DistroKid receives ‘significant investment’ from Silversmith Capital Partners

Independent music distribution service DistroKid has received a significant investment from Boston-based growth equity firm Silversmith Capital Partners. Founded by entrepreneur and musician Philip Kaplan in 2013, DistroKid serves more than 250,000 art…

Now There’s a Free Competitor to CD Baby, Tunecore, and Distrokid

With Level Music, Warner Music Group gets ahead of CD Baby and Distrokid by offering a ‘free’ digital distribution platform.  But, how much will it really cost artists? Warner Music Group has quietly launched its alternative to establi…

Latest Industry: Live Nation, Spotify, Latin Music, YouTube, Pandora, Gibson, Shazam, Prince, Distrokid, More…

Get your $20 concert tickets while they last. Live Nation has announced that ‘National Concert Week’ will take place April 30th through May 8th.  The promoter will offer exclusive $20 all-in tickets for music fans to celebrate the kick…

DistroKid Issues a Statement on Hate Music (And It’s Pretty Funny)

DistroKid doesn’t kid around with music promoting racism and discrimination. In the wake of deadly neo-nazi protests in Charlottesville, Spotify took down several white supremacist groups from their platform.  Google, Deezer, and popular music distribution services quickly followed suit.  Now, another top music distributor has promised to do the same.  Only this time, they injected […]

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