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Warner Music Bets Big on Blockchain, Joins $11M Investment In Cryptocurrency Start-Up Dapper Labs

September 13, 2019

Photo Credit: CryptoKitties Warner Music is betting big on blockchain technology after joining an $11.2 million investment in Dapper Labs. Dapper Labs is the cryptocurrency dev team behind the wildly popular... Read More...

VC Fund DBTH Capital Just Raised $38.4 Million to Invest in Music Rights Tech, AI + Blockchain

Marsha Silva

September 5, 2019

Virginie Berger Now there's even more capital for blockchain, AI, and music rights tech startups and initiatives. The latest beneficiary of this is DBTH Capital, which is a venture capital firm founded by lo... Read More...

Vampr CEO: “Everyone Wants to Know Why We Didn’t Go to VCs”

Elaine McAlister

September 4, 2019

Photo: Impact Photography Vampr, the world’s biggest music networking app, opens up to everyday investors with an explosive equity crowdfunding debut, passing their minimum target in the first hour after laun... Read More...

Soundstripe Scores Another $2 Million In Funding — Just Months After Raising $4 Million

Paul Resnikoff

August 28, 2019

In May of this year, the Nashville-based Soundstripe raised $4 million in Series A financing led by Vocap Investment Partners. Now, they've just received another $2 million in financing. The latest round ... Read More...

Angry Investors Sue Over Sirius XM’s “Invalid” $3.5 Billion Pandora Acquisition

Marsha Silva

August 21, 2019

Former Pandora investors, angered and frustrated by the details surrounding Sirius XM's acquisition of Pandora, have filed a lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that the $3.5 billion buyout of Pandora was "invalid ... Read More...

With Major Labels Alone Taking a 70% Cut on YouTube Premium Royalties, Internet Creators Guild Shuts Down

GoDigital Pumps $40 Million Into Cinq Music for an Even Bigger IP Shopping Spree

Paul Resnikoff

August 13, 2019

The time to purchase massive amounts of music-related IP is now. Hipgnosis isn't the only one making massive bets on music IP. Just this morning, GoDigital Media Group pumped $40 million into its subsidiary... Read More...

FIX Delivers a Much-Needed Music Rewards System

Paul Resnikoff

July 9, 2019

FIX, from Toronto-based Fan Integrated Experiences LTD, has crossed the half-a-million mark on a reinvented music rewards concept. The problem — which is where a lot of entrepreneurs and investors begin — is... Read More...

Following Plagiarism Fiasco, Canadian Government Provides Funding for Embattled LyricFind

Daniel Sanchez

July 4, 2019

Several weeks ago, popular lyrics platform Genius caught LyricFind “red-handed.” The Canadian website had provided Google with lyrics stolen outright from Genius. This came three years after the search gi... Read More...

Social Community Music Startup Unitea Raises $2.3 Million in Funding

Daniel Sanchez

July 2, 2019

Unitea has confirmed a new fundraising round. The social music community app has raised $2.3 million in the startup’s latest investment round. Unitea raised $200,000 in its first investment round five yea... Read More...

Swedish Production Music Startup Epidemic Sound Raises $20 Million, Lifting Its Valuation to $370 Million

Daniel Sanchez

July 1, 2019

Epidemic Sound has announced a fundraising milestone. The Swedish production music startup has raised $20 million. Investors include DS Asset Management, a Korean firm, and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB ... Read More...

Snoop Dogg-Backed Cameo Raises $50 Million to Send Personalized Celebrity Greetings

Marsha Silva

June 25, 2019

Cameo, a Chicago-based startup that allows users to purchase video messages from prominent actors, athletes, celebrities, and musicians, just received a whopping $50 million in series B funding from Kleiner P... Read More...

Eldorado Purchases Struggling Caesars Entertainment for $17.3 Billion

Daniel Sanchez

June 24, 2019

Eldorado Resorts has agreed to purchase its much-larger rival, Caesars Entertainment. The overall cash-and-stock deal is valued at $17.3 billion. The acquisition includes Caesars’ debt. Eldorado will acq... Read More...

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Warner Music Bets Big on Blockchain, Joins $11M Investment In Cryptocurrency Start-Up Dapper Labs

VC Fund DBTH Capital Just Raised $38.4 Million to Invest in Music Rights Tech, AI + Blockchain

Vampr CEO: “Everyone Wants to Know Why We Didn’t Go to VCs”

Soundstripe Scores Another $2 Million In Funding — Just Months After Raising $4 Million

Angry Investors Sue Over Sirius XM’s “Invalid” $3.5 Billion Pandora Acquisition

GoDigital Pumps $40 Million Into Cinq Music for an Even Bigger IP Shopping Spree

FIX Delivers a Much-Needed Music Rewards System

Following Plagiarism Fiasco, Canadian Government Provides Funding for Embattled LyricFind

Swedish Production Music Startup Epidemic Sound Raises $20 Million, Lifting Its Valuation to $370 Million

Snoop Dogg-Backed Cameo Raises $50 Million to Send Personalized Celebrity Greetings

Eldorado Purchases Struggling Caesars Entertainment for $17.3 Billion