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Spotify's financial results for the second quarter of 2018
Streaming giant Spotify just published its financial results for the second quarter of 2018. The company ended June with 180 million monthly active…
Spotify explains direct artist deals: "Licensing content doesn’t make us a label"
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, during a financial earnings call with analysts (following the publication of Spotify’s Q2 financials) took his chance to…
Ticketing firm Eventbrite ready for its IPO
According to the "Wall Street Journal", ticketing firm Eventbrite has filed for an IPO to take place later this year, working with Goldman Sachs and…
All about the fourth annual CD Baby DIY Musician Conference
The fourth annual CD Baby DIY Musician Conference will take place on August 24-26, 2018 at the Omni Hotel in Nashville, TN. More than 1,500…
Queen: watch the new trailer for Freddie Mercury biopic, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Save the date: on November 2nd "Bohemian Rhapsody", the long-awaited Freddie Mercury biopic starring Rami Malek, will finally be out. And…
Jack White drops new video for “Corporation” - WATCH
Ex White Stripes and Third Man Records main man, Jack White, just dropped a new video. It's for the track "Corporation", taken from his latest…
Chinese secondary-ticketing firm Moretickets raises $60m
One of China's secondary ticketing most popular sites has just raised a significant funding round: indeed, Moretickets’ Series C round was worth…
Blink Identity raises $1.5m in funding round
Austin-based startup Blink Identity just raised $1.5m during a funding round; investors include Live Nation, Techstars and Sinai Ventures. The…
The Rolling Stones and Universal Music Group (UMG) announced an expansive worldwide agreement
The Rolling Stones and Universal Music Group (UMG) just announced an expansive worldwide agreement covering the band’s iconic recorded music and…
Confirmed: Tencent Music Entertainment is about to reach stock exchange in the US
Chinese media giant Tencent confirmed that Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) will soon float on a “a recognized stock exchange in the United States…
Tencent Music Entertainment is going public
Tencent, the giant of digital music, is reahing the stock exchange in the United States. Tencent Music Entertainment (TME), which is majority-owned…
WMG signs partnership with IMS
Warner Music Group signed a new partnership with Sony Pictures subsidiary Internet Media Services (IMS): this in order to boost its advertising…
Music bodies acting ahead of crucial Article 13 vote
The European Parliament will very soon vote on the EU’s draft Copyright Directive, and music bodies are leading the charge of creative industries in…
Justin Timberlake drops new surprise track "SoulMate" - LISTEN
Ex *NSYNC member Justin Timberlake just dropped a new track called "SoulMate". It marks the pop star’s first piece of new music since releasing his…
Jack White to release new vinyl-only live album
Third Man boss (and ex White Stripes) Jack White has announced the release of "Live at Third Man Records ||| Nashville & Cass Corridor", a new…
Hipgnosis Songs Fund Ltd raises $260m+ to buy music copyrights
Hipgnosis Songs Fund Ltd, the company founded by veteran artist manager Merck Mercuriadis, has just raised over £200m ($262m). According to a report…
Drake's new album broke day-one streaming record on Apple Music
Drake did it again: he destroyed Apple Music's record with over 170m streams on day one with his new album "Scorpion". The previous biggest global…
Instagrammers can now add licensed music to their stories
Popular photo sharing social network Instagram just announced its latest milestone: more than 400 million people are using its "stories". But the…
Spotify generated $40m+ in ticket sales in 2017
A new analysis by "Music Business Worldwide" says that Spotify’s work with Fans First (the brand representing Spotify’s data-mining work for/with…
GigList and True Tickets teamed to create ticketing analytics tool
According to "Music Ally", big-data-focused GigList and blockchain-ticketing startup True Tickets, are teaming up to create “an analytics tool that…