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Universal Music Is Raking In $18 Million A Day
The music industry is generally regarded to be in much better shape than it was even a year ago, and Universal Music showing further evidence to suggest a business on the mend with a reported income stream of close to $18 million daily in 2017, an 11% increase from the previous year. Guest post by Bobby ...
How Are Listeners Finding New Independent Music?
While methods of music discovery vary drastically from person to person, we here look at few avenues which avid music consumers commonly turn to in their search for fresh tunes, depending on the demographic in question. Guest post by Rich Nardo of the TuneCore Blog [Editors Note: This article was written by Rich Nardo.] New music discovery ...
Playlist Culture And Our Shrinking Attention Spans
Besides getting the industry back on its feet as a whole, playlist have been a huge asset in bringing unknown groups and artists out of obscurity. While this all seems like a good thing, playlist culture has it's own potential downsides. Guest post by Patrick McGuire on the ReverbNation Blog In addition to delivering big profits ...
MediaCreek Acquires Live365, EmpireStreaming, Adds Execs
Net broadcasting platform Live365, and EmpireStreaming, an audio-centric CDN and services company, announced today that both are now part of Media Creek, Inc., a newly-formed Delaware holding company of audio-centric companies. As part of the acquisitions, Media Creek recently added to its leadership team. Digital Audio industry vets Rockie Thomas and Sean Lozensky, both formerly with ...
Video Game Music: An Art And Business In Its Own Right
While musicians have been cozy with the video game industry for some time as another supplementary source of revenue, but some indicators suggest that game music could be growing into an entire business all its own. Guest post by Cherie Hu of Forbes Musicians have been drawing inspiration from video games for decades—whether as a simple ...
Amazon Hires Wx-WBR Prez Dan McCarroll, Signals Move Into Original Music Programming
Dan McCarroll, the former President and head of A&R at Warner Bros. Records, has been named Amazon Music's global head of originals and artist relations. He will work as a liaison to artists, managers and labels to “elevate" releases through original programming on the platform. “As we continue to work closely with labels and artists to ...
Add A Booking Section On Your Music Website
When it comes to landing gigs for you band, it's essential to have a booking section on your website that provides any potentially interested promoter with answers to all their booking inquiries, from basic info to average crowd size. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 One of the things that’s vital to getting your ...
FCC Chief Boss Investigated Agency For Being Cozy With Industry He Regulates
Controversial FCC chief Ajit Pai has drawn fire from the music and tech industry for leading the charge to dismantle net neutrality. Now Pai is facing the biggest threat to his short rein yet with news that the FCC has launched an internal investigation into his “too close" relationship with the media and other companies he's ...
Streaming Platforms Are Changing Music Promotion, Discovery: Here's How
While streaming has revitalized the music industry in lots of ways, many artists continue to struggle to make ends meet, something which the launch of numerous new analytic and discovery features by streaming services could help to change. Guest post by Patrick McGuire of the TuneCore Blog [Editors Note: This article was written by Patrick McGuire.] As music ...
Google Is Sending You More Traffic Than Facebook
In the first week of February, Google sent publishers 40% more or 466 million more pageviews than it did in January 2017. That same week, Facebook sent 200 million fewer, or 20% less. This shift is happening as Facebook adjust its algorithm to prioritize posts from friends and family over business, bands and publishers. Chartbeat data ...
