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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

Bruce Houghton on 09/18/2017 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Active noise control, AdMob, Adware, Amazon Appstore, Android (operating system), App Store (iOS), Apple Inc., Bluetooth, Business Insider, Google, Google Play, Google Play Music, IOS, Patch (computing), YouTube

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Watch Today’s Google Event LIVE HERE @ Noon ET + We’re Live Tweeting Music Related News via @Hypebot

Google has a major hardware event scheduled for today at Noon ET and we'll be tweeting anything music related live. Follow us @hypebot or you can watch the event live here:

Bruce Houghton on 10/04/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Advertising, Adware, Android, Android (operating system), Apple Inc., Artist, Facebook, Google, Google Drive, Google Play

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Streaming Music Business Bigger Than Previously Thought

While many industry analysts have already acknowledged that streaming accounts for a huge percentage of overall music consumption, some of the most popular tracks actually received an even greater number of spins once. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/18/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adware, Apple Inc., Google Play, IPhone, music, music industry, record label, Spotify, Streaming media, YouTube

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Google To Copy Apple’s 2014 Family Plan, Expand Sharing To 6

Family Plans and multiple user offerings are one of the lures for the digital content marketing. And while 6 people on one account certainly lowers the per user payments to. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/13/2016 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adware, Android, Android (operating system), APK (file format), Apple Inc., Google, Google Play, Malware, Spotify, Streaming media

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CHANGES @ Roc Nation • Warner/Chappell • ASCAP • Armonia • Universal Music • Round Hill Music • Cramer

Roc Nation Nashville has entered into a publishing partnership with Warner/Chappell Music to publish Roc Nation Nashville’s repertoire. In 2013, the two companies signed a global publishing agreements for JAY Z. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/28/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adware, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Music publisher (popular music), Rdio, Soundcloud, Streaming media, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Music Group, Warner/Chappell Music, YouTube

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Pandora Stock Up 15% After Higher Royalty Cost Ruling

UPDATED: Pandora stock rose 15.1% on Thursday and Friday morning after a Copyright Royalty ruling raising rates about 15%. Why are higher rates that will cost Pandora good news? Investors expected. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/18/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adware, Copyright Royalty Board, Dynamic music, Extended-hours trading, Industry analyst, Internet radio, Pandora, Pandora Radio, record label, royalties, SoundExchange, Streaming media

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Spotify Launches Party Mode “Mixed By Us Tuned By You”

2015 was the year that streaming music services became obsessed with delivering the right song to the right user at the right moment. Spotify's latest approach combines human curation, algorithms. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/16/2015 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adware, Algorithm, Android (operating system), Apple Inc., Chromecast, Facebook, Google, Google Play, IOS, Streaming media

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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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Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: A Rich Kid’s Game? • How To Be A Confident Musician • Intellectual Property Online • More

This week on MusicThinkTank, we learn how to be a confident musician, why you need to pay people in the music industry, six different ways to book a show (even in cities you've. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/14/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adware, Aftonbladet, Artist, Big data, Crowd funding, music industry, songwriter, Spotify, Streaming media, YouTube

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5 Omissions From Berklee College/Rethink Music’s Report

Berklee College of Music/Rethink-Music/Kobalt Music put out a report criticizing various rights/publishing organizations within the music industry for not providing artists with sufficient transparency or pay, although this article posits that the. Continue reading

Guest Post on 07/23/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (6)

Tags: Adware, copyright, Epic Records, Facebook, Fordham University School of Law, Monetization, music industry, Musical composition, record label, YouTube

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