Bandsintown Adds In App Ticketing, Shares Survey Of 40,000 Users
A Bandintown update pushed out to iOS users yesterday adds in app ticket purchases with select vendors. Getting a small cut from tickets sold is increasingly a key music app. Continue reading
Spotify Revenue Doubled Last Year To $577 Million
(UPDATED) Documents filed by holding company Spotify Technology show that revenue more than doubled in 2012. The music streamer's revenue took in $577 million USD, as it doubled it's user. Continue reading
Sellbox: Sell Downloads On Social Media Direct From Google Drive And Dropbox
Start up Sailbox allows users to sell downloads and other digital files direct from cloud drives D Dropbox and Google Drive. The service appears simple to use: select a file from. Continue reading
Why Your Fans Won’t Come to Your Shows…
75% or more of your fan base won’t make it to a show on your next tour. There are various factors that can keep your fans from attending your next. Continue reading
Chirpify Finalizes $6 Million Series A Round, Teases Upcoming Live Event and TV Offerings
Chirpify handles in-stream payments on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for everyone from indie musicians to big brands to the ever present Snoop Lion. Today they announced an additional $4 million. Continue reading
MavenSay Launches Rithm Music Messaging App
Rithm, a new music messaging app, is now officially available for iOS. It joins the growing world of messaging apps with a focus on sending music with related text messages,. Continue reading
Facebook Daily Users Up Just 4.8% Last Quarter
As part of it's Second Quarter 2013 report to Wall Street, Facebook shared updated user and financial stats. Daily active users (DAUs) were 699 million on average for June 2013, up. Continue reading
Spotify’s 50 Most Played & Shared Tracks [U.S. & UK]
Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" tops the Spotify US and UK play charts, but the ivral charts hold some surprises. The Spotify Top 50 is the most-streamed songs of the previous week, market-by-market.. Continue reading
Grooveshark Added To Google Search Blacklist
Controversial music streaming service Grooveshark has been added to Google Search's autocomplete blacklist. This dubious distinction has previously been reserved for high profile copyright offenders like The Pirate Bay. As you. Continue reading
Digital Marketing & Ecommerce: Dropify Download 2.0, Nuplays Relaunches, Four Tet x Bitcoin
Digital options for music sales and marketing continue to improve for DIY musicians and indie labels. Promo download service Dropify recently released a much improved version still focused on free. Continue reading
