Live Nation Reports 19% Revenue Growth Q1 2018

Concert giant Live Nation has posted another quarter of strong financial results with revenue of $1.5 billion, an improvement of 19% over last year. However, the company still failed to. Continue reading

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Spotify Adds iOS Integration with Google’s Waze App

Spotify has added integration with the iOS version of popular Google owned navigation and crowdsourced traffic app Waze.  Waze users can begin navigation from inside the Spotify app.  The integration. Continue reading

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RIAA, BMG Are Copyright Cop Rightscorp’s Biggest Customers

The RIAA may have slowed down on lawsuits against average customers, but its continuing to fight grassroots piracy on another front by working with aggressive copyright takedown service Rightscorp. The. Continue reading

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TUE BRIEF: Eventbrite Buys Ticketscript • Rusell Simmon Sells Red Dot For $147M • SoundEx. Distributes $884M • More

Tuesday 1.31.17 Music Business News From Around The Web  Deals, deals and more deals. Do they herald a world of increased uncertainty or are they simply ignoring it? Or am. Continue reading

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New Job Ad Signals Facebook Is Finally Getting Serious About Music

Facebook is hiring a Director of Global Music Licensing Partnerships.  There's already a lot of music on Facebook, but almost none of it – whether via apps for Spotify and others. Continue reading

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Topspin Co-Founder Shamal Ranasinghe Joins Pandora As VP of Product Management, Artists and Music Makers

Responding to criticism over royalty rates and aggressive efforts to lower them further, Pandora has worked to forge better relations with artists and labels. After launching free analytics, they recently. Continue reading

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