Jamie Foxx To Embark On Summer Stand-Up Tour
Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Overture.
Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Overture.
It’s a new week and a new adventure.
A lot happening right now as the weather heats up and the season changes, a lot of excitement happening in the tech space.
I’ll be out at SXSW all weekend & next week. Will you be around? If so, let me know with a comment below or hit me up on social media.
I expect to see and hear a lot down in Austin so I’ll bring back some good info.
But for this week, here are the Beats & Bytes!
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Facebook Has Finally Introduced a ‘Dislike’ Button
Facebook has finally released a ‘Dislike’ button after years of requests, however, it’s not on the news feed but on the Messenger app.
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Music Game Show Looking For Contestants
Fox has a new game show hosted by Jamie Foxx called Beat Shazam. The game show will pin teams of two against each other as they compete on this new interactive music game show. If you think you have the music knowledge to compete, the show is looking for contestants!
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How The VR Concert Industry Is Boldly Jockeying For A Slice Of A Projected $660M Pie
Consumer intrigue about VR is actually high and seems to be particularly ripe for greater experience and exploration with music and VR. In fact, results from a VR focus group study conducted by the Consumer Technology Assocation (CTA) found that the most popular suggestions from consumers interviewed for VR content include lifestyle activities such as concerts, sports and exercise.
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Music Audience Exchange (MAX) today announced that it has secured $6 million in a funding.
MAX weaves together 2.4 million artists - from mainstream stars to developing talent - across 765 genres and 200 consumer attributes to find brand-artist matches. The platform then distributes brand-infused content to where consumers engage with music.
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Snap may get music where Facebook and others failed.
This is what the entire public Snap platform is about — they filter the live stories down to the best entries and use Discover partners to take out the noise in news — imagine them doing the same for music.
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Jesse Kirshbaumhas been in the trenches of the music business, specializing in securing talent for concerts, tours and endorsement deals for his various clients and brand partners internationally. He founded Nue Agency (a creative agency, recently named to Inc. Mag's 500 list as the 3rd fastest growing Media Company in America) to sit at the center of culture, brands and technology. He is the host of Hot 97’s new web series Hot In Tech, an authority in Music Tech culture, news and events. Jesse is also the executive producer for both the hit digital series #CRWN and The Annual FlashFWD Awards, which honors premiere stars in Music Tech. @JesseKay on Twitter + Instagram.
