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Pandora Goes Ad-Free For Windows 8 Phone
At the beginning of 2013, Pandora will be ad-free for all Windows 8 owners throughout the entire year. I think this is a good marketing plan, but I am not sure how much it will drive sales. It is definitely a good start to create attention for the newest phone from Microsoft. I also wondered how they […]
TuneSat Help Musicians Get Their Royalties From Television
A couple of weeks ago we highlighted a new feature that ASCAP was rolling out, it gives royalties to musicians for live shows. Today we have come across another company that aims to put money back in musician’s pockets. TuneSat was designed to help artist collect royalties for unlicensed music used on television. ”Majority of uses of music on […]
iTunes Top Tens
Meek Mill’s Maybach Music Group/Warner Bros. albumDreams and Nightmares and PSY’s “Gangnam Style” are at #1 on iTunes list of best-selling albums and singles, respectively, this morning. The rapper is followed byTaylor Swift’s Red, Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city, Jason Aldean’s Night Train, Flyleaf’s New Horizons, the deluxe edition of Toby Keith’s Hope on the Rocks,Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s Psychedelic Pill, Mumford & Sons‘ deluxe Babel,Tech N9ne’s Boiling Point and Parkway Drive’s Atlas. PSY is […]
It’s Contagious: Taylor Swift Is Withholding Her Latest Release from Spotify
This is now a recurring trend for superstar artist releases, and a serious problem for streaming services. Immediately after release, Taylor Swift’s Red is unavailable on Spotify, as well as Rhapsody, Deezer, and other on-demand streaming services. Separately, iTunes is plucking another plum placement, and offering strong positioning. The obvious takeaway is that Swift, like deadmau5, […]