General Billboard Discussion
Jan 21, 2013 19:33:56 GMT -5
Post by Kurt on Jan 21, 2013 19:33:56 GMT -5
I'm tired of putting these in RT, so how about a new thread?
Billboard's redesign launches on the web, in print, and on iPad this Saturday:
www.billboard.com/news/the-new-billboard-com-is-coming-1008105352.story#/news/the-new-billboard-com-is-coming-1008105352.story
www.billboard.com/news/welcome-to-the-new-billboard-magazine-1008105432.story?utm_source=most_recent#/news/welcome-to-the-new-billboard-magazine-1008105432.story?utm_source=most_recent
Billboard's redesign launches on the web, in print, and on iPad this Saturday:
www.billboard.com/news/the-new-billboard-com-is-coming-1008105352.story#/news/the-new-billboard-com-is-coming-1008105352.story
On Saturday, January 26, Billboard.com, one of the world's biggest and most respected online music destinations, will take a bold step forward in its evolution.
Along with our fully revamped glossy magazine and newly-launched iPad app, the all-new Billboard.com will present exciting new features and functionalities that will allow us to lead the essential conversation about the best in music in more inventive and interactive ways than ever before. From the streamlined look of our world-renowned charts and breaking news articles to the powerful new presentation of our exclusive videos and photo galleries, Billboard.com will bring our millions of readers even closer to the music and artists they love.
Some of the exciting new features and functionalities we have in store include:
• Our playable charts, featuring a host of innovative upgrades and expanded functionalities, will allow you to share individual chart positions and play entire charts with one click using Spotify, Rdio or MySpace players. You can also watch recent videos through VEVO and easily search our entire database of more than 180,000 archival charts.
• Fan ratings will give you the chance to share your opinion on the music you discover throughout the site. You can rate songs and albums on artist and review pages, and also sort our weekly charts by fan ratings as well.
• Robust artist pages will give you the most up-to-date info on your favorite stars via latest news and tweets, exclusive photos and videos and archival chart histories.
• Using data culled from our exclusive charts, the top 100 artist timeline on our new and improved artist hub will allow you to access info on the top artists from 1958 through today with one slide of you mouse.
• Our expanded photo galleries offer behind-the-scenes access to music's biggest stars and greatest moments. You can now share specific photos from your favorite Billboard galleries on your Twitter, Facebook and Google+ pages and pull your friends into the conversation.
• We have expanded our offering of exclusive videos -- including live performances, Q&As, VIP coverage of award shows and festivals, amazing archival footage, and a new lineup of original programming.
• We've improved share functionality throughout the site with a social tool bar that will allow you to share Billboard.com content through Facebook, Twitter and Google+.
• Our new genre columns will give you deeper access into the worlds of K-Pop, EDM and Latin music.
All this and more is waiting for you on the new Billboard.com. Come back on January 26 and experience it for yourself!
Along with our fully revamped glossy magazine and newly-launched iPad app, the all-new Billboard.com will present exciting new features and functionalities that will allow us to lead the essential conversation about the best in music in more inventive and interactive ways than ever before. From the streamlined look of our world-renowned charts and breaking news articles to the powerful new presentation of our exclusive videos and photo galleries, Billboard.com will bring our millions of readers even closer to the music and artists they love.
Some of the exciting new features and functionalities we have in store include:
• Our playable charts, featuring a host of innovative upgrades and expanded functionalities, will allow you to share individual chart positions and play entire charts with one click using Spotify, Rdio or MySpace players. You can also watch recent videos through VEVO and easily search our entire database of more than 180,000 archival charts.
• Fan ratings will give you the chance to share your opinion on the music you discover throughout the site. You can rate songs and albums on artist and review pages, and also sort our weekly charts by fan ratings as well.
• Robust artist pages will give you the most up-to-date info on your favorite stars via latest news and tweets, exclusive photos and videos and archival chart histories.
• Using data culled from our exclusive charts, the top 100 artist timeline on our new and improved artist hub will allow you to access info on the top artists from 1958 through today with one slide of you mouse.
