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News April 4, 2017

How fans pick festivals to attend, Eventbrite acquires competitor, and more

How fans pick festivals to attend, Eventbrite acquires competitor, and more

Here’s all the music industry news you need to know this morning.

Martin Bandier donates new funding to educational program as it moves to S.I. Newhouse School – via MBW

A new proposal from the Russian government could see social networks held liable for piracy committed by their users. – via TorrentFreak

A third of music fans still say that headlining artists are the number one factor they consider when deciding which festivals to attend – via Hypebot

Google says its YouTube ad problem is “very very very small” but it’s getting better at fixing it anyway. – via ReCode

Bob Dylan turned up to receive his Nobel prize for literature at a private ceremony in Stockholm. He then performed a concert but made no reference to his honour – via Times

All signs point to a new deal between Spotify and the record labels including some limits on its popular free tier – via Hypebot

John Oliver Calls Out Jeff Sessions for Using a Lady Gaga Quote to Argue Against Marijuana – via Vulture

Amazon is taking a tough stance against vendors who sell fully-loaded Kodi boxes and other “pirate” media players through its platform.  – via TorrentFreak

Warner Music Central Europe has sold  Zebralution GmbH to a consortium of indie music industry executives including the digital music distributor’s original founders, Kurt Thielen and Sascha Lazimbat, as well as City Slang boss Christof Ellinghaus – via Hypebot

Eventbrite, the event ticketing startup valued at just over $1bn, has acquired Nvite, a smaller competitor.  – via VentureBeat

Apple, Amazon, Google identified as bidders for Toshiba‘s NAND flash memory business – via AppleInsider

This article originally appeared on The Industry Observer, which is now part of The Music Network.

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