TuneCore Paid $101.8 Million To Artists In 2012
Tunecore still refuses to comment on the ouster and subsequent battles with former CEO and co-founder Jeff Price, but the controversy hasn't stopped company from paying out a record $101.8. Continue reading
Pandora Names New CFO
Pandora announced today that Michael Herring has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Herring comes to Pandora from a positions as VP of Operations at Adobe Systems. He's also. Continue reading
SF Music Tech Announces New Event Details & Last Chance Registration Opportunities
The SF MusicTech Summit takes place February 19 in San Francisco featuring a full day of speakers, presentations and opportunities for informal meetings with the cream of the crop in. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Top 10 Richest Musicians Of All Time Midem: Next Gen Music Managers: Multi-Tasking, Social Media & New Revenue Streams Sonicbids Sold To Guggenheim's Backstage The NAMM Show Wraps For 2013. Continue reading
CASH Music Launches Free Hosted Platform With Web Tools For DIY Musicians
CASH Music, a "nonprofit organization that builds open source tools for musicians," has launched a hosted version of their free platform designed to help artists take care of business. This. Continue reading
SXSW Announces 2013 Music Accelerator Finalists
More than five hundred companies submitted their web-based products to the fifth annual SXSW Accelerator. The SXSW Music Accelerator finalists will showcase their products before judges during SXSW on March. Continue reading
BandsInTown Launches Spotify Tour Dates App
Concert recommendation and notification app BandsInTown has launched a Spotify app. Bandsintown now synchs directly with the songs, albums, and playlists users listen to on Spotify. Competing concert listing service. Continue reading
musiXmatch Adds $3.7 Million Funding, 1 Million New Users A Month
The company has with all the major music publishers and hosts a lyrics database available in more than 30 languages. "We are now aiming at the second screen & TV. Continue reading
Sonicbids Sold To Guggenheim’s Backstage
(UPDATED) Sonicbids, one of the first major players in the d.i.y. music space, has been sold to Backstage in a deal backed by Guggenheim Partners. Backstage, which specializes in casting,. Continue reading
The 3 Most Profitable DIY Revenue Streams, And Why Many Artists Succeed At Only One Of Them
Guest post by Jay Frank (@Repojay) for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. Independent artists can make more money than ever before. The walls of major label distribution have crumbled,. Continue reading