Vox promotes marketing lead for podcasts
Vox Media has a new marketing lead for podcasts. Zach Kahn announced his promotion on Twitter. Kahn has been with Vox in partnership and marketing positions since May 2016. Continue Reading
Author: Anna Washenko
YouTube to adopt ISNI standards, which could improve royalties and licensing
YouTube is now a registration agency for the International Standard Name Identifier. This means that the video platform will request a unique identifier for every creator whose work is used on the service. The move is intended to ensure that the correct individuals are attributed to each distribution. Continue Reading
YouTube giving artists financial backing, as long as they don’t criticize the company
YouTube has its fair share of critics, especially in the music industry. According to a new report from Bloomberg, it seems that YouTube may be trying to create leverage that will keep musicians from making negative comments about the video platform. The publication said it has learned that YouTube has offered a few musicians hundreds of thousands of dollars in financial backing to produce videos and billboard promotion, with the caveat that these performers won’t say negative things about the company. Continue Reading
YouTube to consolidate more subscribers to Official Artist Channels, cutting out Vevo
YouTube announced it is merging all of that performer’s subscribers into the Official Artist Channel, which will be identified with a music note icon. That could reduce the visibility of Vevo, which is owned by two major music labels, with investment from Alphabet (parent company of YouTube and Google). Continue Reading
Molly Neuman leaving Kickstarter to join Songtrust
Molly Neuman is leaving her position as head of music for Kickstarter after two years with the crowdfunding platform. She is joining Songtrust as the company’s first Global Head of Business Development. Songtrust is a global royalty collection service and publishing administrator. Continue Reading
Napster gets new vice president for EMEA region
Napster hired a new vice president of business development & operations for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Venesa Hoffman will be tasked with leading and executing the growth strategy, sales, marketing, and operations in that geographic region. Continue Reading
New hire at Acast will lead audio product and partner sales
Acast has hired Chris Wistow as its new global head of audio product and partner sales. Wistow joins the podcasting company from AdsWizz, where he was the UK and Ireland Country Head. Continue Reading
SoundExchange subsidiary launches database to help secure royalties for more rightsholders
SoundExchange subsidiary SXWorks announced the launch of a new service for music publishers and songwriters called the NOI Lookup. This searchable database contains all the address unknown Notice of Intention to Use filings made with the U.S. Copyright Office. These NOI filings are intended to inform a copyright owner of intent to distribute a musical composition. Continue Reading
Apple Music for Artists beta launches, the first analytics effort from the streaming service
Apple has introduced an analytics dashboard that offers insights into listener behavior within the tech company’s streaming music service. Apple Music for Artists is only available to a few thousand performers in the initial rollout. Feedback from these artists made result in tweaks or improvements to the system before its broad launch in spring. Continue Reading
Spotify rolls out Spotlight multimedia format
Spotify has introduced a new multimedia format that blends video and audio components. The feature is called Spotlight, and it can unite photos, video, or text when listening to podcasts, audiobooks, or news. We located Spotlight in Spotify’s Android app. Continue Reading
Mixcloud partners with W Hotels for second wave of art and music events
Mixcloud has furthered its relationship with W Hotels Worldwide, an arm of Marriott International. The companies are collaborating on special art and music events at six W Hotels around the world. Creative professionals have been invited to share their work for the series, dubbed Future Rising II: Wonderland. Continue Reading
Siri gets option to share audio news from podcasts
Apple’s Siri voice assistant is getting a closer relationship with podcasts. When asking Siri for news, the platform can provide audio-based news updates from the Podcasts app. In the U.S., Siri defaults to audio updates from NPR, but a second voice command can change the default to The Washington Post, CNN, or Fox News. Continue Reading