Midemlab Names Music Tech’s Hottest Startups: InstruMagic, Jamplify And StageIt #MIDEM
From Cannes by Stuart Dredge of UK consultancy and blog Music Ally. 30 startups have been pitching at the Midemlab startups contest this year at Midem, with the winners announced. Continue reading
Nokia Announces $3.99 Per Month Streaming Service: Nokia Music+ #MIDEM
(UPDATED) From Cannes by Stuart Dredge of UK consultancy and blog Music Ally. Nokia is launching a premium tier for its Nokia Music streaming music service, charging users $3.99 in. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
What To Expect At NAMM 2013 Comparing Music Services By Audience, Social Media Followers & Search Engine Dominance 5 iPad Apps For Producing Quality Music Kim Dotcom's Big Party: Mega. Continue reading
New Mike Masnick Report Focuses On Europe
Full Midem 2013 coverage by Stuart Dredge of Music Ally. In January 2012, Techdirt founder Mike Masnick published a report called The Sky Is Rising, a survey of the global. Continue reading
Are Paid Live Streams Of Concerts The Next Step In Music Revenue?
(UPDATED) By Tyler Hayes, who runs the music discovery site Nxt Big Thing. Up until recently the solution for artists not making money on their music recordings was for them. Continue reading
Thefuture.fm’s New CEO Details Fresh Revenue Streams For DJs
Recently Thefuture.fm announced that they were launching a royalty system for DJs that upload mixes to the site. Having already solved the problem of paying copyright holders for mix content,. Continue reading
Can Short Video Apps Like Strum, Viddy, VJAM, Snapchat & Vine Be Used For Music Marketing?
Though it's easy to be attracted to every shiny new mobile app that comes down the pike, and I'm certainly prey to such Jackdaw thinking, most photo apps are only. Continue reading
DIY Rapper Kellee Maize On Building Her Brand With SEO, P2P & Creative Commons Releases
Kellee Maize is a Pittsburgh-based rapper who has the top spot on Google for "female rapper" and has topped both Amazon's free albums chart and held the honor of most. Continue reading
Facebook Mobile: It’s Time To Take It Seriously
This infographic created by Qwaya offers a visualization of data from Facebook, Nielsen, and comScore that shows how much Facebook and social media usage has grown on mobile. The stats. Continue reading