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Good News for Ad Supported Music: Ad Buys on Rise [infographic]
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It's music to the ears of startups from Spotify to Pandora. Total ad expenditures in the first six months of 2011 increased 3.2% from a year ago and finished the period at $71.5 billion, according to data released by Kantar Media. Spending growth eased slightly during the second quarter and was up 2.8% compared to last ...
Groovebug Gathers Content from Across Web to Create Rich Ipad Music Experience
Groovebug, a free interactive music magazine app for the iPad, launched earlier this month. It offers recommended content based on your iTunes account as well as browsable content drawn from across the web in a dynamic presentation. Future development will include the opportunity for artists to interact with fans. I spoke with Jeremiah Seraphine, CEO and ...
ThingLink Adds Ecommerce to Photo Tagging with Topspin, iTunes, Soundcloud and More
ThingLink, a company offering free embedded photo tagging with links to a variety of social media and music services, has added ecommerce links to their offering. Now you can add links to your Topspin store, iTunes downloads and third party options via SoundCloud to photos used across the web. ThingLink's Rich Media Tagging service offers a ...
Beck Asks Band to Change Their Name
Beck's representatives contacted the Texas duo formerly known as Beck & Cauthen asking that they change their name. And despite the fact that it means that their album release is bumped until November, the two complied. Here's why, in their own words: Hello Beck & Cauthen fans - We are changing our name from Beck & ...
Nielson Social Media Survey: Facebook Dominates Time Online, Tumblr and Mobile Use Exploding
The new Nielson Social Media Report shows again the growing dominance of social networks in general and Facebook in particular. Highlights of “State of the Media: The Social Media Report“ (Charts after the jump below.: Social networks and blogs continue to dominate Americans' time online, now accounting for nearly a quarter of total time spent on ...
NARM Launches digitalmusic.org
NARM has launched Digitalmusic.org, a virtual home for the trade group's digital initiatives, formerly known as the Digital Think Tank. The blog on digitalmusic.org will feature updates from industry experts, starting with posts from Mark Isherwood, COO of DDEX on standards, Jim Griffin of OneHouse on the International Music Registry; Paul Jessop of County Analytics on ...
Google Launches Magnifier Music Discovery Site
Google Music launched in beta four months ago as a rather unexciting music locker service. And with the launch of Facebook Music next week and iTunes Match in October, it seemed destined to stay a second-tier offering. But various rumblings we've heard suggest that Google Head of Music Programming Tim Quirk is ramping up a number ...
A Guide to Crowdfunding Music Using Mike Masnick's CWF + RTB = $$$ Formula
(UPDATED) Crowdfunding sites now have a solid history of supporting new work. While each platform has its own quirks and some even focus on music, the core concept remain the same, to mobilize a supportive fan base that will provide the funds to complete your music project. Crowdfunding can be approached from a number of perspectives, ...
Vinyl Crowdfunding Site Hifidelics Readies First Projects, Seeks Feedback
Hifidelics is a crowdfunding and fan feedback startup for vinyl album releases currently in beta. Unnlike sites that just focus on the fundraising process, Hifidelics will also physically produce and distribute funded releases. I spoke with Hifidelics founder Erik Peterson recently about his newly launched site and his plans to release vinyl albums with a focus ...
Former Major Label Chief al Teller on Radio, the Death of the Old Music Industry and the Future
Al Teller ran CBS, Columbia and MCA Records, but in this interview with Ian Rogers on This Week In Music, he shares a visionary view of where the music industry is headed. It starts as a history lesson, but things get interesting around 17:30. Topics include how (sadly) mass-saturation radio play is still the most powerful ...
