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atVenu Announces Partnership To Allow Bands To Report Venue Music Sales Directly To SoundScan And Billboard Charting

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Nielsen, and atVenu, the provider of a mobile and web-based solution used by artists to manage merchandise logistics while on tour, today announced a new collaboration that for the first time will allow artists to digitally report their venue sales to Nielsen’s music reporting tools, including Nielsen SoundScan, the industry-standard for music sales measurement. Beginning Friday July 10, to coincide with the new Friday Global Release Date, atVenu will become Nielsen’s preferred venue sales data provider and automatically submit all venue sales recorded in the atVenu app directly to Nielsen. Read full article on Nielsen.

On Katy Perry’s ‘Prism’ Lackluster Sales And The Luxury Commodity That Is The Album

“The album is dying in front of our eyes,” says music analyst and critic Bob Lefsetz. He asks, “what kind of screwed up world do we live in where Katy Perry’s new album Prism sells only 287,000 copies in its debut?” and answers, “One in which everybody’s interested in the single, and no one’s got time to sit and hear your hour-plus statement.”  Read More…

Indie Music Is On The Rise…Or Is It? A Response From The GRAMMYs, Coachella and More

Left Table: Moderators Professor Amanda Harrison (professor of music industry studies, formerly of Live Nation) and Professor Kristen Walker, Ph.D. (graduate marketing professor). Right Table: Panelists moderated by professors of the Masters in Music Industry Administration program at California State University, Northridge (CSUN).

Left Table: Moderators Professor Amanda Harrison (professor of music industry studies, formerly of Live Nation) and Professor Kristen Walker, Ph.D. (graduate marketing professor). Right Table: Panelists from The Family Business, The Recording Academy/The GRAMMYs, Goldenvoice/Coachella/Stagecoach and Bill Silva Entertainment. This event is an installment of the “Industry Insights” panel series organized by CSUN Music Industry Program in collaboration with CSUN Music Entertainment Student Association for students of the Bachelors in Music Industry Studies and Masters in Music Industry Administration degree program at California State University, Northridge (CSUN).

Last night I attended a very informative music industry panel featuring Branden Chapman (Executive in Charge of Production & Chief Business Development Officer of The Recording Academy & The GRAMMYs), Bonnie Marquez (VP of Marketing of Goldenvoice’s Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals), Bill Silva (music industry mogul and respected concert promoter of Bill Silva Entertainment), and SuzAnn Brantner (Founder of The Family Business and former Head of Digital of William Morris Endeavor).  Read More…

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