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Facebook Exec Says: "We Are in the Music Space"
(UPDATED) When asked if Facebook would use it's social platform to reinvent the music industry like Zynga changed gaming, Ethan Beard, the Director of the Facebook Developer platform, replied “ We are in the music space." Beard was referring to Connect and the ability for outside music companies to tap into Facebook's social network, and as ...
MidemNet Lab Names Top Digital Music Sartups
MidemNet Lab has announced its 2011 class of top digital music start-ups. For this 2nd edition, the companies with the strongest potential in mobile apps, B2B and B2C music services were chosen by UK consulting firm Music Ally to take part in a showcase during MIDEM January 22-26 in Cannes. Here are the finalists: Mobile applications: ...
Video: Spotify CEO Careful Not to Upset Labels
Here's a video of Spotify CEO Daniel Ek speaking at the recent D:Dive into Mobile conference. If you've been following the Spotify story closely, in watching this interview, there's not much new to be learned. The thing that I found to be interesting about it is comparing how Sean Parker speaks publically about the service as ...
RealNetworks to Step Back into Music with Unifi Digital Cloud Locker
Ever since spinning off it's Rhapsody Music service, the exit of longtime chief Rob Glaser and left a with a gaming service and products like RealPlayer that are declining in popularity, RealNetworks has been struggling to find it's corporate reason d'tre. But yesterday at the D: Dive Into Mobile conference, the company revealed its next big ...
Myspace CEO is Not Interested in Selling Music
Some surprising news from the CEO of a company openly for sale by parent NewsCorp for not producing profits: “My goal is you come to MySpace, you listen to some new bands and connect to those bands," MySpace CEO Mike Jones told LeWeb conference in Paris this morning. “I don't wanna be the place that replaces ...
Ticketfly CEO: New Business Opportunities Emerged from Ticketmaster, Live Nation Merger
Recently, I spoke with Andrew Dreskin, who is CEO of Ticketfly, an independent ticketing and social marketing platform. In this interview, Dreskin talks about the talent bubble in the live music sector and how social media has changed the way that concerts are marketed. Hypebot: What new opportunities emerged from the Ticketmaster and Live Nation merger? ...
Why Google's New Chrome Web App Store Matters to the Music Industry and Music Fans
Yesterday Google announced a new Chrome Operating System and an Apps store to go with it which debuted with just 23 music apps. But the store should quickly garner participation from many more music tech companies and the broader music industry because it offers both an alternative method of monetization and more flexibilty for users. “In ...
The Kindie Music Scene: Marketing Music to Kids
This is part two of my interview segment with Debbie Cavalier, who's a children's entertainer and vocalist for Debbie and Friends, a kindie music group. She's also Dean of Continuing Education and Chief Academic Officer at Berklee College of Music. Joining Cavalier in this interview is Beth Blenz-Clucas. She's the founder of Sugarmountain PR, a firm ...
70% Thumbplay Users Stop File-Sharing Their Music.
What stops fans from file-sharing music? According to a new study released by Thumbplay, a cloud-based music service, 70% of their users stopped file-sharing music upon engaging with Thumbplay Music. Out of a pool of 500 respondents, that leaves 150 who—even after gaining access to more than 10 million songs—still desire to use P2P music services. ...
Spotify U.S. Launch Stalled Again
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek declined to comment on the U.S. launch of his company at the recent D:Dive into Mobile conference. This has led to speculation that the much hoped for arrival of Spotify might not be coming this year. The reason for the delay appears to be rooted in licensing and negotiation problems of the ...
