Tag: Lady Gaga

Coldplay Rejects Freemium: New Album Not On Spotify, But Is Streaming On Apple Music, Tidal, Amazon, Rhapsody

[UPDATED] Much has been written in recent days about how Adele's refusal to make her new album "25" available on streaming music services has boosted sales. Now, Coldplay has made. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/04/2015 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adele (singer), Apple Inc., BuzzFeed, China, Coldplay, Daily double, Lady Gaga, Spotify, Taylor Swift, Troy Carter (music industry)

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FRI. NEWS BRIEF: Coldplay Says No To Freemium • R.I.P. Scott Weiland • Global Creatives Study • More

Friday 12.4.2015 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web Coldplay says no to Spotify. The end of freemium or dawn a two class music listening? Updated continuously under our More. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/04/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Freemium, iTunes, Lady Gaga, music industry, Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift, Troy Carter (music industry), YouTube

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Tidal Names Ex-Soundcloud Exec As CEO, It’s 3rd In 8 Months

Tidal, despite some missteps, has attracted more than a million paying subscribers. Will hiring a digital music veteran as CEO, its third in eight months, be able to build on. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/02/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Amazon.com, Apple Inc., Google, iTunes, Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, List of online music databases, Los Angeles, Spotify, Subscription business model

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November Merch Charts: Slipknot, Katy Perry, Chris Stapleton, More

Looks like fans everywhere were in the spooky spirit as we see a lot of Halloween-specific merchandise climbing up the charts. Masks were big sellers and Slipknot merch took the. Continue reading

Darius Burgan on 11/18/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Die Antwoord, Instagram, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, music industry, New York City, Pop music, South Africa, Tom Waits, Yolandi Visser

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Spotify Launches “Fan Insights” Free Artist Analytics Platform

Imagine if an artist could concentrate their touring only where your fans are? Imagine music marketers could concentrate more effort into magnifying new fan interest as it happened? These are. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/17/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Artist, Compact disc, Digital audio, Facebook, Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, Music download, music industry, Spotify

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The Challenges Of Launching A Music Startup [BRENDEN MULLIGAN]

Longtime music industry player Brenden Mulligan discusses the challenges of launching and running a music startup, and some important dos and don'ts for those planning to start the music business's. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/27/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Disc jockey, Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, List of online music databases, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Spotify, Taylor Swift, TechCrunch

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“Found Them First” – Spotify Measures Your Song Picking Cred

[UPDATED] If you're an early adopter of an up-and-coming band and are looking for bragging rights (or are just curious) Spotify's new "Found Them First" allows users to identify which. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/19/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, List of online music databases, Los Angeles, music industry, San Francisco, Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift

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Managers Of John Legend, Knaan, Lindsey Sterling Exit Troy Carter’s Atom Factory

There were two major defections this week at Troy Carter's artist management arm Atom Factory this week, and with them went three marquee clients.

Bruce Houghton on 10/02/2015 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Atom Factory, Ebay, Gary Vaynerchuk, iHeartRadio, Lady Gaga, Lyft, New York City, Streaming media, Troy Carter, Troy Carter (music industry)

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Thanks To Beats 1, Apple Music Doesn’t Have To Pay For Exclusives

When Apple Music launched Beats 1, I wrote that former record exec Jimmy Iovine had just created every major label's wet dream – a global radio station where they controlled. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/21/2015 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Bruce Springsteen, Dr Dre, Interscope Records, IPhone, iTunes, Jimmy Iovine, John Lennon, Lady Gaga, music industry

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