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AM BRIEFING: SOCAN Acquires Jeff Price’s Audiam • KickassTorrents Seized • Did Apple Buy Omifone? • More

THURSDAY 7.12.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Now that SOCAN has acquire Audiam and MediaNet, what should ASCAP and BMI buy? Updated continuously under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 07/21/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Advertising, All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, American Federation of Musicians, Amway, Andrea Leadsom, Arizona, Facebook, Google, Twitter, YouTube

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Create, Publish Your Own Ads With New YouTube Director App

Allowing its users to take the reigns for the first time ever, YouTube has released a new app, YouTube Director for Business, giving users the ability to produce and create. Continue reading

Guest Post on 07/15/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: Advertising, App Store (iOS), Google, Google Play, IPhone, Los Angeles, Online advertising, San Francisco, Washington DC, YouTube

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Facebook Ads: 6 Ways They Can Work For Performing Artists

In this article for musicians and independent artists, Dave Ruch explores what artists can accomplish through the use of Facebook advertising, and why such ads can often be a worthy. Continue reading

Guest Post on 07/13/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: A/B testing, Advertising, Call to action (marketing), Facebook, Facebook features, Google, News aggregator, social media, The New York Times, Web feed

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Roundup Of All Major Instagram Changes

It's been a busy year for Instagram. In addition to a complete overhaul of the app's layout in an effort to achieve a more minimalist look and an algorithm based. Continue reading

Guest Post on 07/08/2016 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 3D film, Advertising, business, Business Insider, Facebook, Instagram, IOS, IPhone, Monthly active users, Twitter

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Facebook Tweaked It’s Feed Formula Again, And It’s Not Good News For Musicians, Music Marketers

Facebook is constantly tweaking the formula that it uses to chose which posts appear where in a users News Feed. Lately, they've been more transparent about those changes, and that. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/29/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (5)

Tags: 8664, Advertising, Amoeba Music, Android (operating system), Brand page, BuzzFeed, Facebook, Facebook features, music video, YouTube

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Music-Based Social Networks Are Doomed: Here’s Why [Cortney Harding]

In this piece, Cortney Harding looks at the struggles faced by music-based social networks like Crowdmix and Myspace, and why problems with scalability so often doom these networks to failure.

Guest Post on 06/28/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Advertising, Adviva, Facebook, Instagram, MySpace, social media, Social network, Social networking service, Twitter, YouTube

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Find Out How Many People Are Listening To Any Band On Spotify In Less Than 10 Seconds

Activity on Spotify is an essential metric for determining popularity, and they've just created the micro site Artist Year In Music to make that info public. Type in any band name,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/17/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Advertising, Android (operating system), Christmas, CNBC, Coldplay, Google Play, Pandora Radio, playlist, Spotify, Streaming media

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How To Hack The Music Industry: The Paradox Of Awareness

In the modern music economy, a lot of value is placed on awareness, with things like the number of hits, streams, and likes, often being perceived as the most valuable.. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/08/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: A/B testing, Academy Sports + Outdoors, Action Office, Advertising, Fishing, Fishing rod, music industry, Paul Graham (computer programmer), Software as a service, United States

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Why Music Streaming Isn’t Really About The Music

It may seem strange for companies like YouTube and Amazon to be entering the streaming industry, particularly given how notoriously unprofitable it is, but by offering it bundled with other services, profitability becomes less. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/30/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Advertising, Adware, Android (operating system), Annotation, Google, Google Play, IOS, Subscription business model, United States, YouTube

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Eagles Fan Concert Footage Lawsuit Settled

Few artists are as aggressive, and successful, at protecting their intellectual property as The Eagles. This time they settled before the suit went to trial.

Bruce Houghton on 11/30/2015 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Advertising, Associated Press, Casino, Compact disc, Connecticut, Dan Malloy, Don Henley, Eagles (band), Glenn Frey, lawsuit

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