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Facebook Confirms Spotify Used Access To Private Messages, Other User Data

Posted by Hypebot - December 19, 2018

(Hypebot) Spotify, Apple, Amazon and other companies were reportedly exempted from Facebook privacy rules and given more access to user data than the infamous Cambridge Analytica. Facebook has confirmed that…

How One Beat Is Killing Country Music [VIDEO]

Posted by Hypebot - December 18, 2018

Country music has been taken over by snap and click tracks, says music journalist Grady Smith; and it is doing the genre a disservice. “Keep in mind,” says Smith “I…

YouTube Spam Purge Lowers Many Subscriber Counts

Posted by Hypebot - December 14, 2018

YouTube is cleaning up problem videos, spam comments and spam subscriptions on the platform. As a result, many creators are seeing a significant drop in subscribers numbers. YouTube explained the…

Apple Music Shuts Artist-To-Fan Social Platform Connect, Redesigns Artists Pages, Radio

Posted by Hypebot - December 14, 2018

Apple Music is shutting down its Connect artist to fan social platform. Apple’s previous attempt at building a music focused social network, iTunes Ping, launched and shutters in months. Apple…

CD Baby DIY Musician Conference 2019 Moves To Austin

Posted by Hypebot - December 12, 2018

CD Baby’s DIY Musician Conference is moving from Nashville to Austin ” to connect with a fresh community of musicians in another deeply musical city.” Presentations, workshops, mentoring, jam rooms…

Apple Acquires Platoon Emerging Artists Marketing Platform

Posted by Hypebot - December 7, 2018

Apple has acquired U.K. based music creative services and artist development startup Platoon, according to multiple reports. The startup’s co founder, Denzyl Feigelson, is a long time consultant for Apple…

Move Over Majors, Indies Grab 39.9% Label Market Share

Posted by Hypebot - December 5, 2018

A new Worldwide Independent Market report prepared by MIDiA for indie music trade group WIN shows impressive growth in the global independent music sector. Indie revenue grew 11.3% in 2017…

Op Ed: The Ticketing Tides Are Turning For The Secondary Market

Posted by Hypebot - December 3, 2018

The secondary ticketing market has been a problematic feature of the music industry for ages, with online technology transforming it into a multi-billion industry. Now, however, the ticketing industry is…

Spotify, Soundcloud Bot Farms Continue To Manipulate Streaming Numbers

Posted by Hypebot - November 29, 2018

(Hypebot) — Bot farms continue to manipulate streaming stats on Spotify and Soundcloud, a year after the streamers and music industry became aware of them, multiple sources tell Hypebot. The…

Meta Trends That Will Shape Music Industry In 2019

Posted by Hypebot - November 28, 2018

As the music industry closes the door on 2018, some of the promised technologies of the year, like blockchain and AI, hit the world of music with more of a…

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