Here’s Why Taylor Swift Dropped Spotify: $4 Million From YouTube
Taylor Swift pulling her music off Spotify and most other streaming music services was one of the top music industry stories of 2014. Swift and label yanked her music after. Continue reading
Benji Rogers, Founder And President Of PledgeMusic, Looks Back On 2014
Benji Rogers, Founder and President of PledgeMusic joins us today for Hypebot.com's 2014 Year End Virtual Panel. Rogers has a hopeful outlook for the collaboration between artists and music streaming. Continue reading
Why It Is Time To Make YouTube Look Less Like Spotify And More Like Pandora
By Mark Mulligan on Music Industry Blog 2014 has been a dramatic year for the music industry and may prove to be one of its most significant. The brief history. Continue reading
Prince’s Facebook And Twitter Accounts Go Dark
Just when we thought he'd joined the 21st century, Prince has pulled his profiles off both Twitter and Facebook. Sometime between Monday and Tuesday, Prince's @3rdEyeGirl Twitter account and his Facebook pages. Continue reading
OFFICIAL: Vevo CEO Rio Caraeff To Exit
Top rated music video network Vevo has confirmed Friday's rumors that President and CEO Rio Caraeff will exit at the end of 2014. Vevo is owned by Universal Music Group, Sony. Continue reading
Spotify Says They’d Pay Taylor Swift $6 million, Label Says She Got Just 12% Of That
While the initial burn of Taylor Swift pulling her music from one of the industry's leading streaming services may be cooling slightly, the long distance conversation between Scott Borchetta, the CEO. Continue reading
Jimmy Chamberlin: From Smashing Pumpkins Drummer To Music Tech CEO
PandoDaily's David Holmes tells the story of Jimmy Chamberlin's transformation from Smashing Pumpkins drummer to tech startup CEO. Chamberlin says he found the same energy in today's startup scene as. Continue reading
Samsung Debuts Gear VR With New Vevo Music Video Viewing Experience
Samsung today unveiled its Samsung Galaxy Gear VR, a mobile virtual reality headset, that Samsung is making it clear is intended as a media consumption device. Gear VR will initially. Continue reading
Keys To Successfully Launching and Promoting A Music Video
(UPDATED) By Corey Rice of The AristoMedia Group. In 1995, Michael Jackson spent $7 million dollars on his music video ‘Scream’ and the world watched on MTV. Two decades later,. Continue reading
Honda Stage Connects Live Shows and Video In New Music Program
Honda is certainly not new to music or to youth with, for example, the Honda Civic Tour now in its 13th year. But they do seem to be upping things. Continue reading
