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Facebook Is Not Waiting For Its Initial Public Offering To Make Its First Big Purchase.
Facebook is not waiting for its initial public offering to make its first big purchase.
In its largest acquisition to date, the social network has purchased Instagram, the popular photo-sharing application, for about $1 billion in cash and stock, the company said Monday.
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2 DAYS... Lunatic- Living In Reality Mixtape - 04/13/12
You may have already noticed ReverbNation’s slick new look. After months of testing with thousands of ReverbNation Artists, we’ve tweaked, changed and improved the site to reflect all the great feedback we got. You’ll see updates to your profile pages as well as the general experience for anyone browsing ReverbNation. It’s live right now for all users, so please go check out the new ReverbNation. During this beta period you’ll still be able to swap back to the ‘old ReverbNation’— but why would you want to? Read below for the highlights.
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If your aim as an artist is to purely chase a record deal as a means to succeeding in this business, I will tell you right now that you are doomed for failure. You can throw all the trumped up statistics around that you want, but fundamentally your chances of actually landing a record deal are extremely slim. Furthermore, your chances of actually making money directly from that deal are pretty much zero.
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International Tour Management with Ben Hoffman and Ben Gram
Ben sits down with our good friends Ben Hoffman and Ben Gram to talk about the roles of a tour manager when bands travel to Europe and Canada.
It’s one of the top 10 questions I’m asked: ASCAP, BMI or SESAC? Which one should I Join? Here’s a rock ‘n’ roll answer: How about none of them. At least not right away. All of these competing Performing Rights Organizations (PROs) spend a great deal of their members’ money selling “belonging” as if there is an immediate benefit to membership, like collecting money that they have been holding for you. But experience indicates that you’d be better off waiting to sign with any of them. Wonder why? Here’s the truth about PRO’s in this three part series taken from Moses Avalon’s latest book, 100 Answers to 50 Questions on the Music Business.
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