Friday News Roundup – February 14
Happy Valentine’s Day, it’s warm in Sochi, seemingly frigid and covered in snow everywhere else, but at least it’s Friday (and Monday’s a holiday). Before we head into the weekend, let’s look back at...
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Friday News Roundup — February 21
After experiencing some downtime earlier this week, Editor’s Mix is happy to be back in action and that today is Friday. Before we head into the weekend, let’s take a look back at the week that was,...
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Roku Debuts HDMI Streaming Stick
Streaming media platform Roku today debuted its Streaming Stick (HDMI version) a mini player that takes aim at Google’s similar Chromecast device. The Roku Streaming Stick fits into a television’s HDMI...
View ArticleRate Court Sides With Pandora
Pandora earned a small victory last week when the United States rate court sided with the popular internet radio service with regard to content it licenses from the American Society of Composers,...
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Pandora Raises Rates
Internet radio platform Pandora announced it will raise the price of its ad-free Pandora One subscription plan from $3.99 to $4.99 for new monthly subscribers. Pandora One debuted in 2009 at $36 for an...
View ArticleFriday News Roundup — March 21
It’s Friday, which means the Ides didn’t get us earlier in the week and spring is here, but before we head into the weekend, let’s take a look back at the week that was, kicking off with Pandora...
View ArticleFriday News Roundup — April 11
Last night was the 29th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert and today marks the start of the annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival weekends, here’s a Rock Hall Playlist and Coachella...
View ArticleRAIN Summit West 2014 Panels and Speeches (UPDATED)
The 2014 RAIN Summit West online audio industry education and networking conference was held Sunday, April 6 in Las Vegas at the Las Vegas Hotel & Casino. Many of the music industry’s leaders were...
View ArticleFriday News Roundup — April 25
It’s the last Friday of the month, but before we head into the weekend let’s take a look back at the week that was, kicking off with Universal Music Group’s partnering with health and fitness data...
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2014 Webby Awards Winners Announced
The winners of the 2014 The Webby Awards have been named and as expected music played an integral role across the varied categories. Streaming radio platform Pandora took home three People’s Voice...
View ArticleApple Music Takes Major PR Blows, Rivals Find Common Ground, & the Government...
Story of the Week Apple Music Faces Major PR Problems Read More: http://for.tn/1MRW3UP, http://bit.ly/1MRWgaG Last week Apple Music, previously thought to be cornering huge new portions of the market,...
View ArticleJudge Rules that ‘Happy Birthday’ Is Now Public Domain, and Last Week’s Top News
Story of the Week ‘Happy Birthday’ Song Copyright Ruled to Be Invalid The world’s most popular English language song is potentially free from copyright after a federal judge ruled on Tuesday that...
View ArticlePandora’s Groundbreaking, Spendy Acquisition of Ticketfly, and last week’s...
Story of the Week Pandora Buys Ticketfly for $450 Million Pandora’s acquisition of ticketing company Ticketfly, announced today, marks a seismic shift in the way digital music companies serve artists....
View ArticleApple Music Becomes the 2nd Largest Digital Music Service, and Last Week’s...
Story of the Week Apple Music, YouTube Red Mark a Momentous Week for Digital Music The week of October 19 is the week digital music met its future. Long dominated by early entrants and standalone...
View ArticleNapster Relaunches in Canada as Subscription Music Streamer, and Other Top News
Story of the Week Napster Relaunches in Canada as Subscription Music Streamer Long after Napster transformed the music and tech worlds before a court-ordered closure in 2001, the one-time file-sharing...
View ArticlePandora Acquires Rdio For $75 Million + Your Top Music News
Story of the Week Pandora Acquires Bankrupt Rdio For $75 Million, Plans Global Expansion Consolidation in streaming music has begun, though perhaps a bit earlier than expected. Pandora is acquiring...
View ArticleAdele’s ’25’ Smashes Every Conceivable Sales Record + Your Top Music News
Story of the Week Adele’s ’25’ Smashes Every Conceivable Sales Record It’s official: Adele’s ’25’ album sold 3.38 million copies in its first week in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music. That’s the...
View ArticleMusic News Recap: Pandora’s New Royalty Rates, BMG/RIAA Settlements, Apple...
Story of the Week Copyright Royalty Board Raises Pandora, Non-Interactive Music Streaming Rates By 20% In a landmark decision, the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board today raised the rates that commercial...
View ArticleMusic News Recap: Pandora Signs With ASCAP/BMI, Songkick Sues Ticketmaster,...
Story of the Week Pandora Signs Landmark Licensing Agreements With ASCAP And BMI, Drops Rate Court Appeal After scoring direct licensing deals with many of the world’s biggest music publishing...
View ArticlePandora Releases Financials, Reportedly Courts Buyers, Apple Passes Spotify...
Story of the Week Pandora Releases Financials: Huge Revenue & Losses, $120M to Battle Spotify, May Be Courting Buyers Music-streaming service Pandora announced its latest financial results last...
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