Booking-Agent·io Delivers Indie Artists the Tools, Platform to Enhance Venue Research, Show Booking

Driven by a passion for empowering indie artists with actionable, real-time data, Booking-Agent.io was built to transform how artists and managers find relevant venues and talent buyers to reach a larger fanbase through live shows.

The platform can be used to search by music artist and find contacts from their past and future booked shows, with a visual map of concerts and venues to aid discovery.

How TikTok Gives Yesterday’s Pop Tracks New Life

TikTokkers are setting silly, sharable videos to yesterday’s pop hits, fueling the resurgence of those tracks across popular culture.

Garth Brooks’ “No Fences” Appears on Spotify in Streaming Scam

Fans of Garth Brooks were rejoicing Thursday evening as it appeared that Garth was finally giving in and starting to upload his catalog to Spotify. Tracks from his second album No Fences from 1990 appeared on the streaming service after Garth previously swore it off for an exclusive deal with Amazon Music in 2016.

Streaming smart speakers are on track to come to Matter

An effort to add Wi-Fi-powered speakers to the smart home standard is being led by a former Sonos executive looking to disrupt the smart speaker market.

LG launches a podcast and radio-streaming service for smart TVs

When it comes to big consumer-tech companies, the historic cycle is that occasionally they spend a ton of money building and launching their own music services, before ditching them in favour of marketing partnerships with existing DSPs.

What Happened to MySpace & How It Changed Social Media

Once a powerful platform for indie artists to showcase their music, MySpace is now simply an archive that barely has any influence on anything. Still, some believe it might have a chance for a comeback.

Pershing Square distributes 47m shares of Universal Music to investors, delists from Amsterdam exchange

"We believe that UMG stock is substantially undervalued at its current share price..."

Spotify Officially Launches Podcast Partner Program, Says Over ‘65% of Eligible Shows and Networks Have Already Enrolled’

This framework just recently went live in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Australia. One component of a wider diversification effort from Spotify, the Partner Program debut has coincided with the platform’s aggressive video expansion.

YouTube partners with Creative Artists Agency on AI deepfake recognition tools

“CAA’s clients’ direct experience with digital replicas... will be critical in shaping a tool that responsibly empowers and protects creators."

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