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Third Man Records Launches Bandcamp Page With New Raconteurs Song — pitchfork.com

Third Man Records Launches Bandcamp Page With New Raconteurs Song — pitchfork.com

Jack White’s rock quartet shares their cover of Donovan’s “Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)”.

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Says Streaming Allows More Artists to Make a Living From Music Than Ever Before — www.billboard.com 
 “I don’t believe that the music industry has to be disrupted. I believe it has to be evolved,” he said in expansive interview with the ‘Freakonomics Radio’ podcast.

Apple Podcasts Are Coming to the Web — variety.com 
 Apple has been testing a full-featured web interface for its podcast directory.

Wiz Khalifa Docuseries to Launch on Apple Music — variety.com 
 “Wiz Khalifa: Behind the Cam,” a five-part docuseries looking back at the rapper’s career, will launch April 17 on Apple Music.

Trey Anastasio Announces Ghosts Of The Forest New York City Webcasts — www.jambase.com 
 Live webcasts of Trey Anastasio’s Ghosts Of The Forest shows at the United Palace Theatre in New York City are available.

iHeartMedia’s IPO Plans: Industry Skeptics, Optimists Weigh In — www.billboard.com

Bob Pittman, the chairman/CEO of iHeartMedia, likes to compare his broadcast-radio empire — which reaches 275 million listeners each month and is saddled with nearly $6 billion in debt — to a house.

Pandora Selects OpenText’s Digital Asset Management Platform for Streaming Advertising — platformandstream.com

OpenText announced Pandora selected OpenText Media Management as the asset storage and management application for its audio and display advertising.

MicTurn takes the idea of open-mic concerts online — musically.com 
 If you’ve ever been to an ‘open-mic’ concert, you’ll know how they work: musicians turn up with their instruments, sign up to take part and then wait their turn to play a few songs. Now there’s a startup trying to do that in the online world. It’s called MicTurn.

dotBC teams with Digimarc to merge Blockchain and Digimarc Barcode for rights management solutions — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com

DotBC seeks to modernize media rights management.

Bose brings audio AR shades and festival content to Coachella — www.mobilemarketer.com

Bose collaborated with festival organizer Goldenvoice to add the audio AR feature to the core Coachella smartphone app.

Have Songwriters Turned the Tide Against Big Tech? — variety.com 
 In this guest post, NMPA chief David Israelite argues that songwriters have turned the tide of public opinion against big tech.

Stingray Selects Triton Digital for Digital Audio Monetization — platformandstream.com

Triton Digital announced today that Stingray has selected Triton Digital to power the monetization of the streaming audio content on its Stingray Music mobile application.

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