Live From Lockdown; Meet Yoop; Clearing Rights Gets Tricky In the ‘Wild West’ Livestream Age
Live From Lockdown: How Erykah Badu and Other Musicians Are Finding New Ways to Connect in the Coronavirus Age — variety.com Faced with…
Live From Lockdown: How Erykah Badu and Other Musicians Are Finding New Ways to Connect in the Coronavirus Age — variety.com
Faced with the limitations of performing from home, Erykah Badu and others find new ways — and business models — to connect with fans.
Meet Yoop, a New Livestream App Aiming to Enhance How Artists and Fans Interact — www.billboard.com
As livestreaming becomes the method of choice for experiencing musical performances during quarantine, artists have leaned heavily on platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Zoom to reach fans.
Spotify Kids app rolls out blocking, listening history features for parents — techcrunch.com
Spotify is expanding the capabilities of its parental controls on its Spotify Kids app, aimed at children ages 3 and up on a parent’s Spotify Premium Family plan.
Licensed to Stream? Clearing Rights Can Be Tricky In the ‘Wild West’ Livestream Age — www.billboard.com
With venues closed, artists are turning to livestream performances. But clearing rights can be slippery business.
Spotify should pay musicians more? Let’s talk about how — musically.com
Earlier this week, we covered the IFPI’s latest figures for global recorded music revenues, which grew by 8.2% in 2019.
Consumer Habits And Coronavirus: 5 Takeaways From New Nielsen Music/MRC Data Study — www.billboard.com
The new installment of the Nielsen Music/MRC Data study reveals how while fans are eager to hear new music, they have health concerns about concerts.
Royalties Reign for Create — labusinessjournal.com
Service has earned $100 million for artists.
Synchtank Partners with Spirit Production Music — platformandstream.wordpress.com
Synchtank is announcing a deal with one of the world’s largest independent production music libraries, Spirit Production Music.
Bandsintown Doubles Down on Curated Live Streams with Daily Programming — platformandstream.wordpress.com
Bandsintown is launching daily livestreams on its dedicated channel, Bandsintown LIVE.
Data and Digital Strategy at Republic Records With Elliott Althoff — blog.chartmetric.com
Republic Records’ Elliott Althoff discusses the differences between indie and major labels and the creative ways you can use data for marketing campaigns.
Spotify’s New ‘Listening Together’ Campaign Shows When Song Picks Align — www.billboard.com
The campaign is part of what appears to be the platform’s recent push, amid the pandemic, to rebrand itself from an on-the-go listening app to a platform for at-home listening.
Super Hi-Fi are smoothing triple the number of music streams since Jan, over 1 billion — routenote.com
Super Hi-Fi are teaming up with huge music services to make streaming feel natural and it’s catching on. Super Hi-Fi have announced that they are now making over 1 billion transitions between songs on music…
HBO Veteran Joins Spotify as General Counsel — www.hollywoodreporter.com
Spotify has named a new general counsel. The music streaming company has tapped WarnerMedia veteran Eve Konstan to the role.
Napster needs outside funding within the next 12 months — musically.com
Tech firm RealNetworks has published its quarterly financial results, including as usual figures for music-streaming firm Napster, in which it holds an 84% stake.
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