31 Reasons Why Spotify Can’t Help Artists…
1. Goldman Sachs
2. Kleiner Perkins
3. GSV Capital
4. Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV)
5. Lansdowne Partners
6. Abu Dhabi Investment Council
7. Baillie Gifford
8. DE Shaw
9. Discovery Capital Management
10. Halcyon Asset Management
11. Northzone
12. P. Schoenfeld Asset Management LP (PSAM)
13. Rinkelberg […]
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The Most Popular 420 Songs…
1. Cypress Hill – “Hits from the Bong”
2. Peter Tosh – “Legalize It”
3. Snoop Lion & Collie Buddz – “Smoke the Weed”
4. UB40 – “Red Red Wine”
5. D12 – “Purple Pills”
6. Kendrick Lamar – “Bitch, Don’t […] Read more
Updated: The 25 Most-Bought Record Store Day Releases
Updated 4/21/15 11:40 AM PST to reflect updated information from BuzzAngle.
1. The White Stripes - “Get Behind Me Satan”
2. Metallica - “No Life Til Leather” cassette
3. Run The Jewels - “Bust No […] Read more
The Future Sucks Very Badly for Pandora, Morgan Stanley Says…
Pandora is extremely unlikely to reach profitability any time soon, and may need hundreds of millions of dollars just to survive the next few years, according to a just-released Morgan Stanley assessment.
In the analyst report, issued this morning, Morgan Stanley analyst Benjamin Swinburne […]
Creating and Maintaining Momentum on SoundCloud
The following guest post comes from Budi Voogt, an artist manager, label owner, and Soundcloud expert. His latest book, The Soundcloud Bible: Second Edition, is available now. The following is an excerpt from the book.
Let’s focus our attention on your content and the way […]
Norway Is Killing FM Radio…
What if we just killed FM radio and moved to a digital broadcast?
That’s what Norway is doing…
Norway will be switching off all FM radio stations by 2017, switching entirely to digital radio.
The country’s Minister of Culture, Thorhild Widvey […]
Read moreSpotify Is Now Worth More Than the Entire US Recording Industry…
Sources: Spotify valuation ($8.4 billion) calculated by Wall Street Journal, based on an upcoming, $400 million+ capital round led by Goldman Sachs.. US-based recording valuation for 2014 ($6.972 billion) published this month by recording trade group RIAA.
The post Spotify Is Now Worth More Than […]
Breaking: TIDAL Fires CEO and 25+ Staff Members…
TIDAL has a public opinion problem. Many fans don’t like it, and a lot of the owners’ fellow artists don’t like the service either.
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Woman Made Over $34,000 Selling Fake Glastonbury Tickets
One woman sold so many Glastonbury tickets that she’s facing possible prison time for it.
Christine Babb plead guilty to 29 counts of fraud by false representation, AKA selling fake tickets. Babb made over £23,000 ($34,388) by selling these 29 fake […] Read more
Two Ways to View the Vinyl ‘Comeback’
source: Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). All figures in millions, and US-based.
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Source: Industry News
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