REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

• OK Go, Weird Al, and the YouTube Shortcut to the Top of the Charts
• The World's Highest Paid DJs 2014
• 25 Most Buzzed About Music Festivals and What The Fans Discussed Revealed By Eventbrite
• McDonald's Big Digital Push Includes Music As A Customer Reward
• Tango Adds Channels For Rhapsody and SoundCloud

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Funding

• SeatGeek Raises $35 Million From Big Name Investors: Nas, Peyton Manning & More
• Music Streamer KKbox Raises $104 Million For International Expansion
• Music Tech Funding: 8tracks, Exploration And A Fundraising Tip From Bop.fm's CEO
• JoyTunes Raises $5 Million, Gives Registered Teachers Free Access
• Amazon Buying Twitch For $970 Million, Google Misses Another Social Opportunity
• Rockbot Scores New Funding From Universal Music, Detroit Venture and More

Changes

• Stephen Blackwell Goes 100% Digital As New SpinMedia CEO
• Brian Felsen Joins YouTube Multi-Channel Network AdRev As President
• Danny Clinch Joins Tourgigs

Music Tech

• Major U.S. Concert Promoter Suffers Data Breach
• Tastebuds.fm Acquires Moosify
• ReverbNation Closes Reverb Store, Turns To MerchOutfitters For Artist Merch

TV and Movies

• MTV Video Music Award Winners 2014 – The Full List
• Ratings Fall Sharply For PG-13 MTV Video Music Awards Broadcast
• AEG Partners With CineMedia For Concert Clips

Mobile

• Pandora Joins Google Play Music, musiXmatch and YouTube On Google Glass
• T-Mobile's Music Freedom Delivers 7K Terabytes Of Music, Adds 6 New Services

Music Services

• Spotify Connect Turns 1, Adds Multi Room Playback, New Partners
• Major Label Backed Music Streamer Songl Shuts
• Spotify Free Finally Comes To Windows Phones

Marketing

• Why You Should Revive Older Social Media Content
• Marketing Music With Instagram's New Hyperlapse Video App