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Pandora App Adds Direct Alexa Voice Control For Sonos
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Pandora has added Alexa powered voice control of Sonos wireless speakers from within the music streamer's app. Many anaylyats believe that voice control of music is the killer app that will bring music streaming into the mainstream. Pandora today added voice control of Sonos wireless speakers from its mobile app. More than 50% of U.S. Sonos owners use Pandora, racking up 250 million listening hours so far this year. Listeners can now control Sonos directly through the Pandora mobile app ...
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Warner Music Responds To Songkick Concert Listing Concerns: 'We're still here for you"
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After Songkick announced that it was shutting down its concert ticket sales division, many musicians and music marketers became concerned that Songkick's popular concert app and artist focused Tourbox service was on the way out, as well. “We’re not going anywhere!," the Songkick concert listing team wrote yesterday in response to concerns over an announcement that its sister ticketing site had joined the startup deadpool. Songkick claims a direct reach of 15 million concert fans globally; and delivers tour dates ...
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Music Creators See Massive Tech Earning Billions While 'Strip-Mining Artists' Work' [Op-Ed]
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Necessity has proven to be the mother of re-invention, with the digital reboot of the music industry compelling them to learn a number of new tricks in order to stay afloat, as well as forcing them to become stronger advocates for their rights. In this piece Melvin Gibbs calls on artists to and Washington to defend the rights of creators against the pillaging of big tech companies. Guest post by Melvin Gibbs of the Content Creators Coalition The music industry's ...
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Universal Music Launches Music Tech Startup Initiative
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Universal Music Group has launched a music tech accelerator engagement network aimed at promoting the development of innovative music-based start-ups globally. Designed to support the contributions that accelerator programs provide to the global start-up ecosystem, UMG will work with entrepreneurial programs to assist in the evaluation and development of music-based start-ups. UMG will contribute music industry expertise during the application process and mentor accepted digital music companies, while accelerators will guide these new companies in developing, launching and raising funding ...
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How Social Media Acts As Online Word Of Mouth
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Regardless of age or location, the vast majority of those affiliated with the music industry have in some way participated in a social network, as connections on social media grow to replace some traditional means of communication, its role in word of mouth marketing becomes more important. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Social networks are now part of the fabric of our lives. Regardless of your age and where you live in the world, chances are that ...
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Soundcloud Adds Playlist Stats, New CEO Promises More For Creators
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The first announcement under new SoundCloud CEO Kerry Trainor is aimed straight at the creators who made the audio streamer so popular. It's a new playlist stat, which offers new ways to understand where plays are coming from and the people behind them. SoundCloud has launched a new playlist stat, available on the web and on its creator app SoundCloud Pulse which shows creators who’s sharing their tracks in a playlist, and how many plays are being generated from the playlist. 1.2 million creators ...
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Sonos Adds Voice Control via Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri and Google Assistant To Follow
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Sonos has added voice control to its wireless speaker system using Amazon's Alexa system and related devices. Apple's Siri and Airplay 2, as well as, Google Assistant voice control will be added next year. Highlights: Available today, current Sonos owners also get voice with Amazon Alexa through a free software update to existing speakers Apple Airplay 2 coming to Sonos in 2018 Control Sonos from new music service apps including Pandora and Tidal in the coming months. Audible, iHeartRadio, and ...
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