Tag: The Walt Disney Company

BTS Breaks YouTube 2018 Record, 36M Views In 24 Hours

K-Pop stars BTS' video for their single "Fake Love" received 35.9 million views in its first 24 hours, making it the biggest 24-hour debut of 2018 and the third biggest 24-hour. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/21/2018 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Apple Music, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Daddy Yankee, Ed Sheeran, Instagram, Justin Bieber, Luis Fonsi, Selena Gomez, The Walt Disney Company, YouTube

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All The Music Announcements From Tuesday’s #AppleEvent [UPDATED]

[UPDATED] There were no major Apple Music announcements or Beats hardware launches at today's Apple launch event. But there were a number of important announcements about how music is consumed. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/13/2017 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (5)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Pay, Apple Store, Apple Watch, Augmented reality, Google, IMessage, IOS, IPad, IPhone, Microsoft, Microsoft HoloLens, Microsoft Windows, The Walt Disney Company, WatchOS

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Battling Ticketmaster Lawsuit, Songkick Struggles With Skeleton Staff

Things are looking grim for Songkick. The ticketing company was forced to drop the majority of its staff, and has its fingers crossed to win a fast-approaching lawsuit against Ticketmaster. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/30/2017 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Bill Nye, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Business Insider, Disney–ABC Domestic Television, lawsuit, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Superior Court, The Walt Disney Company, TMZ, Warner Music Group

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New Survey Says Millennials Pay For Streaming Services And Use Pirate Streams When Content Isn’t Legally Available

In a further sign of change coming to the music industry, a new survey has revealed that millennials, and those younger, while willing and happy to pay for streaming services, are. Continue reading

Guest Post on 04/25/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices, Best Buy, Blu-ray, DVD, IPhone, ISO image, millennials, Netflix, ripping, The Walt Disney Company

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My Song Stories: Stef Pascual of Sony Red Essential

Music shapes our identities and changes our lives. It brings back our memories and stirs up our emotions. My Song Stories asks music professionals and indie artists questions about the. Continue reading

admin on 04/17/2017 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Alan Menken, Beauty and the Beast (soundtrack), Beauty and the Beast (Special Platinum Edition), Berklee College of Music, Bill Condon, Broadway theatre, Celine Dion, Dan Stevens, Emma Watson, The Walt Disney Company

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Emoticast Raises $5 Million As Sean Parker, will.i.am, David Guetta Back Mobile Music Messenger

Emoticast believes it has found the best way make sure that music and music marketing take advantage of the current explosion in mobile messaging. Today, a group of all-star investors. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/29/2017 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Antisemitism, Chat room, David A. Marcus, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, List of YouTubers, Maker Studios, Mobile app, PewDiePie, Record chart, Snapchat, TechCrunch, The Walt Disney Company, Universal Music Group, Vietnam, Warner Music Group, WhatsApp, YouTube

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What The Music Industry Can Learn From The Gaming Industry

Here Bas Grasmayer explores the unprecedented growth of gamer personalities, the business models they use, and what the music industry can do to learn and directly benefit from the gaming. Continue reading

Guest Post on 03/01/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Antisemitism, Casey Neistat, H3h3 Productions, List of YouTubers, Maker Studios, PewDiePie, The Wall Street Journal, The Walt Disney Company, YouTube, YouTube Red

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

This week, as we flip back through a full seven days of exciting music industry news, we revisit Songkick's trade secret sharing scandal, Sirius's victory in a pre-72 royalty case,. Continue reading

admin on 02/18/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Antisemitism, H3h3 Productions, List of YouTubers, Maker Studios, New York, PewDiePie, Sirius XM Holdings, The Wall Street Journal, The Walt Disney Company, YouTube

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YouTube Continues To Host PewDiePie, 100’s Of Hate Rock Bands – Should Artists, Labels Pull Videos In Protest?

Following the release of YouTube star PewDiePie's "Death To All Jews" video, Disney has severed ties. But YouTube seems to be holding fast, also featuring Neo Nazi bands like Weisse Wölfe who. Continue reading

Guest Post on 02/16/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (5)

Tags: Antisemitism, Death (metal band), Fiverr, Forbes, Jews, Maker Studios, PewDiePie, The Wall Street Journal, The Walt Disney Company, YouTube

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Nielsen Acquires Gracenote From Tribune For $560 Million Cash To Improve Music, Media Data Measurement

Nielsen has acquired Gracenote from Tribune in an all cash deal. For the music industry, that leaves its main source of track metadata in familiar hands and the hope of. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/20/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple TV, AT&T, BMW, CBS Corporation, Comcast, DirecTV, Google, Internet service provider, IOS, music industry, Sling TV, Sony, The Walt Disney Company, Time Warner

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