Ex-Ticketmaster CEO Amasses $30M War Chest To Shakeup Ticketing
Former Ticketmaster exec Nathan Hubbard recently announced plans to take on the ticketing giant with the formation of a brand new company he’s calling Rival. The Los Angeles-based startup has. Continue reading
Court Rules Unauthorized Concert Recordings Should Stay Have Remained In “Vault”
Well known concert promoter Bill Graham amassed a number of coveted recordings of iconic artists during his time working in the industry, recordings which were then streamed and made available. Continue reading
In Honor Of Today’s Fundraiser, 16 Trans And Gender Non-conforming Musicians On Bandcamp
Along today's fundraiser by Bandcamp and more than 200 indie labels and artists in support of Transgender Law Center, the indie music platform is featuring music from the trans and gender. Continue reading
WED. BRIEF: Tidal Touts Exclusives • Spotify Pirates Attracts Pirates, Kills Downloads • Broadway Dips • More
Wednesday 12.28.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Tidal crowed about exclusives in its year end report but failed to share subscriber stats. Not a good sign…. Updated continuously. Continue reading
Facebook Starts Selling No Service Fee Concerts Tickets
Facebook has been rolling out the ability to buy a variety of goods for months, and since summer they've talked about getting in live concert ticketing. Today, their talk turned. Continue reading
THE PITCH: Localized Concert Discovery App DoStuff
THE PITCH today comes from concert discovery app DoStuff. There are a number of startups working on concert discovery. BandsInTown and Songkick, for example, share info provided from artists, agents and. Continue reading
Turntable Kitchen DJs Dinner With Recipe, Ingredients and Limited Edition Vinyl
Do you like cooking? Music? Listening to vinyls? If you said yes to one or more of those questions, letting Turntable Kitchen DJ your next dinner might be right up. Continue reading
A College Professor Describes How His Student’s Music Listening Habits Have Shifted
According to professor Aram Sinnreich, author of the 2013 book The Piracy Crusade: How the Music Industry’s War on Sharing Destroys Markets and Erodes Civil Liberties, college students have changed significantly. Continue reading
SF Music Tech Announces Next Summit May 20th [Special Hypebot Discount]
EXCLUSIVE: SF Music Tech, the must-attend gathering of the music and tech tribes, has just announced it's next edition – May 20th in San Francisco. In addition to being among. Continue reading
