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MIT Report Reveals Live Music’s Carbon Footprint: How Artists, Venues, and Fans Can Cut Emissions

The concert and touring industry has long talked about sustainability. Thanks to an extensive MIT study there is now real data on live music’s carbon footprint and where artists, venues and fans can cut emissions.

Bruce Houghton on 12/15/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Fans First Concert Industry

How To Create A Fans First Concert Industry

Can the concert and ticketing industry be disrupted in ways that benefits fans? Self-described “fandom analyst” Monia Ali of Fandom Exile offers some thoughtful and provocative suggestions on how to create a fans first concert industry.

Bruce Houghton on 12/15/2025 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (0)
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How Teen AI Chatbot Use, Spotify Prompted Playlists Reshape Music Discovery

A new survey from Pew Research “Teens Social Media and AI Chatbots 2025” shows that in addition to social media, AI chatbots are rapidly embedding themselves into teen digital life. Spotify is jumping on the trend with a new feature call Prompted Playlists. All of this has huge implications for musicians and music marketers.

Bruce Houghton on 12/15/2025 in Music Marketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Music Marketing 101 and Do Stars Write Their Hits?

Episode 280 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now.

Jeremy Young on 12/15/2025 in Podcasts | Permalink | Comments (0)
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MUSIC BUSINESS NEWS and LIVE MUSIC INDUSTRY UPDATES

We search the web so you don’t have to. Find the latest Music Business News under BUSINESS NEWS & Live Music Industry News under LIVE INDUSTRY NEWS tabs above.

Bruce Houghton on 12/15/2025 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Top Music Business News Last Week: Most Read Posts

TOP MUSIC BUSINESS NEWS LAST WEEK

Top music business news last week includes a playbook for small venues, a K-Pop scandal, new mechanical royalty rates, Audiomack, why fans by merch, and much more.

Bruce Houghton on 12/13/2025 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Dark performance setting with two DJs controlling music equipment, dim lighting, and a detailed Autechre performance instruction sign in the background, emphasizing electronic music event ambiance.

When Live Music Happens in the Dark: Autechre’s Polemical 2025 Performances

British electronic duo Autechre has been touring the world for the better part of this year, and will continue in 2026, but their performances have stirred some controversy among fans and casual listeners alike, namely for being set entirely in darkness.

Jeremy Young on 12/12/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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independent venue marketing lessons

Independent Venue Marketing Lessons From Across the U.S.

Hypebot’s ‘In The Trenches’ interview series highlights the on-the-ground realities of concert marketing – from tiny independent rooms to multi-venue regional operators. Across these venues one thing is clear: effective live-music marketing is more strategic, data-driven, and community-rooted than ever. Learn standout independent venue marketing lessons from the people battling to fill their rooms.

Bruce Houghton on 12/12/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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The Context Behind K-Pop’s Biggest Scandal [MIDiA]

What K-pop’s biggest scandal has to do with western “360 deals” and the wholesale export of K-pop’s working marketing methodologies to global music markets.

Jeremy Young on 12/12/2025 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Facebook Redesign: What Musicians and Creators Should Know

A new Facebook redesign just rolled out. For musicians, creators and marketers, there are major updates to how content is created, discovered, and shared.

Bruce Houghton on 12/12/2025 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Exposing the Normalized Harm and Safety Issues for Youth in the Live Music Industry

Read about the Youth Music’s new report exposing harmful practices affecting young musicians and audiences in live music culture in the UK.

Jeremy Young on 12/11/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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