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Thursday, March 2, 2017

Richard Conlon Joins SoundExchange To Head Industry Relations, Public Policy

SoundExchange has named Richard Conlon as Chief External Affairs Officer. He will oversee industry relations, corporate communications and public policy efforts. The appointment comes at a time when SoundExchange is facing increased pressure from direct licensing deals.

Richard Conlon

Prior to joining SoundExchange, Conlon spent three years as a senior advisor to senior management at music publishers, record labels, collective rights management organizations and financial institutions. Previously, he was a senior executive at BMI for more than 20 years. While there, he launched BMI’s digital rights licensing division.

“As SoundExchange continues to evolve and provide additional services to the industry, our relationships throughout the community are even more critical," said SoundExchange President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Huppe. "Coordinating the efforts of our external-facing departments will help us maximize value as we navigate and improve the digital environment. Richard’s track record in corporate positioning, strategy and service development will add valuable assets to our executive team.”

“SoundExchange is uniquely positioned to serve the industry as streaming enters the mainstream,” Conlon said. “I am excited to work with the SoundExchange team as we embrace the opportunities ahead for SoundExchange and our artists, rights owners and licensees.”

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AM BRIEF: Spotify Preps Hi-Rez Music Tier • Snapchat IPO Today • Major Landr Upgrade • More

Thursday 3.2.17

Hi-rez music is a smart way to increase revenue for both streamers and rightholders, but how many will sign up?

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Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Spotify Launches #SXSW Fan Hub, Curated Playlists

Spotify has teamed with SXSW to share the festival's music experience with those unable to travel to Austin. Users can access Spotify SXSW genre-specific curated playlists on the SXSW 2017 hub on Spotify and within the SXSW GO app.

For those able to experience live some of the 2,200 artists performing at SXSW Music, there are also curated recommendations for each day of the festival. Premium and Free Spotify users can also use the SXSW GO App to generate a custom playlist of SXSW performing artists based on their listening habits on Spotify.

Here is a list of SXSW playlists:

10 original SXSW genre-specific playlists curated by Spotify and updated throughout the festival, including:
- Lost In Austin: Country music and artists of SXSW 2017
- SXSW HipHopUpNext: Hip-Hop’s next generation takes over SXSW 2017
- The Rhythm: R&B and the Rhythm of SXSW 2017
- SXSW DJ: Electronic Artists Descend on Austin’s SXSW 2017
- SXSW Rocks: Because everything’s louder in Texas, here’s your SXSW 2017 Soundtrack of everything rocking in Austin
- Austin Pops: Your guide to who’s hot in Austin, Texas during SXSW 2017
- SXSW Latin: Don’t miss the hottest Latin indie acts performing at SXSW 2017
- Roots Rising: SXSW 2017 artists on the rise – from acoustic and Americana to singer/songwriter and roots rock.
- SXSW Best Indie: The guide to all the best indie acts playing SXSW 2017
- SXSW Fresh: Fresh Finds playing SXSW 2017
A daily curated playlist meant to serve as a guide to each day’s performing artists (available starting March 13, the first day of SXSW Music).
A new original podcast entitled UNPACKED "bringing together the biggest curators and tastemakers of our time including bands, filmmakers, producers, musicians, app developers, chefs, comedians and more. Through interviews with these tastemakers as they travel to cities around the world."

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Coachella Website Hacked, User Data On Almost 1 Million Attendees For Sale On Dark Web

The Coachella festival website has been hacked and user data stolen. Promoter Goldenvoice confirmed the data breach in an email to attendees.

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Promoter Goldenvoice has confirmed that The Coachella festival site has been hacked and the user data of hundreds of thousands of attendees stolen.

“We recently discovered that unauthorized third parties illegally gained access to the usernames, first and last names, shipping addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth individuals provided to Coachella,” a Goldenvoice email to Coachella attendees read. “We have confirmed that no user passwords were stolen.” The promoters also say that no financial information was stolen.

But an investigation by Vice's Motherboard blog found that a dark web trader is selling 360,000 Coachella user accounts and 590,000 Coachella message board accounts. A sampling of 10,000 accounts analyzed by Motherboard did include passwords and other data, including IP addresses. Motherboard also did a random sampling of 30 accounts to verify that they were in fact created by Coachella attendees.

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