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2% of Spotify Listeners by Concert Tickets 50%

2% of Spotify listeners buy 50% of concert tickets

Spotify dropped some stats and advice on nurturing streaming Super Listeners last week. With the data comes a surprising takeaway on the importance of an artist’s most active fans, particularly when it comes to selling tickets to live shows.

Bruce Houghton on 07/29/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Spotify reports quarterly loss as users hit 696M, stock down 11%

Spotify offered a mixed report for Q2 2025. In response, Spotify [NYSE: SPOT] fell in pre-market trading Tuesday. Spotify paid subscribers grew by 8 million to 276 million in Q2 or 12% year on year. Total monthly active users grew 11% to 696 million year on year.

Bruce Houghton on 07/29/2025 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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FTC Ticketmaster Live Nation scalpers BOTS spec tickets

FTC goes after Ticket Scalpers, seeks Tens of Millions in Damages

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is taking legal action against ticket resellers for violation of the BOTS Act seeking millions of dollars in damages.

Bruce Houghton on 07/29/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Your Morning Coffee Podcast

Special Your Morning Coffee Podcast: DIMA CEO Graham Davies

A special episode of the Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Weekly News for the New Music Business with Graham Davis, President and CEO of the Digital Media Association (DIMA) is available. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/28/2025 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Your Morning Coffee Podcast

Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Luminate Study, AI, Managers, More

Episode 259 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now.

Bruce Houghton on 07/21/2025 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Tariffs hit music gear

Tariffs Hit Music Gear Makers First, But Musicians Are Next

Tariffs hit music gear makers first. but they are starting to hit the entire music industry hard. Even if you’re buying American-made, rising import costs on parts mean musicians will soon be paying a lot more.

Alana Bonilla on 07/18/2025 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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SoundCloud All-in-One Artist Subscription

SoundCloud adds SMS Artist to Fan Text Messages via Subtext

SoundCloud adds SMS direct artist to fan text Messages via a partnership with Subtext.

Bruce Houghton on 07/16/2025 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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AI Music is exploding on Spotify

AI Music is exploding on Spotify: DON’T PANIC!

AI Music is exploding on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and other streaming music platforms. AI bands and AI songs are now garnering millions of followers and streams.

Bruce Houghton on 07/11/2025 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)
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follow Hypebot stay connected to the music business

How To Stay Connected to the Music Business: Follow Hypebot

Stay connected to the music business and live music industry by joining our growing community and following Hypebot on LinkedIn, X, Facebook,  email and more. In addition to original posts, we share breaking news, marketing tips, and more.

Bruce Houghton on 07/08/2025 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Beats+Bytes 2025 Halftime Report: Music & Culture In Chaos

Beats+Bytes 2025 Halftime Report: Music & Culture In Chaos

The Nue Agency’s mid-year culture report is out now. The Beats+Bytes 2025 Halftime Report looks at how everything from politics to culture is changing how smart marketers market including key recorded and live music takeaways.

Bruce Houghton on 07/03/2025 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (0)
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music tech startup competition

Music Tectonics Startup Competition Opens 2025 Applications

The popular Swimming with Narwhals Music Tectonics Startup Competition has opened applications for 2025.

Bruce Houghton on 07/01/2025 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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