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Bud Light Teams With Live Nation, MySpace, Universal For 50 Concerts in 50 States Zoe Keating to play rare London gig after fan-led Detour campaign Music Dealers: 'Brands are picking up the pieces of the music industry' Amazon updates Lovefilm Instant with PS3 HD streaming, improved search  SiriusXM Sets Record ...

Introducing Dan Griffiths, Interactive Marketing Manager, UK My path into the music industry was not a standard route! When I was a teenager, in the early days of the Internet and 56k dial-up modems, I decided I would set up a website to blag my way into shows and get ...

SiriusXM Sets Record Quarterly Revenue, Earnings; Jim Meyer Named CEO Vevo's Post-YouTube Strategies: Cable, Paid Subscription, Original Programming, More Spacebar Streams Concerts To Your Phone So Musicians Don't Starve YouTube Stars Crossover: Lennon & Maisy At Grand Ole Opry, Lindsey Stirling Signs w/Troy Carter Amanda Palmer to Morrissey: Let me help ...

Between Amanda Palmer and Veronica Mars, crowdfunding has proven its worth beyond the shadow of a doubt. In one year alone, global crowdfunding initiatives grew 81% to generate a reported $2.7 BILLION. Of that, music-related projects represented a very respectable $202.5 million, i.e. 7.5% of all raised funds and 4th most ...

Historically, a successful band will undergo several iterations of band members throughout its lifetime. The sounds change and mature, but sometimes that original flavor is missed. Fortunately for Country band Lonestar, Richie McDonald, the band's revered original vocalist, decided to return to the band in 2011 after three years of being away. ...

From SoundJam to 25 Billion Songs Sold: An iTunes Timeline on Its Tenth Anniversary Compilation sales rose 7.2% in 2012, up 11.8% in Q1 2013 Spotify Quietly Starts Rolling Out The Discover Tab In Its Web App, First In The UK And Nordics Nettwerk Music Group Raises $10.25 Million Amazon reports ...

The weekend is upon us once again, and you know what that means... tons of free tunes from us to you. That's right, Freeloader Friday is back to provide all you weekend warriors with loads of new music that is sure to make you start saying TGIFF - Thank Goodness ...

The name Caroline Bottomley may sound familiar to you on The Daily Rind. As Managing Director of our Marketplace partner Radar Music Videos, Caroline has already guest written for us to share the merits and best practices of her amazing platform, which connects artists and labels with talented music video directors ...

Why Filmmakers Need to Act More Like Rock Stars SpinMedia Adds Vibe Magazine to Its Digital Portfolio, Minus the Magazine Why Modern Musicians Should Care About Metadata After a Decade of iTunes Dominance, Apple Has a Tough Choice: Guest Post by Jason Herskowitz Seven Ways iTunes Changed the Music Industry ...

After more than a decade without an official release, Big Country is back with the new record, The Journey (via Cherry Red Records), which landed at #68 on the UK charts its first week out. The aptly titled album comes on the heels of a veracious two-year tour during which the legendary ...

Los Angeles: Iconic Gibson Amphitheatre to Close in September Record Store Day album sales up 60% YoY in 2013 A Timeline of a Decade of iTunes Soundrop Launches Crowd-Liked Charts for Dubstep, Chill-Out, Indie, More What can digital music services learn from Netflix's 'Long Term View'?

Many artists have released live albums recorded at music venues in Japan. These artists include B.B. King, Deep Purple, George Harrison and John Coltrane, among others. Going on their 35th year together, British Hard Rock band Whitesnake have just added their name to that list with the release of Made In Japan this week. Whitesnake played ...

Introducing Jennifer Schwartz, Assistant Programmer, The Orchard Video Network Hello everyone! I’m excited to be joining The Orchard's New York team. I recently graduated from Fordham University with a degree in Communications and Psychology, so I'm a total Audience Behavior nerd. Most recently I interned in Digital Advertising at NBC ...

So you're going on an epic, cross-country road trip with your friends, just loaded up the car with all the essentials - endless Red Vines, Slim Jims, and Hawaiian Punch - and are feeling pretty impressed with your packing prioritization skills. But after fifteen minutes of static radio noise on the highway, ...

Universal Music Group Wins Appeal Against Grooveshark Apple adds 'download later' option for iTunes purchases Online music service can't use 1998 copyright act as defense: appeals court How the Digital Music Revolution is re-shaping Album Artwork Netflix Beats Analyst Estimates, With 29.2 Million US Subscribers And $1 Billion In Q1 Revenue Apple ...

If you're a savvy YouTuber, you may already know about YouTube's Playbook. Of course, if you're a savvy YouTuber you already know everything in it. For a while, I've grumbled that it could use some reapplication to multiple types of creators. After all, not everyone is making cool episodic series ...

Grooveshark to Launch Broadcast, a User-Created Radio Feature YouTube is testing a new auto-generated playlist feature YouTube to push more videos to registered users Eventbrite Raises $60 Million For Indie Ticketing Indian music industry finds a lucrative revenue stream in social media iTunes Leads Share of Online Video Market (Research)

Sonicbids and Billboard to be run out of same company Twitter Music Is a Discovery Powerhouse for Your iPhone Facebook Adds "Listening" and Other Actions Daft Punk Sets Spotify Record With 'Get Lucky' Twitter Owns Two Music Apps with Wildly Divergent Charts

One of the questions we get a lot in our midsts is how to improve your sales. Whether you're just starting up or have a rich and exciting catalogue, there are always things you can do to get that extra something something. On that note, we got Brandon Becker, one ...

Welcome back to Friday, folks! And what a week it has been. Our hearts go out to everyone in Boston, and may the second bomber be apprehended soon so Bostonians can go back to being awesome, as they've proven to be yet again in the face of these horrible events, ...