Ticketfly Raises Another $50 Million…

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Ticketfly has raised $50 million in Series D funding, bringing the company’s total funding to $85 million.

The round is led by Riverwood Capital. RBC Capital Markets is the exclusive placement agent for the funding. Ticketfly “expects” the following previous investors to participate: Mohr Davidow Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Cross Creek Capital, Northgate Capital, Primary Ventures (formerly High Peaks Venture Partners), and Contour Venture Partners.<!–/*
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They will also move to larger offices, expand globally, and move into other verticals.

Ticketfly says they recently passed $1 billion in cumulative gross sales.

 

Image by Pictures of Money, licensed under Creative Commons 2.0 Generic (CC by 2.o).

Nina Ulloa covers breaking news, tech, and more: @nine_u

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What YouTube, Apple, Spotify, Deezer, and TIDAL Are Paying Artists…

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Data from the just-released ‘Fair Music: Transparency and Payment Flows In the Music Industry’ by Rethink Music, an initiative of BerkleeICE (Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship).  

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The Top Selling Albums From the First Friday Release Weekend

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1. Tyrese – Black Rose

2. R5 – Sometime Last Night

3. Kidz Bop 29

4. Owl City – Mobile Orchestra

5. Meek Mill – Dreams Worth More Than Money

6. Taylor Swift – 1989

7. Between the Buried and Me – Coma Ecliptic

8. Magic Mike XXL Soundtrack

9. Ed Sheeran – x

10. Breaking Benjamin – Dark Before Dawn

 

Sales data: BuzzAngle Music

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Man Sentenced to 14 Months in Jail for Leaking Madonna’s Album

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Songs from Madonna’s latest album were leaked at the end of last year. In January Adi Lederman of Tel Aviv was arrested for hacking Madonna’s computer and selling unreleased songs.<!–/*
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Lederman was also fined 15,000 shekels ($3,988).

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