It’s Demo Day for Techstars Music Start-Ups; Apple Music Shifts Away From Album Exclusives

How Techstars Music Start-Ups With Music Biz Help Will Try to Raise Millions at Demo Day — www.billboard.com 
 The very first class of Techstars Music startups will pitch their businesses to a full-house of invite-only power investors with a lot of help from a huge swath of the music business.

Apple Music is moving away from album exclusives — www.theverge.com 
 Apple Music is cutting back on one of its defining characteristics: album exclusives. In a recent interview with Music Business Worldwide, Apple exec Jimmy Iovine said that the streaming service…

Amazon Music says it doesn’t want to become a record label — techcrunch.com 
 Amazon Music Vice President Steve Boom shot down the idea that Amazon’s music arm would become its own record label at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2017. It’s a..

Sony/ATV Upgrades Royalty Portal to Give Writers ‘Unparalleled’ Access to Data — www.billboard.com 
 Sony/ATV Music Publishing has upgraded its SCORE royalty portal, giving songwriters access to easy-to-navigate, real-time data about their earnings.

Why Buy Music? An Artist’s Perspective. — medium.com 
 A few thoughts on vinyl, file-sharing, digital culture and buying music.

Why playlists should be part of your social media strategy — www.musicxtechxfuture.com 
 The emphasis of playlist strategy is usually placed on how artists can get their music on popular curated playlists.

Has Hi-Fi Streaming Arrived? Merlin/MQA Deal Says Yes, But Maybe Not — www.digitalmusicnews.com 
 Merlin and MQA announced a multi-year deal for high-fidelity audio streaming. The technology has yet to caught on. Will this deal change things?

TuneIn Announces the TuneIn Festival VIP Series — platformandstream.com 
 TuneIn is offering listeners an inside look into some of this year’s biggest summer music festivals.

Cennarium to Stream ‘Live from Gramercy Park’ Cabaret Concert Series — platformandstream.com 
 For almost 130 years the performances at New York’s exclusive private club The Players have been accessible only to a select group of artists and influencers from the performing arts world.

Marathon Artists Labs accelerator returns with monetisation focus — musically.com 
 Independent music company Marathon Artists is preparing for the second year of its Marathon Labs startups accelerator, following a successful debut in 2016. As in 2016, this year’s cohort will gather in Tileyard for one week a month, over a period of six months, meeting around 20 mentors each week.