Ticketfly Outage: Day 2
(Hypebot) — More than 30 hours after it first went dark, Ticketfly and the sites of many of the major venues and promoters it services are still offline. Ticketfly, which…
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Ticketfly Hack Update
(Hypebot) Ticketfly and the sites of many of the major venues and promoters it services are offline as the ticketing company struggles with a major “cyber incident.” The site, which is…
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Is Troy Carter Leaving Spotify Over New Hate Content Policy?
(HypeBot) Troy Carter, Spotify’s global head of creator services, is rumored to be leaving the company, according to multiple sources. Carter is apparently upset over how the music streamer handled partial…
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10K Radio Stations File BMI Lawsuit To Pay Songwriters Less, PRO Responds
(HypeBot) The Radio Music License Committee, which represents more than 10,000 commercial radio stations in the US, has filed a petition in the federal rate court to resolve its ongoing…
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How Record Labels Screwed Up The Music Industry, And How Spotify, Apple Saved Them
(Hypebot) — ALTERNATIVE TAKE: Mike Masnick explores the sordid history of how the record labels’ behavior in the early days of the internet literally brought the music industry to its knees,…
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Irving Azoff Calls Out ‘Liar’ Cohen, YouTube Over Payments
(HypeBot) YouTube Global Head Of Music Lyor Cohen is making the media rounds touting the launch of YouTube Music as the dawning of new day for music discovery and promising…
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TuneGo Raises $7.7M For Music Industry Data Platform
(Hypebot) — TuneGO, a data-driven music A&R startup has completed a Series B financing totaling more than $7.7 million. Private equity firm Falcon Capital led the round. TuneGO will use the…
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A 3 Step Plan To Consistently Gain New Fans
(Hypebot) Fans are an essential part of finding success as a band, and while fanbase growth has an huge variety of factors, this article focuses on three tactics which, in…
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Smokey Robinson Gives Moving Defense Of Artists Rights At Hearing Over Music Modernization Act
WASHINGTON D.C. (Hypebot) — Singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson took the stage in a somewhat different capacity recently to act as a moving and powerful advocate for artists’ rights, delivering a passionate…
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Is YouTube Finally Serious About Music Subscriptions?
(Hypebot) — After several attempts that failed to gain traction, YouTube is taking another stab at something the record labels insist it must – get people to pay to stream…
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