Quick Hits: Pop songwriting and streaming; podcasts for kids
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Streaming and writing pop songs. Exploring podcasts for children. Continue Reading
TuneCore
TuneCore launches in France
TuneCore has expanded to France. The digital music distributor and publishing administrator announced the launch of its third European market, with France joining Germany and the UK. Continue Reading
TuneCore acquires social media management company
TuneCore has acquired JustGo, a social media management platform. The new property has been rebranded as TuneCore Social, which will be an all-in-one tool for social management and analytics. Continue Reading
TuneCore Q2 artist earnings up 24%
Digital music distribution company TuneCore posted its second-quarter results, which include $44 million earned by its members. That total marked a 24% increase from the same period in 2015, when revenue for artists was $35 million. Continue Reading
TuneCore Q1 artist payments up 16%
TuneCore announced that its artists earned $42 million in Q1 2016, a 16% increase from the year-ago period. Streaming platforms posted steady growth in earnings in this quarterly update. Continue Reading
Midem updates: A business keynote, TuneCore’s CEO, and an indie label report
Here’s a collection of some noteworthy developments emerging from Cannes, where the music industry has descended for the Midem conference. The opening keynote for the event gathered several industry leaders to talk about the future of the music business. TuneCore CEO Scott Ackerman also gave a talk and the Worldwide Independent Network released a report. Continue Reading
TuneCore launches in Germany
TuneCore announced that it has launched its digital distribution and publishing administration business in Germany. The German debut means that artists in that market will have access to the company’s support services and can choose to release their work to TuneCore’s digital storefront partners. Continue Reading
Songtradr, a streaming platform and music market, emerges from beta
A platform called Songtradr comes out of beta today, hoping to create a market that is both friendly and accessible to creators, and productive for producers searching for perfect project music. RAIN News spoke with Founder & CEO Paul Wiltshire. Continue Reading
TuneCore artists earned $142 million last year
TuneCore’s artists eared more than $142 million in 2015 thanks to a 47% increase in publishing revenue and a 57% spike in sync revenue. The full-year figure was up 7% over the clients’ earnings in 2014. Continue Reading
On the Move: Two C-suite hires and two new VPs
On the Move tracks hires, promotions, and other notable personnel changes within the online audio industry. Today’s moves include new C-suite roles for Shazam and Marketron. Also Univision and TuneCore each made hires at the VP level. Continue Reading
TuneCore announces Q3 2015 artist payments, new Atlanta office
Digital distributor TuneCore reported that in the third quarter of 2015, artist payments rose 6.1% to $34.7 million. The represented artists also had 3.6 billion streams and downloads during the period. In addition to the quarterly update, TuneCore announced that it is opening an office in Atlanta. Continue Reading
TuneCore expands into Australia
TuneCore has expanded to Australia, with the launch of its distribution and publishing services in the new TuneCore Australia division. This new branch will allow artists based in Australia to access all of TuneCore’s usual suite of features in the local currency. Continue Reading