Miley’s ‘Twerk-gate’ Nets Her 400,000 New Fans
You may be sick of hearing about it, but Miley Cyrus' VMA performance is yielding an impressive bump in social media activity. In the days following "Twerk-gate", she's seen a 112%. Continue reading
Yahoo! Music Taps The Echo Nest To Drive Discovery, Next Gen Music News Feed
Yahoo! Music, the web giant's music news site, has tapped into The Echo Nest's Dynamic Music Data solution to discover and deliver reviews, blog posts, artist images and social network. Continue reading
Spotify’s Most Played & Shared Tracks [US & UK]
Robin Thicke fatigue may have finally set in as the UK singer's song falls to #3 on the Spotify US chart behind Avicii and the unhyphenated Jay Z, In the. Continue reading
ThingLink Raises $2 Million For Ecommerce In Image Tags, Adds To Exec Team
Helsinki and New York based startup ThingLink has closed a new $2 million financing round led by Helsinki-VC firm Inventure Oy. Other participants include angel investments from former Tumblr president John Maloney,. Continue reading
Best Music Writing Series Raises $17K On Kickstarter Then Pulls A Disappearing Act [Updated]
Da Capo's Best American Music Writing series ended in 2011. But the support to keep it going was so strong that editor Daphne Carr founded Feedback Press to continue the. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music
Zoë Keating Shares Update Of Her Streaming Music Revenue The Tools of Music Fan Engagement: Part 4 – Twitter Basics Don't Let Criticisms Of Music Crowdfunding Stand In Your Way. Continue reading
Do Music Charts Still Matter? [Upward Spiral Deep Dive #3]
The question of what music charts should count has defined a debate in the music industry that has been going on for several years. Because what gets counted — i.e.. Continue reading
