Ian Courtney, Author at CelebrityAccess

Lyor Cohen’s New YouTube Subscription Plan: Annoy Users With Ads Until They Subscribe

Posted by Ian Courtney - March 21, 2018

SAN FRANCISCO (CelebrityAccess) — YouTube is hoping to use advertising in a new strategy to drive subscription growth for its music service by annoying heavy music consumers on its streaming…

The Orchard Appoints Mona Fimreite As Director Of European Marketing and Sales

Posted by Ian Courtney - March 21, 2018

OSLO, Norway (CelebrityAccess) – The Orchard announced the hiring of international music veteran Mona Fimreite to lead its European Marketing and Sales team. In her new role, Fimreite will work…

Howie Mandel, ICM Partners Acquire Just For Laughs / Group Just pour rire

Posted by Ian Courtney - March 21, 2018

MONTREAL, Quebec (CelebrityAccess) — ICM Partners and their longtime client, Canadian comedian Howie Mandel have teamed up to lead a consortium of investors that has acquired Just For Laughs Group /…

Stock Sales May Earn Spotify’s Daniel Ek A Smooth $2bn

Posted by Ian Courtney - March 21, 2018

NEW YORK (Hypebot) – Daniel Ek, the CEO, and co-founder of Spotify could sell 15.8 million shares of the company worth as much a $2 billion in its direct listing,…

Nominees Announced For 2018 Latin Songwriter’s Hall Of Fame

Posted by Ian Courtney - March 21, 2018

MIAMI (CelebrityAccess) — Twenty four of the top Latin songwriters have been nominated to fill 6 slots in the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame. The final top six elected songwriters…

Unified Inks Global Distribution Deal With Sony Music Australia

Posted by Ian Courtney - March 21, 2018

MELBOURNE, Australia (CelebrityAccess) — Sony Music Entertainment Australia announced that it has struck a new global distribution deal with Australian entertainment company Unified Music Group. The deal will see Sony,…

SoundCloud Launches “SoundCloud First” An Initiative To Support Emerging Artists

Posted by Ian Courtney - March 21, 2018

NEW YORK (CelebrityAccess) — On Wednesday (March 21st) streaming music service SoundCloud debuted its new creator-focused advertising, which features stories of musicians who got their start on SoundCloud. Entitled “First…

Pandora Acquires Digital Audio Ad Company AdsWizz

Posted by Ian Courtney - March 21, 2018

OAKLAND, CA (CelebrityAccess) — Music streaming service Pandora announced that it is ramping up its digital advertising push with the planned acquisition of digital audio advertiser AdsWizz. The addition of…

Appeals Court Upholds “Blurred Lines” Ruling

Posted by Ian Courtney - March 21, 2018

SAN FRANCISCO (CelebrityAccess) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld the $5.3 million judgment against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams over claims that they borrowed from a Marvin Gaye…

B-52s, Boy George, And Tom Bailey Announce Co-Headlining Tour

Posted by Ian Courtney - March 20, 2018

LOS ANGELES (CelebrityAccess) — New Wave legends The B-52s announced that they are teaming up with Culture Club frontman Boy George and Thompson Twins’ vocalist/bassist Tom Bailey for a package…

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