Jay Z is buying Tidal for $56 million
So this is something. The Scandinavian press is buzzing right now with the news that Jay Z is buying the Norwegian company behind the high-quality music streaming service Tidal. The...
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SoundCloud Puts Listeners Over Creators with New iPad App
SoundCloud is moving toward widespread adoption as a streaming service, catering less to small-time producers and musicians. Specifically, SoundCloud is heading towards paid streaming subscriptions, arequirement of a deal made...
New music from Young Thug and Metro Boomin!
Yesterday, human rap pinterest board Travis Scott released "Nothing but Net" and "High Fashion," two new tracks meant to tease his upcoming tour with Young Thug. "Nothing but Net" featured Party...
Independent Labels Announce ’10 Point Action Plan’ Against YouTube…
After an ugly set of exchanges involving independent artist Zoë Keating, Digital Music News, and YouTube last week (here, and here), a consortium of independent labels is now getting involved. The...
How Deadmau5 Got Calvin Harris’s Platinum Plaque in the Mail
Calvin Harris went 2X platinum in both the US and Canada with his 2012 single “Sweet Nothing,” and someone at his management company 360/Roc Nation finally sent him a “Certified...
We’ve Added New Partners For the New Year!
Coming into the New Year we're always looking to expand our presence as a distribution and media company to help our record label and artist partners out. We're glad to...
Avid Announces Free Version of Pro Tools
Avid® (Nasdaq: AVID) today unveiled Pro Tools® | First, a free version of the industry-standard Pro Tools that offers many of the same music creation capabilities used by top artists...
This Tool Can Help You Figure Out How Much Merch to Take on Tour
Need some help planning the merch strategy for you tour? atVenu helps artists and teams track and report merch sales while on the road, and now they can help manage merch way...
10 Music Tech Innovators to Watch in 2015
Back in December, we put a spotlight on 10 tech innovations that turned heads in 2014, and the rollercoaster world of music tech is showing no sign of slowing down. The new year...
The Prodigy Take Aim at “Mindless” Fake DJs and More in New Interview
You can always count on rave trailblazers The Prodigy to deliver an incendiary interview, and now Liam Howlett, Keith Flint and Maxim have given the UK’s Guardian newspaper some classic fighting words. The...