10 Most Viewed YouTube Videos Of All Time
(Hypebot) There was a time when the internet made a big deal out of song reaching a billion views, but the days of such easily won astonishment are long gone,…
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Sound Royalties Offers PledgeMusic Artists $3M In Low Interest Royalty Advances
(Hypebot) Sound Royalties is offering artists stuck without payment from PledgeMusic royalty advances at 4%. The music-focused finance firm is committing up to $3 million to affected musicians. “We care…
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Best And Worst Times To Post On Facebook 2019
(Hypebot) Facebook may not be the holy grail of music marketing that you’d hoped, but with 2.32 billion monthly active users, it’s still an undeniably important channel. So, when are…
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SEC Charges Major PledgeMusic Shareholder With $25M In Penny Stock Fraud
(Hypebot) Joshua Sason, whose Magna Group is one of PledgeMusic’s largest investors, has been sued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for fraud. A Friday SEC filing accuses Sason…
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Rhapsody and Napster To Pay Songwriters Up To $10M In Class Action Settlement
(Hypebot) The law firm representing musician and artist advocate David Lowery and other songwriters has filed a motion for preliminary approval of a settlement that will see self-published songwriters paid…
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SoundCloud Adds Free Distribution To Spotify, Apple Music To All Pro Accounts
(Hypebot) SoundCloud has added free digital distribution to its SoundCloud Premier monetization toolset. With the new feature, creators monetizing music on SoundCloud can distribute to Amazon Music, Apple Music, Instagram,…
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PledgeMusic Issues An Update
(Hypebot)UPDATE: PledgeMusic has issued an update, but failed to address the core concerns of artists affected by non-payments and the complete suspension of all crowdfunding campaigns ten days ago. Messaging to fans,…
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The Music Experience Quadrant
(Hypebot) In this piece, Alex Tiuniaev unveils a new method of examining how we listen to music using something called the Music Experience Quadrant, which places music on a spectrum…
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YouTube’s ContentID System Being Repurposed By Blackmailers
(Hypebot) — YouTube’s content ID system has long been maligned by the music industry for its multifaceted failings. The minimal staffing YouTube provides regarding copyright claims has left the system…
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Ariana Grande Fans: The Fans Every Artist Needs
(Hypebot) Already a hugely successful artist, Ariana Grande’s release of Thank U, Next has proven that her army of fans are willing to go above and beyond, and are the…
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