If true, how many Spotify accounts did hackers actually manage to steal and post online? According to a recent post on Reddit, hackers may have leaked thousands of Spotify usernames and passwords online. Reddit user […]
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Spotify Officially Names a Nike Executive to Its Board of Directors
Spotify is officially luring a well-known Nike executive to its board of directors. Earlier this year, we reported some major upheavals at Spotify’s board of directors. Longtime board members Sean Parker, Klaus Hommels, and Pär-Jörgen Pärsson all stepped […]
Rights Management Platform Haawk Acquires TuneRegistry & RoyaltyClaim
Rights management, enforcement, and monetization platform Haawk has just finalized two major acquisitions. Haawk has dramatically expanded its rights management and monetization platform with a pair of acquisitions. According to details just shared with DMN, […]
Cryptocurrency Monero Jumps 25% as 40 Major Artists Jump on Board
Over 40 artists have signed-on to support rising cryptocurrency, Monero. In an attempt to promote blockchain technology in the music industry, fans can now purchase Björk’s latest album, Utopia, with cryptocurrency.  In fact, fans who buy […]
Spotify Reaches 150 Million Active Users (and Nearly 65 Million Subscribers)
Spotify has just crossed a massive milestone: 150 million active users worldwide.  It’s also rapidly approaching 65 million paying subscribers. Here’s another reason why Spotify is fighting back against music publishers.  They’re monstrously huge!  Which means […]
How To Market Yourself As An Independent Artist
Words By: Wendy Day How to Market Yourself as a Hip-Hop Artist Marketing is the overall image and awareness that is put forth by your brand as you advertise, promote, do interviews and basically spread […]
The Hip Hop Publicist – Why Bloggers May Not Be Responding To Your Emails
Why Bloggers May Not Be Responding To Your Emails… At some point in your career as an Independent artist you have attempted to get your music to every music blog you can find. Only to find out that most of your […]
Snapchat Loses $15 Billion In Value as CEO Evan Spiegel Enjoys Vacation
One way to sum up Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel’s attitude: ‘What, me worry?’ Building a business model around filters with dog noses doesn’t turn a profit.  Just ask Snapchat.  Two months ago, Snapchat’s parent company […]