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Social Media Platforms Suspend Donald Trump’s Accounts

Posted by Ian Courtney - January 7, 2021

WASHINGTON D.C. (CelebrityAccess) — Major social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, announced the suspension of the accounts of U.S. President Donald Trump  ...

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Apple Music Claims ‘Record Year’ But Offers No User Stats

Posted by Hypebot - January 7, 2021

(Hypebot) — Apple offered a companywide overview of 2020 yesterday including a declaration of Apple Music’s “record year,” but offered no subscriber count  ...

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Recordings Of Noise Can Be More Profitable Than Music On Spotify

Posted by Hypebot - January 7, 2021

(Hypebot) — Just in case artists weren’t disheartened enough by how difficult it is to make money on Spotify, new data shows that  ...

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Snarky Free Bot Analyzes Your Taste In Music

Posted by Hypebot - January 6, 2021

(Hypebot) — “Judge My Spotify” is an AI bot from The Pudding that offers a critical view of your musical taste and isn’t  ...

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Gospel Music: Singing Praise In Age Of Streaming

Posted by Hypebot - January 5, 2021

In Chartmetric’s Black Lives Matter piece for December 2020, they dug into how the nearly century-old tradition of Black gospel continues to thrive  ...

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The Mechanical Licensing Collective Is Open For Business

Posted by Hypebot - January 4, 2021

(Hypebot) — The January 1st License Availability Date set by the landmark US Music Modernization Act (MMA) which offers digital audio services a  ...

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YouTube Content ID: What Is It & How Does It Work?

Posted by Hypebot - January 4, 2021

(Hypebot) — Those operating in and around the music industry have likely heard the term Content ID tossed around (specifically in reference to  ...

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Mechanical Licensing Collective Prepares For January 1st Launch

Posted by Hypebot - December 29, 2020

(Hypebot) — Beginning on January 1st of 2021, the rollout of a new blanket mechanical license as laid out in the Music Modernization  ...

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How To Promote Music On YouTube

Posted by Hypebot - December 28, 2020

In this piece we break down what exactly a YouTube channel is, and why it’s such an important promotional platform for artists, as  ...

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2021 Will Be Year Of The Immersive Web says Mark Mulligan

Posted by Hypebot - December 22, 2020

(Hypebot) — While the music and entertainment industries are enduring particular uncertainty at present, that hasn’t stopped Mark Mulligan of MIDiA from making informed  ...

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