Amazon & Book Publishers Just Made Music Industry Look Like Neanderthals
UPDATED: Who knew that the people running book publishing empires were far more forward thinking than your average music exec? After all, they are still, for the most part, peddling. Continue reading
CueSongs Partners With AudioSocket
Peter Gabriel co-founded CueSongs, a one-stop music licensing hub for online and digital media, today announced a partnership with Audiosocket. Audiosocket’s music catalog will now include CueSongs’ roster of established. Continue reading
New Report: Making Freemium Music Services Pay
A new free report from MIDiA Consulting by Mark Mulligan takes a look at some of the challenges facing freemium web services including Pandora, Spotify and Deezer. From "free being. Continue reading
Pandora Launches Premieres: Full New Album Previews
Pandora today announced the launch of Pandora Premieres, free stations that stream full upcoming album releases up to a week prior to going on sale. Pandora Premieres are updated weekly. Continue reading
Spotify Adds Most Viral & Played Charts, Track Counts
The rollout began several days ago, but now it's official: Spotify has added song play counts to every artist's top tracks, showing their total number of global plays since October. Continue reading
Spotify’s 50 Most Played & Shared Tracks [U.S. & UK]
Spotify launched two new charts this week in each of the 28 markets that it serves. Macklemore & Ryan top this week's most played track in the U.S., but Five. Continue reading
Tips From A Start-Up Guide For Musicians
The Unsigned Guide's newly released "A Start-Up Guide" includes tips on "sending your demos out successfully, how to get your music & videos featured on blogs and the basics on. Continue reading
