music fix of your favorite musicians, all gathered in one place, giving shows for days in a row. When music ...
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We're About To Be Reminded Of How Important Music Is To Apple: A Very Short List Of Today's Music Announcements
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We will be live tweeting Apple's much touted announcement of a new iPhone and more from our @hypebot account today. It's a big day for Apple, marking the 10th anniversary of the iPhone along with the unveiling of the Steve Jobs Theater on Apple's futuristic new campus. But music seems very unlikely to play a major role in today's announcements. Of all the many leaks ahead of today's major Apple event, very few were about music. In fact, anything music ...
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