Join Hypebot’s Online Holiday Networking Party Starting Wednesday
On Wednesday, we're reviving a tradition by encouraging you, our wonderful readers, to share who you are, what you're working on and your plans and aspirations for 2017 with the. Continue reading
Nielsen Acquires Gracenote From Tribune For $560 Million Cash To Improve Music, Media Data Measurement
Nielsen has acquired Gracenote from Tribune in an all cash deal. For the music industry, that leaves its main source of track metadata in familiar hands and the hope of. Continue reading
TUE BRIEF: Tribune Sells Gracenote • Beyonce Sued Over Roc-A-Fella Logo • Taylor Swift On Spotify • More
Tuesday 12.20.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Nielsen's acquisition of Gracenote is a reminder of both the importance of music data and the cost of gathering and delivering. Continue reading
FCC Boss Tom Wheeler Resigns, Signals Beginning Of End For Net Neutrality
With a Trump presidency looming, and the dismantling of net neutrality a seeming inevitability Tom Wheeler, the boss of the FCC and long time defender of net neutrality recently announced. Continue reading
MON. BRIEF: WMG Reinvents Compilations • Snapchat Snubs Celebs • AirPods • More
Monday 12.19.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Kudos to WMG for swimming with the streaming flow rather than against it, and Snapchat for at least attempting to maintain. Continue reading
BANDPAGE ALTERNATIVES: As D2F Service Drops Key Features, Help Us Build A List Of Options
With news that BandPage is discontinuing services and tools that many artists have come to rely on, the scramble is on to find alternatives. To help we've started a list of trusted. Continue reading
This Week In Music Commentary
This week commentators from the music industry aired their opinions on why 2017 will be the Year of the Platform, the ongoing value gap issue of YouTube, any why virtual. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Before moving on to another full week of music industry news, we look back at Instagram's continued precipitous growth, Neil Young's transformation of Pono, big radio's continued attempts to pay. Continue reading
The Most Important Music Business Trends Of 2016 [Bas Grasmayer]
This week as part of his Projecting Trends series, Bas Grasmayer looks back on some of the most import music industry trends of 2016, including blockchain tech, virtual reality, streaming. Continue reading
