Daily News & Analysis Feeds - 2022
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August 3, 2022 – Music Biz Member Twitch Launches ‘Twitch Charity’ For Easy Charity Streams
Live video streaming service, Twitch has announced Twitch Charity, a new built-in fundraising feature allowing users to organize and create fundraising streams with ease. To utilize this feature, users can enable “charity mode” to unlock the “Donate to Charity” button so users can donate funds to the creator’s fundraiser of choice. The new built-in tool… Read More
August 3, 2022 – Music Biz Member Instagram Announces New ‘Boost’ Feature
Instagram has announced a new feature allowing businesses to ‘Boost’ Reels into advertisements. The new tool can be found by tapping the “Boost Post” button on the Reel profile grid. Boosted Reels require videos to be 60 seconds or less, in a 9:16 aspect ratio, and filmed vertically for full-screen format. Copyrighted music, GIFs, interactive… Read More
July 31, 2022 – NEW MEMBER ROUNDUP: July 2022
The Music Biz member community is home to more than 400 global companies, all working to collaborate to support the financial growth of our industry at large and create a more equitable, inclusive place to work! See below for the latest companies to join our Association in the last month: Help us welcome Moises to… Read More
August 1, 2022 – Music Biz Member Apple Music Launches “Antidote Editions” For Alternative Artists
Music streaming service, Apple Music has launched a new initiative championing Alternative music, Antidote Editions. Participating artists will record four exclusive songs in Spatial Audio that will be added to their latest album release exclusively on the Apple Music platform. Singer Beabadoobee was the first artist to release music in this new series, recording new… Read More
August 1, 2022 – Music Biz Member CD Baby Announces Keynote Speakers At DIY Musician Conference
CD Baby is back for their first conference since the start of the pandemic with the DIY Musician Conference, to be held on August 26-28 in Austin, Texas at the Hilton Austin. Keynote speakers at this year’s event will include songwriters Kara Dioguardi and Ross Goland, NY Times best-selling author Austin Kelon, and legendary live… Read More
August 1, 2022 – Music Biz Member Muso.AI Launches New Pro+ Plan
Music credit platform, Muso.AI has launched their new Pro+ plan which includes the long-requested ability to track multiple artists’ analytics from one account. Five “roster seats” are included with the Pro+ plan, allowing for seamless viewing of each selected artists’ data. Users will also be able to add additional seats to their roster at an… Read More
July 29, 2022 – Music Biz Member Sony Music Announces Exclusive Partnership With Craft Media
Sony Music has announced a new exclusive partnership with Egyptian music and event production company, Craft Media. This new affair aims to sign, produce and promote Arabic artists across the Middle East, providing support and investments for them in the region. “At Sony Music, we have always believed in the power of collaboration in spurring… Read More
July 28, 2022 – Music Biz Member Symphonic Distribution Names Johnathan Carmel Web3 And NFT Lead
Symphonic Distribution has appointed Johnathan Carmel as the company’s new Web3 and NFT lead. He joins the company as a former tour manager and artist manager for artists such as Charlie Puth, Kali Uchis and Ben Platt. Carmel has specialized in Web3 developments around Social Tokens, NFTs and DeFi in the last two years. In… Read More
July 28, 2022 – Music Biz Member SoundCloud Names Jessica Rivera As Global SVP & General Manager
SoundCloud has announced two new hires: Jessica Rivera joins the company as Global SVP & General Manager, and Maurice Slade has been appointed to the role of Head of Marketing. Rivera and Slade will both report directly to SoundCloud President, Eliah Seton, and will focus on the company’s endeavors to support artists at all levels… Read More
July 27, 2022 – The Future of What Episode #197: Disability Pride Month — Interview with Lachi
In this month’s episode recognizing Disability Pride Month, Music Biz President talks with singer/songwriter and disability advocate, Lachi who founded RAMPD (Recording Artists and Music Professionals with Disabilities), a coalition that works to build support for disability culture and inclusion for creatives & industry professionals with disabilities. Tune is as Lachi shares the story of… Listen
