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Spotify Takes A Crack At Music Sharing With New Messaging App

To make sharing easier for both paid and freemium users, Spotify has launched its own Facebook iMessage app which allows users to search for, share and send tracks and playlists. Continue reading

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Patreon Just Raised $60M, Now YouTube Is Gunning For It with Fan ‘Sponsorships

Patreon announced yesterday that it had raised an additional $60 Million to expand its fan-to-creator patronage site.  Now Google's YouTube is gunning for the startup, which has become a popular. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/20/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Finding Time For Music When You Have A Day Job

Time management is an important and difficult skill for musicians to master, and becomes even more important and challenging when they have another full time job. Here we look at. Continue reading

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FOR SALE: Rolling Stone Magazine

Iconic music and political magazine Rolling Stone is for sale.  Founded by Jann Wenner in 1967, Wenner Media sold a 49% stake to Singapore's Bandland Technologies in 2016.  Wenner has retained Methuselah Advisors to. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/18/2017 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (0)
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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)
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This Week In Music Commentary

Commentators in the music industry this week shared their thoughts and opinions on how piracy can have an upside for artists, the exploding streaming market in China, and why the. Continue reading

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New Spotify iMessage App Shares Song Clips

Spotify has been expanding off platform lately, including Waze and Facebook Messenger.  Now comes track sharing within music service competitor's own Apple iMessage.

Bruce Houghton on 09/15/2017 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (1)
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FRI. BRIEF: Vevo Hacked • AmericanaFest Honors Van Morrison • Spotify Launches iMessanger App • More

FRIDAY 9.15.17 Music Business News From Around The Web  AmericanaFest, both musically and the integrity of its industry participants, represent our industry's best. Updated continuously under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 09/15/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)
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100 Female Music Entrepreneurs Share Their Best Advice: Part 1 [CyberPR]

Even though we have a long, long way to go before women are fairly represented in the music industry and music tech, there are already many amazing ones already doing. Continue reading

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The World Wide Web Of Music Influence [Infographic]

In this unique new info graphic, we look at the world's five most popular all time artists and map out their connections within Wikipedia in order to identify who influenced. Continue reading

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