Tag: Initial public offering

SoundCloud Accuses Financial Times Of Fake News That It’s “Begging For Money” As 2 Top Execs Exit

Soundcloud was playing defense today, after weekend reports that two top SoundCloud executives had exited the company and that it is now "begging for money"; calling much of the account. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/13/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Accenture, Apple Inc., Donald Trump, European Union, Financial Times, Google, Initial public offering, Soundcloud, Spotify, United Kingdom

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UPDATE: Two Top Execs Exit As SoundCloud “Begs” Investors For Cash

UPDATED: SoundCloud's COO and VP of Finance both have left the music streamer. Their exit comes just weeks after the company admitted in financial filings that it could run out. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/13/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Alexander Ljung, Chief operating officer, Chief technology officer, Financial Times, Google, Initial public offering, Soundcloud, Spotify, Streaming media, Subscription business model, Twitter, United Kingdom

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Pandora Stock Recovers Friday Morning Despite $343M Loss, Disppointing Forecast, No Listener Growth

UPDATE 2: Pandora stock fell as much as 5% more in after hours trading Thursday, but recovered 4% Friday morning to an 11AM price of $3.11. Yesterday's drop came as. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/10/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices, Advertising, and amortization, Artificial Intelligence, Bing, Calendar year, Chief financial officer, Cloud computing, depreciation, Earnings before interest, Earnings Per Share (EPS), Extended-hours trading, Fiscal year, Generally accepted accounting principles, Initial public offering, LinkedIn, NASDAQ, Net income, revenue, taxes, Wall Street

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Snapchat Faces Challenges And Opportunities As IPO Nears

As the tech world braces for Snapchat's impending IPO, the popular photo sharing app has number of challenges to face, whether from their ever-unpredictable consumer base, or competitors like Instagram.

Guest Post on 02/08/2017 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Bobby Murphy (businessman), DJ Khaled, Evan Spiegel, Facebook, Initial public offering, Los Angeles, Mark Zuckerberg, Reggie Brown (wide receiver), Snap, Snapchat

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Snapchat IPO Invites Skepticism, Here’s Why

Creating massive buzz in economic circles, Snapchat's parent company's filing of an IPO is one of the most hotly anticipated business moves of the year, but the recent public review. Continue reading

Guest Post on 02/07/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Advertising, Android (operating system), Facebook, Google, Initial public offering, Instagram, Snap, Snapchat, Twitter, YouTube

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Instagram Stories Cut Snapchat Growth by 82%

Snapchat was soaring early in 2016. But the launch of Instagram Stories appears to have led to an incredible drop in Snapchat user growth, according to new stats in its. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/07/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Evan Spiegel, Facebook, Initial public offering, Instagram, IOS, QR code, Search box, Snap, Snapchat, TechCrunch, Twitter

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Snapchat vs Facebook vs Twitter Pre-IPO [CHART]

Snapchat parent company Snap has finally filed its IPO, and the big question on investors’ minds is: Are we looking at the next Facebook, or the next Twitter? The story that. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/06/2017 in Social Media | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Advertising, Evan Spiegel, Facebook, Groupon, Initial public offering, Instagram, Snap, Snapchat, social media, Twitter

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FRI. BRIEF: Spotify May Delay IPO • Apple Music Nabs Spotify Exec • Zuck Says He’ll Pay Creators • More

FRIDAY 2.13.17 Music Business News From Around The Web As we've written previously, a delayed IPO could be very expensive for Spotify. Updated continuously under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 02/03/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: AppDynamics, Apple Inc., Facebook, Initial public offering, music, NASDAQ, Never Miss a Beat, Snap, Snapchat, Spotify, Streaming media

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Music Industry Has Upper Hand As Spotify Faces Soaring Interest Rates, Stock Discounts

Last year when Spotify took on $1 billion in debt, we reported that it did so under terms that forced rate increases if it failed to IPO. Now, those terms. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/27/2017 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Citigroup, Donald Trump, Goldman Sachs, Hedge fund, HSBC, Initial public offering, JPMorgan Chase, MarketWatch, Morgan Stanley, music, NASDAQ, Spotify

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