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It is always a good idea to stay informed with the happenings from around the world. If you haven’t had a chance to catch up with your latest music tech news, don’t worry, we got you covered! 1. Struggling SoundCloud may be looking for a buyer, seeking more than $1 billion – via Yahoo Tech Every outlet imaginable out …
Great news for Apple Music lovers and those in territories hoping to get their hands on the fast growing streaming service! Apple has officially announced that it is now available in South Korea and Israel, two very coveted territories for record labels and artists looking to breakthrough and showcase their music around the world. Asia is one of the hardest …
We’ve updated the site with some new features that will allow clients to track the progress of their track and import releases from Spotify! (Only available for our Distribution users) 1) Spotify Playlist Tracking: Once a week, we look through the most popular playlists on Spotify for all distributed tracks. Being featured within a Spotify or tastemaker generated playlist …
To all Label Engine customers and vendors, I’m very happy to announce that Label Engine has been acquired by Create (CreateTV, INC), a media company based in Los Angeles that specializes in YouTube monetization and artist development. Firstly let me start by saying that Label Engine continues to be managed by Label Engine staff. The same people you are used to working with will continue to …
SFX’s owned Beatport announced yesterday (May 10, 2016) that effective May 13, 2016 it will shut down its Beatport Streaming Service, Beatport news, live video streaming, Distribution service “Baseware Distribution” and its mobile app. The news come as a shocking turn of events for the Dance Community, for those that have been following the drama since SFX filed for bankruptcy, …
March is going to be a crazy busy month with Winter Music Conference and SXSW coming right up but that also means demand for new music will be off the charts. Labels and Artists often reserve a secret weapon for the start of festival season, so get excited music fans! This month we are placing the spotlight on bass heavyweights …
2016 was off to a great start for us and as the year progresses we continue to highlight the careers of some of our favorite artists and labels under the Label Engine umbrella. There are so many talented artists and deserving labels that the decision to pick only 4 is a very difficult one but Progressive music heavyweight Jaytech, rising …
The Dance Music universe woke up today to the news that SFX, parent company of Dance Music digital store Beatport, filed for chapter 11 Bankruptcy as part of a Restructuring Support Agreement that will eliminate more than $300 million in debt. Naturally comments and emails started pouring in from concerned record label owners and artists trying to get some clarity …
Soundcloud has been making progress in turning its site to appeal more to the normal everyday fan, recently adding “Stations” which will allow users of the SoundCloud app for iOS and Android to create radio stations based on what they are listening to, searching for or what is in their collections. Appealing to the masses and not just industry people …
Every distributor and Beatport partner received this morning an email that looks to clarify the guidelines of what is an acceptable Promotional Campaign that encourages fans to buy tracks in exchange for something and what is considered an attempt to “game” the charts to unfairly gain a better ranking in the top 100. This has always been a controversial topic, …
