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How To Get Your Music on Spotify Playlists

January 2, 2023

Photo credit: Heidi Fin If you were a 90s kid like me, you probably remember curating playlists before there were playlists. They were called mixtapes, or “burning a CD.” We put our favorite songs in one pl... Read More...

How (and Why) To Post on Instagram Reels as a Musician

Caleb J. Murphy

October 28, 2022

Photo credit: Alexander Shatov Even though Instagram Reels seems like a TikTok wannabe, you can’t ignore it as a musician. Why? I’ll show you the very positive impact Reels can have on your music career and... Read More...

Introducing ‘Talent Show,’ Facebook’s Blatant Rip-Off of Musical.ly

Daniel Sanchez

August 1, 2018

Could talent singing competitions help Facebook finally take down Musical.ly? Several months ago, independent researcher and engineer Jane Manchun Wong found an interesting but unannounced feature on Insta... Read More...

Music Industry Latest - Eventbrite, Tekashi 6ix9ine, Drake, StubHub, Instagram, David Bowie, Huawei, More...

Latest Industry: Eventbrite, Tekashi 6ix9ine, Drake, StubHub, Instagram, David Bowie, Huawei, More…

Daniel Sanchez

July 23, 2018

Eventbrite prepares to go public. Ticketing company Eventbrite has quietly filed an IPO with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to go public later this year. Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase will ... Read More...

‘Article 13’ Advances In Europe, Potentially Costing YouTube Billions — And Closing the ‘Value Gap’ Forever

Daniel Sanchez

June 20, 2018

YouTube may finally have to pay the music industry— and thousands of artists — the money they deserve. YouTube has a long, rocky relationship with the music industry. Thanks to a longtime exploitation of ... Read More...

ISIS Sympathizer Admits: I Tried to Kill Elton John on 9/11

Ban Social Media Over Hate Speech, Elton John Says

Lennon Cihak

June 12, 2018

Dena Flows (CC by 2.0) Elton John, along with the well-rounded public, has a low tolerance for homophobic hate speech, especially on social media. Elton John has a low tolerance for hate speech, specifically... Read More...

Instagram's Music Plans Could Change Everything - Here's What We Know So Far

Instagram May Soon Enable One Hour Videos — Which of Course Will Need Music

Marsha Silva

June 6, 2018

Instagram is looking to push the boundaries with longer vertical videos with a 1-hour clip limit. The move could potentially pose a threat to YouTube’s dominance in the format. Going from 10-second clips on... Read More...

Drake Defends Those Blackface Photos from 2007

Marsha Silva

May 31, 2018

Photo of Drake in blackface taken by David Leyes and recently distributed by Pusha T. Pusha-T recently released a Drake diss track called “The Story of Adidon,” which features an unaltered photo of the OVO bo... Read More...

Instagram’s Music Plans Could Change Everything — Here’s What We Know So Far

Daniel Sanchez

May 8, 2018

With the launch of Instagram’s new music features, will Musical.ly get 'Snapchatted'? Last week, we revealed that Facebook’s Instagram was quietly rolling out some new features. Users on Spotify and GoPro’s... Read More...

Snapchat IPO Filing Shows Instagram Slowed Their User Growth

Will Instagram Stories Kill Snapchat?

Daniel Sanchez

February 8, 2017

Image by Hans Splinter (CC by 2.0) To fight off the increasingly popular Snapchat Stories, Instagram launched…Instagram Stories. Now, that copycat strategy appears to have worked. Last Thursday, Snapchat fi... Read More...

Attack of the Clones: Instagram Rolls Out Snapchat Like Live Video

Instagram Rips Off Snapchat With Live Video Launch

Daniel Sanchez

November 23, 2016

Image by John Bozeman (CC by 2.0) Is Instagram becoming more like Snapchat? Or is Snapchat becoming more like Instagram? Snapchat lets you share video clips and images with your friends and contacts, and the... Read More...

Instagram Follows Facebook, Prepares Live Video

Welcome to Live Video, Instagram. We’ve Been Waiting for You…

Daniel Sanchez

November 11, 2016

Image by Manoel Lemos (CC by 2.0) Instagram is now following papa Facebook with a strong live video push. In an interview with the Financial Times, Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom confirmed that the service will... Read More...

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