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Even Without a U.S. Launch Date, Spotify is Hiring
Spotify hasn't completed its deals with U.S. record labels, but that hasn't stopped the music streamer from ramping up its hiring here. “Spotify is looking for rock star engineers and product people in NYC!" the company tweeted on Friday, even in the midst of an online attack that forced it to pull third party ads from ...
Music Recommendation Engines Not Satisfying Fans
A new survey by Orpheus Media Research reveals that music recommendation engines are gaining ground among consumers but are failing to offer them accurate results. According to ORM, 54% of respondents had used an engine, with only 40% of them using it daily or a few times a week. While using an engine, 77% have discovered ...
Canada Beats U.S. in Digital Music Growth
According to the latest Nielson Soundscan figures digital music sales grew in Canada by 19%, while the U.S. market remained stagnant, with just 1% growth. This marks the fifth straight year in which the Canadian digital market has grown faster than the U.S., says law professor Michael Geist. “The recording industry will no doubt point to ...
How Do Classic Acts Use Social Media?
This post is by Alison McCarthy (@aliiimac). She's an intern at Hypebot. As a child of baby boomer parents, I grew up on classic rock bands such as The Rolling Stones, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Eagles, and Fleetwood Mac. Over the years, I've grown to love music from this “classic" era as my own, as many members ...
MySpace Traffic Falls off Cliff [chart]
At SXSW, I had several very smart industry insiders tell me confidently that it's only a matter of time before MySpace makes a comeback. Judging from new traffic stas, the resurection better happen soon. According to Comscore, in one month between January and February of this year, worldwide unique visitors to MySpace fell a whoping14.4% from 73 ...
Slacker to Add Personalized ESPN Sports Coverage
In the race to the cloud, Slacker has shown resilience and willingness to separate itself from the pack. The latest news from Slacker reveals that they have partnered with ESPN to offer sports coverage across their web radio platform. What makes the feature unique is that listeners can customize their sports stations based on several preferences ...
D.I.Y. Bootcamp: Tracks and Fields Music Licensing [video]
EXCLUSIVE: Scion A/V produced a video series that provides a tour of the tools that make a D.I.Y. music career work. In this segment, Christian Mix-Lintzer shares how Tracks & Fields connects musicians, producers and the music industry. Artists can find others to write with, produce or remix music and collaborate online. Brands post briefings for ...
Study: Napster Had Zero Impact on New Artists
A new study argues that Napster and its predecessors have not reduced the entrance of new artists to the music market. Case in point: CD Baby just announced that new title sign-ups doubled in 2010. Piracy has made it harder to make substantial sums from the sales of recorded music, but it has not affected “the quantity of ...
Why RCRDDEALS Matters More Than Spotify
Post by: Robin Davey, Head of Music and Film Development at GROWVision. Spotify has been the crux of music industry chatter when it comes to proclamations of a musical revolution, but the announcement of RCRDDEALS is a major step forward, and could prove to be a real game changer for breaking new acts and building established ones. RCRDDEALS appears ...
Study Shows Limewire Demise Cut Music Piracy
A new NPD study shows the percentage of U.S. internet users that used P2P to download music fell from 16% in the fourth quarter of 2007 to just 9% in the Q4 2010 when Limewire ceased its file-sharing operations. The average number of music files downloaded from P2P networks also declined dramatically as well. The stats: ...
