Spotify’s Most Streamed & Viral Tracks US, UK & Global
The most viral tracks on Spotify, based on the number of people who shared it divided by the number who listened to it, from July 14-20 via Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter. Continue reading
YouTube Music Product Manager Christopher LaRosa Quitting To Join A Startup
Rolfe Winkler at WSJ's Digits dropped this one last night but surprisingly it doesn't seem to have spread yet. Winkler draws on a number of unidentified sources but he says. Continue reading
Open Labs Releases Stagelight 2.0, Downloads Near 1 Million, Dell and Lenovo Preload Deals
Yesterday Open Labs released Stagelight 2.0, their music creation app for Windows that costs $9.99. It comes with a variety of new features, including an in-app store, and will also. Continue reading
Amazon Prime Music Adds Lots Of Songs. Let’s Hope They Stop There!
Today Amazon announced the addition of "hundreds of thousands of songs and hundreds of new, expert-programmed Prime Playlists to the Prime Music catalog." Obviously this isn't the same as licensing. Continue reading
MUSIC AD WATCH: Fred Durst Directed eHarmony Commercial
Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst has been proving his skills as a folmaker for several years. He’s direct major motion pictures like the Ice-Cube staring "The Longshots" and a religious mockumentary. Continue reading
Ex-Google, SoundExchange Execs Launch Startup To Bring Gaming Revenue Model To Music
Two respected digtal music veterans, Tim Quirk and Brian Calhoun, are joining forces to launch Freeform Development, a new music tech startup. Quirk recently left Google Play and before that was an executive at Rhapsody.. Continue reading
New On Our Music Industry Jobs Board: Nielsen, Babygrande & More
New on the Hypebot Jobs Board is a music analyst at Nielsen. You'll also find a paid intership at Babygrande Records and an opening for a Senior Publicist at the Cashmere Agency. House Cult. Continue reading
TuneCore Launches Artist Services Portal, SoundOut Track Smarts
Tunecore today launched an Artist Services Portal to provide additional tools and services for artists. First up is TuneCore Track Smarts powered by SoundOut which offers consumer feedback of songs designed to. Continue reading
Senzari’s MusicGraph.ai Digs Deep Into Music Data With Analytics and Intelligence Algorithms
Senzari continue the evolution of their MusicGraph platform with the introduction of MusicGraph.ai at the Graphlab Conference 2014. MusicGraph.ai is both a dashboard for the music data and recommendations provided. Continue reading
