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All Laid-Off SoundCloud Staffers Are Being Offered $10,000 From WeTransfer "To Start Something"

Source: HypeBot
July 28, 2017

After 173 SoundCloud employees were laid off a few weeks ago, the outpouring of support led to a “Hire a SoundClouder” Google doc to connect them with new jobs. Now, WeTransfer has shown their respect for the laid-off innovators with the offer of a $10,000 check, with almost no strings attached. In an open letter, Damian Bradfield, the president of WeTransfer, shared the genesis of his offer of $10,000 to each of the 173 people just recently laid off from ...

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New Analysis Calculates, Compares Per Stream Payouts From Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, YouTube and More

Source: HypeBot
July 27, 2017

Data crunchers Information Is Beautiful caused a stir last year when they waded through data from indie artists to determine the indeterminable—what streaming services actually pay per stream. Now, they're back with an updated and eye- opening analysis. By Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Trying to figure out exactly how much a streaming service pays per stream is a moving target, since there are so many variables involved. That said, an interesting chart from Information Is Beautiful tries to average it all out to ...

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How Congress Can Right Wrong For Music Released Pre-1972

Source: HypeBot
July 25, 2017

While the vast majority of streams for pre-1972 recording do currently receive some form of royalty payout from Pandora, a new bill recently introduced and known as the CLASSICS Act would ensure a greater degree of equality for all recordings. Guest post by Glenn Peoples, Music Insights and Analytics at Pandora of Medium Imagine the uproar if digital music services chose not to pay royalties for some of the spins on their platforms. It certainly wouldn’t be overlooked by the music ...

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Is Sofar Sounds The Uber Of House Concerts?

Source: HypeBot
July 22, 2017

Sofar Sounds, a startup underwritten by millions in venture capital, has been putting on a number of house shows, and although the company has a loyal user base, it has been facing some significant criticism for not paying artists enough, with some saying the type of gigs they put on could exist without corporate interference. Guest post by Sam Lefebvre of CASH Music Sixty or so people enter an unmarked door in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district and navigate the hallways ...

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Pandora's VP of Product For Creators Shamal Ranasinghe on "Enabling The Artist Revolution"

Source: HypeBot
July 20, 2017

"A key to enabling the artist revolution is to give all creators the means to introduce their new music most efficiently, almost perfectly, to new audiences... (this is) the Holy Grail," says Shamal Ranasinghe, Pandora's VP Product for Creators, Artists and Content Operations. The streamer's Artist Marketing Platform (AMP), which launched new features yesterday, comes as close as anything available to reaching this promised land. Shamal Ranasinghe is a music tech veteran whose career has been dedicated to artist empowerment. He co-founded ...

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Net Neutrality Central To The Streaming Economy, Here's Why

Source: HypeBot
July 19, 2017

In the wake the recent flare-up of the net neutrality debate, we're take a close look at what net neutrality means for the streaming economy, and what effect Ajit Pai’s alterations would have on music streaming as we currently know it, both in the US and abroad. Guest post Tim Mulligan of Midia The existential question of the digital era is net neutrality. Since the utopian days of 1989 when World Wide Web pioneer Tim Berners-Lee first connected his colleagues via ...

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CEO Alec Ljung Pushes Back: "SoundCloud is not going away."

Source: HypeBot
July 18, 2017

Decrying the “insane amount of noise about SoundCloud" over multiple reports that the music service is running out of money. CEO and co-founder joined SoundCloud fan and artist Chance The Rapper in pushing back against the doom and gloom. His statement in full: SoundCloud is here to stay. Hey everyone, There’s an insane amount of noise about SoundCloud in the world right now. And it’s just that, noise. The music you love on SoundCloud isn’t going away, the music you ...

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Warner Music Group Acquires Songkick Concert Discovery App

Source: HypeBot
July 15, 2017

Warner Music Group has acquired “selected assets" from Songkick, the popular live music discovery platform. The surprise deal, which appears motivated by the startups protracted legal battle with Ticketmaster, includes Songkick's concert discovery app and web site, but not its ticketing business. Warner Music Group has acquired selected assets from Songkick, a live music discovery platform that attracts 15 million fans a month. The deal includes Songkick's concert discovery app and site, as well as the Songkick trademark. As part ...

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