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Fanbridge Grabs $2 Million, Acquires Damntheradio
FanBridge has acquired damntheradio. This will extend the fan relationship management tools that the company offers to encompass a Facebook too. This news comes as FanBridge closed a $2 million Series A financing round. FanBridge has also taken damntheradio out of private beta and launched a fully self-serve version of the product. Artists will now be able ...
Crowdbands: A Fan-Sourced Record Label - Fans Buy-in and Help Make Creative Decisions
Crowdbands is a fan-sourced record label that lets fans in on discussions and creative decisions surrounding the release of an album. Currently, The Donnas have partnered up with the site and are letting fans determine the nature of a partnership between them and Joan Jett. Should The Donnas record one of her classics or should they ...
Visit the new Freedom Jazz Dance website
Dig fresh new jazz reviews, listen to rare jazz tracks and keep the jazz conversation going at the new Freedom Jazz Dance website! Jazz DJ and writer Ken Hohman is pleased to announce that the new Freedom Jazz Dance website is live and online at www.freedomjazzdance.net. Pay a visit today and dig through the ear and ...
Spotify Paid out $61 Million to Labels in 2010
Updated. In 2010, Spotify grew from 250,000 paying users in March to 750,000 at the end of the year. During that time, the company paid out just over $61 million to rights holders and labels. Spotify has signed one deal with Sony Music. To come to the US, they will need another large label such as Universal ...
Rhapsody Adds over 100,000 New Subscribers
Since April, Rhapsody has gained over 100,000 net new subscribers. The total number is upwards of 750,000. The company estimates that there are around 1.5 million US music subscribers, which means that it has captured around half of the market. While mobile has helped fuel their growth, Rhapsody is also speaking with cable television companies. They ...
IODA Announces New Dashboard #midem
Jumping ahead of the rush of announcements to come, U.S. based digital music distributor IODA today announced at Midem the launch of the redesigned global Rightsholder Dashboard, the main interface between it label and artist clients and the company. “The new Dashboard sets a new benchmark for digital content management platforms,"according to Mike Drake, VP of ...
Mystery Street Records Debuts with “Sounds of New Orleans: Frenchmen Street”
New Orleans: Mystery Street Records is celebrating its official launch with the February 1st release of Sounds of New Orleans: Frenchmen Street, the first in a series of themed CDs that explore the phenomenally eclectic music of New Orleans. Fresh off an incredibly successful last few years with the fan-funded and volunteer run Threadhead Records label ...
Spotify Closes First U.S. Deal with Sony
Last week, rumors surfaced that Spotify was close to a U.S. deal with Sony. That rumor has turned out to be true. Sony has finally signed up with Spotify. Before they launch in the U.S. though, Spotify will need support from at least two other labels, one of which needs to be Universal, as they're the ...
If Steve Jobs Dies Do Musicians Lose?
"If Steve Jobs dies do musicians lose? Yes, in the immediate future if Steve Jobs died it would harm musicians because the single best thing about iTunes is how ubiquitous and understood it is as a music player and purchasing tool for digital music. The cloud is the final frontier for music. Streaming is the future, ...
Fair Trade Coffee, Meet Fair Trade Music - Where They Cut out the Evil Middlemen Too
Another day, another artist community launches. Fair Trade Music is a new site that strives to step aside from the music industry and cut out the middlemen in it. Donations can be made to artists. They keep 100% of the money. This way, artists who don't want to sign with the big bad record labels can ...
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