Live Nation Sold 29 Million Concert Tickets In 2015, No One Else Was Even Close

I remember when Robert Sillerman (yes, the same guy who behind troubled EDM promoter SFX) began buying old school concert promoters like Cellar Door, Bill Graham and Don Law to roll. Continue reading

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AM NEWS BRIEF: Reaction To Soundcloud + UMG • Shazam Shares Musical Twins • Twitter DMCA Lawsuit • More

Thursday 1.14.2016 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web Soundcloud  is much closer to offering paid subscriptions, but is closer close enough?  Updated continuously under our More News tab here. 

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Listomania: The Battle For Playlist Supremacy’s Winners And Losers

New Slang Media has recently released a new report detailing which labels and artists are coming out on top in the competitive world of playlisting, and what is about their strategy that. Continue reading

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Festival Thrower’s Bible: Festival Logistics

In this excerpt, experienced festival organizer Robby Black offers advice on how to plan your festival in such a way as to reduce stress for both the organizers and attendees, creating a festival experience. Continue reading

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Soundcloud Cuts Universal Music Group Licensing Deal, Sony Still A Holdout

SoundCloud is much closer to launching a paid subscription service, thanks to a deal to licence the massive Universal Music Group catalog. But two of the world's largest music companies Sony. Continue reading

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Universal Music Group Planning Virtual Reality Concerts

While the majority of VR content has, up to now, been focused on games and films, UMG and iHeartMedia have major plans in the works to release several VR concerts in. Continue reading

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WED. NEWS BRIEF: BMG, RightsCorp Pay $450K Penalty • Spotify Adds Genius Playlists • Bowie To #1 • More

Wednesday 1.13.2016 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web  Penalties, pirates, playlists and Bowie @ #1.  Gotta love the music industry… Updated continuously under our More News tab here. 

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My New Year’s Resolution: No More Fans

Artist and performer Shannon Curtis explains her distaste for the term "fan" and how house concerts put musician and listener on equal ground in a way which is beneficial to both.

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Blockchain Music, And Benji Rogers 75% Superb Idea [ANDREW DUBBER]

Here Andrew Dubber responds to Benji Rogers' recent piece discussing how the Blockchain and VR could be implemented to better organize and protect music moving forward. In this article, Dubber. Continue reading

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4 Ways To Network In The Music Industry For Free

Even more so than in other professions, networking is hugely important when it comes to building a career in the music industry, but the cost of attending festivals and conferences. Continue reading

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