Technology News

Influential Internet Trade Group Throws Its Weight Behind Music Modernization Act

Posted by CelebrityAccess Staff Writers - January 25, 2018

WASHINGTON D.C. (Hypebot) — The Internet Association, the trade and lobbying group which represents Google, Amazon, Spotify, Facebook and several dozen other major  ...

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Spotify IPO Frightens Music Industry and Wall Street

Posted by CelebrityAccess Staff Writers - January 24, 2018

NEW YORK (HypeBot) — Spotify has 70 million paid subscribers plus tens of millions more ad-supported users. But as a deeply unprofitable company,  ...

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YouTube Moves All Subscribers To Official Artist Channels

Posted by CelebrityAccess Staff Writers - January 23, 2018

SAN FRANCISCO (Hypebot) — YouTube launched Official Artist Channels last year to make it easier for fans to find content from their favorite artists by  ...

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Netflix Adds 8.3 Million Subs In Q4

Posted by CelebrityAccess Staff Writers - January 22, 2018

LOS GATOS, CA (CelebrityAccess) — Netflix joined the $100 billion dollar market cap club when their latest rosy financial filing helped push the  ...

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32 Radio Stations Went Silent In 2017

Posted by CelebrityAccess Staff Writers - January 22, 2018

(Hypebot) — The FCC’s release of broadcast station totals from the past year has revealed that thirty-two radio stations, thirty AM and two  ...

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Def Leppard Finally Available Online: Here’s Why Now

Posted by CelebrityAccess Staff Writers - January 19, 2018

(Hypebot) — Def Leppard, one of a handful of major artists whose music was not available digitally, have licensed their catalog to both  ...

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States, Congress Battle FCC Over Net Neutrality End

Posted by CelebrityAccess Staff Writers - January 17, 2018

WASHINGTON D.C. (Hypebot) — Dozens of attorneys general filed a petition Tuesday challenging the Federal Communication Commission’s recent decision to roll back net  ...

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YouTube Steeply Raises The Bar For Content Creators To Monetize Content

Posted by CelebrityAccess Staff Writers - January 17, 2018

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (CelebrityAccess) — After a number of high-profile content creators on YouTube have become enmeshed in personal controversies, the video streaming  ...

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Beatport Announces Promotions

Posted by Joe Reinartz - January 17, 2018

DENVER (CelebrityAccess) Electronic music platform Beatport hass announced two promotions to its executive staff. Jonathan Steffan was promoted from senior VP of technology  ...

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French Music Service Qobuz To Bring 24-Bit Audio Streaming To U.S.

Posted by CelebrityAccess Staff Writers - January 17, 2018

LAS VEGAS (CelebrityAccess) French audio streaming service Qobuz, which touts itself as “ the highest resolution music streaming service in the world,” is  ...

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