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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…

Chance The Rapper’s Manager Offers Tutorial In Reinventing The Music Business

Posted by Hypebot - November 28, 2018

Chance The Rapper and Pat “The Manager” Corcoran, two self-taught kids from Chicago, have set the bar for what independent artists can achieve. Chance achieved his success, which includes three Grammys…

For The Young, Music Drives Social Media

Posted by Hypebot - November 27, 2018

It is perhaps unsurprising that music tends to occupy a larger part your life when you’re young. Knowing this, it correlates that social media used by a 13 to 24…

Taylor Swift And The Rise Of Label Services

Posted by Hypebot - November 26, 2018

(Hypebot) — Last week, Taylor Swift announced her new deal with Universal, which included a gift to thousands of other UMG artists in the form of Spotify stock revenue distributions.…

Why Image Matters In The Spotify Age: Secretly Group Creative Director Explains

Posted by Hypebot - November 23, 2018

Danny Ross sat down to chat with Robby Morris, the creative director of indie powerhouse the Secretly Group, which is responsible for the releases of Bon Iver, Angel Olsen, The…

What New MLC Candidate Means For Copyright Office, Music Modernization Act

Posted by Hypebot - November 23, 2018

With the passage of the Music Modernization Act a competition of sorts has arisen, with multiple groups competing to be theMechanical Licensing Collective. So what do these new candidates mean for…

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