4 Reasons Spotify [NYSE: SPOT] stock price could rise 30%
Despite a recent sell-off Seeking Alpha analyst Jay Wu is predicting an almost 30% rise in Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) stock from $267 to $344. Wu’s reasoning: Spotify’s high customer engagement. Continue reading
YOUR MORNING COFFEE PODCAST: TikTok royalties • Hi-Def music • Spotify Discovery Mode debate • more
A new weekly episode of the “Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business” podcast with hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart Episode is live. Episode #47 Highlights In. Continue reading
US Copyright Office reveals new organizational structure
Everyone loves a remix, including the United States Copyright Office, which recently unveiled the finalized version of their new organizational structure, which is intended to help the organization run more. Continue reading
TOP POSTS: Last week’s most-read posts on Hypebot
Ranking as most popular on Hypebot this week, these articles covered YouTube’s changes to its terms of services, how Bandcamp might be able to fix the music business, how often. Continue reading
Getting It Done: Last week in D.I.Y. & Indie music
Our tips, tricks, and advice this week covered how you can use Social Proof to promote confidence in your website, the top ‘growth hacks’ you should avoid like the plague,. Continue reading
REWIND: The modern music industry’s last week in review
In this rewind back through the past week’s music industry news, we revisit how TikTok royalties are calculated, Spotify’s potential expansion into live virtual events, a record-breaking livestream by BTS,. Continue reading
Indie musicians’ guide to SMS text marketing
SMS, or Short Message Service (aka texting), can be an effective tool for marketing just like any form of communication and, in fact, more consumers prefer a text to an. Continue reading
Is anyone actually LISTENING to the radio?
In this piece, Fred Jacobs unpacks some revealing new information brought to us through the research findings of Jeff Vidler about the “need states” of different types of audio, and. Continue reading
TikTok triples video length to 3 minutes
TikTok is expanding the maximum video length for all creators to 3 minutes. Videos could previously be up to 60 seconds in length, an expansion from the platform’s initial 15-second. Continue reading
The week in music industry commentary
Last week in music industry commentary: How Bandcamp might have the potential to fix the music business, what it takes to achieve longevity in today’s music industry, Blake Morgan on. Continue reading