In another indication of what seems to be America’s growing disaffection with award shows, ratings for ABC’s CMA Awards broadcast on Wednesday plummeted 34 percent from 2017, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The CMAs aren’t the only awards show to experience slumping ratings this year. The 2018 Academy Awards saw…
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Losses Grow At Live Music Streamer LiveXLive
Live music event streamer LiveXLive Media reported record revenue for their second fiscal quarter of 2019, but still missed Wall Street’s estimates. Revenue for the quarter came in at $7.97 million, up by 5% from the first quarter, when they cleared 7.62 million. However, the company missed the mark set…
Spotify Secret Genius Awards 2018 – Full Winners List
Spotify honored behind the scenes music makers at the Secret Genius Awards Friday evening in Los Angeles. Held at the Ace Theater, the award show was hosted by Ne-Yo. This year’s top honors went to Murda Beatz for Producer of the Year (Drake’s “Nice For What” and “Motorsport” by Migos…
Glassnote Moves Distribution From UMG To Kobalt’s AWAL
Indie label Glassnote Music has shifted its digital and physical distribution to Kobalt’s AWAL, after years at Universal Music Group. Glassnote artists include Mumford & Sons, Phoenix, CHVRCHES, Childish Gambino, The Strumbellas, and Jade Bird. Glassnote will also leverage Kobalt and AWAL’s global marketing, radio promotion and data analytics platform….
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4 Species Of Musicians 2018 [CARTOON]
Cartoonist Tommy Siegel shares a cynical and amusing, but all too true, look at four types of musicians roaming the music industry jungle in 2018.
Who Uses Spotify In The U.S.? [INFOGRAPHIC]
58.4 million people in the US use Spotify in 2018. That’s 20.8% of internet users, according to eMarketer estimates.
But who are they?
First, the number:
And who are they?
11 Musicians You Didn’t Know Were Independent
Conventional wisdom is that an artist has to be on a major label to have major success in the music industry. But these 11 top artists are proving that the major label paradigm has shifted, Indie is in. Some have left major labels; but most have always been strictly independent,…
Spotify Alums Create Canopy App Offering Recommendations Without Stealing Your Data
Two Spotify alumni involved in the creation of Discovery Weekly, have raised a $4.5 million seed round from Matrix to release an app that offers music, film and other recommendations based on user preferences, but without sharing data with Spotify, Netflix, Facebook or anyone else. The Brooklyn based startup Canopy’s…
Universal Music Revenue Up 13% As Sale Plans Accelerate
Revenue at Universal Music Group grew 13.5% year of year last quarter, according to financials reported by corporate parent Vivendi. But on everyone’s mind were Vivendi’s plan to sell a 50% stake in the world’s largest music group. Vivendi said that it has chosen 15 banks to help it find…