DMT 191: US Sales, MCNs, Ariana Grande breaking Twitter, Taylor Swift's editoria

This week on Digital Music Trends it was a real pleasure to welcome Theda Sandiford, VP of Digital Marketing at Republic record, and Dave Haynes, Head of Business Development at Makeshift.io, to the show.We chat about: - The latest figures released by Nielsen Soundscan on US music sales for the first 6 months of 2014- The evolution of MCNs and Rightster's acquisition of Base79 for £50 million- Ariana Grande's campaign which recently drove over a billion Twitter impressions in 24 without spending any money on advertising- Makeshift.io and Dave's interest in tech startups related to music creation- Taylor Swift's editorial on the future of the music industry, reactions?- Samsung pushing hard on Milk with slick advert, reveals the app reached 2 million downloads- RapGenius closing a deal with Warner/Chappell: with all three major publishers signed, what next?Thanks as always for tuning in and I hope you enjoyed the show, have a great week and 'till next time!Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends