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(HYPEBOT) – Musicians and other creators can add up to 20 audio tracks in Instagram Reels. The feature was first tested in Brazil, ...
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Will Spotify Add Comments To Music After Adding Them To Podcasts?
(HYEPBOT) – UPDATE: Spotify has added comments to podcasts. Said to be the platform’s most requested feature, will Spotify add comments to music? There ...
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73K Fake Tickets Worth $49M On Sale For 5 DC Venues In Last 6 Months
(HYPEBOT) – Five Washington DC area venues were hit with 73,000 speculative tickets worth $49 million on sale during the first half of 2024, ...
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Musician EPK Platform Sonicbids Sold To Advance Music Technologies
(HYPEBOT) – Sonicbids, which offers electronic press kits for musicians, has been sold to Daniel Melnick and his Advance Music Technologies. We ...
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Danny Awards To Honor Musicians With Disabilities: Submit Now!
(HYPEBOT) – The Danny Awards will honor musicians with disabilities, and its sponsor, the Daniel’s Music Foundation, is dedicated to promoting disability awareness ...
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How Music Distributors Are Tackling Streaming Fraud
(HYPEBOT) – With music fraud on the rise, here’s what industry professionals are doing about it at the distributor level. by Jorge Brea of Symphonic Blog ...
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Paramount Shuts Down MTV News Archives In Big Blow To Music Industry
(Hypebot) – Paramount’s decision to shut down the MTV News archives marks a significant loss for media history enthusiasts. Karl Bode dives into ...
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Judges Call Live Nation Arbitration ‘Crazy’ ‘Nuts’ And ‘Unconscionable’
(HYPEBOT) – A California District Court removed a ticket buyer class claim from arbitration because the fine print that accompanied each ticket purchase ...
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Recorded Music Revenue Up 8% – Do Independents Get Their Fair Share?
(HYEPBOT) – According to the RIAA, recorded music revenues in the U.S. continued growing for the eighth consecutive year, with total revenues up ...
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UnitedMaster & Musixmatch Launch Lyric Competition; Showcase AI Video Creation
(HYPEBOT) – Indie music marketing and distribution platform UnitedMasters and lyrics aggregator Musixmatch have partnered for a lyric contest that showcases the latter’s new ...
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