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Tyra Banks On Her New Startup And Why Every Woman Needs “F-You” Money
“America’s Next Top Model” host Tyra Banks talked about her new business venture Tyra Beauty, “smizing” and empowering women entrepreneurs with “f-you” money onstage at the Wall Street Journal Live conference today. “Every woman needs ‘f-you’ money’ to be able to do things independently,” she explained to an audience… Read More
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Relay FM Launches iOS App To Discover New Podcast Shows
Talking about podcasts, podcast network Relay FM released an iOS app today to showcase its 17 shows for creative, curious and obsessive people. It’s a polished app with gorgeous animated artworks. It’s great to discover the network and then subscribe to a few shows in your favorite podcast app. Read More
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Twitter Debuts Moments
Jack Dorsey has returned to his creation and with him comes the hope of bringing more people onto the platform. Maybe they’ll never tweet. Maybe they’ll never follow anyone…but they’ll hopefully get caught up in a Moment or two. Or millions of them. Full Stack Music: 1 Trillion Streams, 200 Million Tickets
At present, there are three distinct music industries: radio, on-demand music, and concert ticketing. However, we are starting to enter a new phase, where these industries will converge and produce one integrated experience for artists and fans. I’ve taken to calling this full stack music, because at heart it speaks to a holistic experience that integrates these industries through data. Read More
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Rhapsody Targets Parents With Launch Of A Music-Streaming Service For Kids
As the demand for digital music streaming services heats up, thanks in large part to Spotify’s traction and Apple’s more recent entry into the market, a number of competitors are working to differentiate themselves from the pack. In the case of the 14-year-old Rhapsody, the company is today going after moms and dads by launching a new service that claims to be the first-ever… Read More
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Oculus Positions VR For Primetime
Today Oculus gave 1,500 developers at the Oculus Connect 2 conference (as well as those at home via livestream or on Gear VR a chance to watch) a look at how the consumer version of the Oculus Rift will roll out in Q1 2016, how Oculus plans to bring virtual reality to millions through the Samsung Gear VR, and how new platforms and controllers will expand the uses of Oculus Rift from games… Read More
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The Truth About Streaming: It Pays Labels A Lot, They Don’t Pay Musicians
Musicians, it’s time to stop hating streaming services, and here’s why. Troy Carter, one of the world’s most powerful artist managers (John Legend, Meghan Trainor, and previously Lady Gaga) just busted some myths with three reasons streaming is the future of music, not the end. Streaming Will Earn Artists A Lot With Enough Users – Royalty payouts from streaming might… Read More
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TuneIn Launches TuneIn Premium With Ad-Free Radio, Audiobooks, MLB Games
Popular radio service and app TuneIn just launched a new subscription service. For $7.99 per month, TuneIn Premium subscribers get a bunch of new premium content as well as a nifty ad-free feature. Patreon Makes Space To Create | TC Cribs
In today’s episode of Cribs, we visit Patreon, a subscription-based funding platform for artists. Patreon is all about creative. Giant murals deck the walls alongside the productions of writers and artists on the site. Employees gather for jam sessions, utilizing the many musical instruments available in the office. Tune in to see Patreon’s art-filled office and my first go at… Read More
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Meet Alphabet, Google’s New Corporate Boss As Sundar Pichai Takes Over The Search Company
Google just rocked the world with some light news on a Monday. It has restructured the company and everything will now report up to “Alphabet Inc.” a new corporate name. That includes Google, which will now be CEO’d by Sundar Pichai (one less Twitter CEO candidate). Its site? https://abc.xyz/. Strangely enough, Google doesn’t own Alphabet.com (yet?). BONUS: Click… Read More
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