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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

admin on 09/17/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Banco Santander, Blockchain (database), Business Insider, China, Credit Suisse, music industry, People's Bank of China, record label, Tencent, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

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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)

Tags: Ascential, Ateneo de Manila University, BBC, Bitcoin, Brazilian cuisine, Business Insider, China, Rappler, Rupert Murdoch, United Kingdom

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Hinder Sues Its Own Frontman

Members of the rock band Hinder have filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against their former frontman over the use of the band's trademark.

Guest Post on 08/30/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Abuja, Chamber of commerce, China, Donald Trump, Intellectual property, lawsuit, Theft, Trademark infringement, United States, United States district court

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How Music And The Smart Speaker Will Help Each Other Succeed

The recent rash of voice-activated internet-enabled speakers (looking at you Echo) have quickly risen to become Pandora’s most rapidly growing consumer electronics product. Here we look at how this trend. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/17/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Alice and Bob, Amazon Echo, Artificial Intelligence, Barter, China, English language, Facebook, Google Home, Language, Personal computer

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SoundCloud Usage Is Falling, Making Turnaround More Difficult

New investors are hoping to turn a struggling SoundCloud around, but their job rapidly becoming more difficult because of falling usage. Traffic to soundcloud.com has seen a steady decrease, down from 353. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/16/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Alonte Sports Arena, Asian Volleyball Championship, Biñan, Business Insider, China, Facebook, Google, Hong Kong, Instagram, Japan, Kazakhstan, Philippines, Pinterest, pop, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, RSS, Snapchat, Soundcloud, Spotify, Twitter

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TPG, Dragoneer Rethink $1 Billion Spotify Investment

Spotify's path to a listing on the public stock market faces many hurdles, not the least of which are competing interests and different deal terms with dozens of investors, including. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/16/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 2GO Group, Barclays, Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, Chairman, Chelsea F.C., China, Initial public offering, London, London Stock Exchange, Saudi Aramco

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Social Media Is Adding 1M New Users Per Day, Total Tops 3B Globally [CHARTS]

The new Global Digital Statshot from We Are Social and Hootsuite shows that the number of people using social media globally has just passed the impressive three billion mark, with. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/07/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: 2010 FIFA World Cup, Chelsea F.C., China, Facebook, Instagram, Kenedy (footballer), Singapore, social media, Twitter, United Kingdom

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The Grammys Set Their Sights On China

The Recording Academy is partnering with Bravo Entertainment and China Music Vision Ltd. over the creation of The Grammy Festival, a touring music event that will debut in China in. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/04/2017 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Amazon, Apple, Apple Music, Asia, Beijing, China, East Rutherford, Google, Grammy Award, Great Wall of China, Hong Kong, Justin Bieber, music, music business, music industry, music tech, musician, musicians, New Jersey, Pandora, Philippines, Purpose World Tour, Spotify, tech, YouTube

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Facebook Reports Earnings, 1.94 Billion Monthly Users (25% Of All People On The Planet)

Facebook's growth has to slow sometime, but not just yet. Yesterday, Facebook reported Q1 earnings of $8 billion, up 49% over the same period in 2016. Net profits were just. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/04/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Agence France-Presse, Airline, All Nippon Airways, Automotive industry, China, Containerization, Earnings before interest and taxes, Fiscal year, Net profit, Twitter

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Is It A Hit? Scorecard Tests A Song’s Potential

Former Edison Research VP Deena Hollander is back in the music research business today with the launch of Scorecard, the first product by her new company, Advantage Music Research.

Bruce Houghton on 05/01/2017 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: AdWords, Automotive design, Barack Obama, Bigcommerce, business, Business process, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, China, Continual improvement process, Curalate

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