• Our expanded photo galleries offer behind-the-scenes access to music's biggest stars and greatest moments. You can now share specific photos from your favorite Billboard galleries on your Twitter, Facebook and Google+ pages and pull your friends into the conversation.
• We have expanded our offering of exclusive videos -- including live performances, Q&As, VIP coverage of award shows and festivals, amazing archival footage, and a new lineup of original programming.
• We've improved share functionality throughout the site with a social tool bar that will allow you to share Billboard.com content through Facebook, Twitter and Google+.
• Our new genre columns will give you deeper access into the worlds of K-Pop, EDM and Latin music.
All this and more is waiting for you on the new Billboard.com. Come back on January 26 and experience it for yourself!
www.billboard.com/news/welcome-to-the-new-billboard-magazine-1008105432.story?utm_source=most_recent#/news/welcome-to-the-new-billboard-magazine-1008105432.story?utm_source=most_recent
The January 26 edition of Billboard features a cover-story interview with Prince, but that world exclusive is accompanied by something else: A whole new magazine. This week, Billboard relaunches, and from the new logo on the front cover to the information packed graphic on the back page, the magazine is dedicated to the delivery of business journalism that leads and informs the essential conversations around the music and businesses it covers.
As Billboard editorial director Bill Werde ( @bwerde) puts it in an editor's letter in the new issue, "The music industry is a dynamic place, and this book will serve your information needs more than ever, going deeper into the trends, technologies and ideas shaping your decisions. If you don't learn something that will help your business in every issue, we aren't doing our jobs."
Among the changes:
• An expanded and reformatted charts section: a top-to-bottom redesign of the charts section adds eight pages, expanding the Hot 100 to two pages and the Billboard 200 to four pages. These charts are easier to navigate and more information-packed than ever, and have more room for analysis by Billboard's charts team on what's moving and why. Billboard has also deepened its coverage of the burgeoning dance scene by launching Dance/Electronic songs, the first-ever ranking of the nation's top dance songs combining digital download sales (tracked by Nielsen SoundScan), radio airplay (monitored by Nielsen BDS) and streaming data (tracked by BDS from such services as Spotify, Muve, Slacker, Rhapsody, Rdio, MySpace, Xbox Music and Guvera) and reported club play from a select national panel of 140 club DJs.
• The Deal: an-depth report on the most important music business negotiations of the week
• The T&E Report: event-driven coverage of the places where the music business unfolds, narrated by dealmakers and experts
• Gear: a look at what tools the musicians, producers and business people use in their jobs
• Coda: An information graphic back page that details and explains chart movements every week
In addition, the new Billboard is now available for the first time on your iPad. The Billboard iPad edition features exclusive videos, music and photos, along with expanded, interactive charts that are playable on Spotify. The Billboard iPad edition is free to subscribers and available for $99.99 per year or $9.99 per month.
To buy this week's relaunch edition of Billboard, Click Here . Stay tuned for information on how to buy Billboard's iPad edition.
As Billboard editorial director Bill Werde ( @bwerde) puts it in an editor's letter in the new issue, "The music industry is a dynamic place, and this book will serve your information needs more than ever, going deeper into the trends, technologies and ideas shaping your decisions. If you don't learn something that will help your business in every issue, we aren't doing our jobs."
Among the changes:
• An expanded and reformatted charts section: a top-to-bottom redesign of the charts section adds eight pages, expanding the Hot 100 to two pages and the Billboard 200 to four pages. These charts are easier to navigate and more information-packed than ever, and have more room for analysis by Billboard's charts team on what's moving and why. Billboard has also deepened its coverage of the burgeoning dance scene by launching Dance/Electronic songs, the first-ever ranking of the nation's top dance songs combining digital download sales (tracked by Nielsen SoundScan), radio airplay (monitored by Nielsen BDS) and streaming data (tracked by BDS from such services as Spotify, Muve, Slacker, Rhapsody, Rdio, MySpace, Xbox Music and Guvera) and reported club play from a select national panel of 140 club DJs.
• The Deal: an-depth report on the most important music business negotiations of the week
• The T&E Report: event-driven coverage of the places where the music business unfolds, narrated by dealmakers and experts
• Gear: a look at what tools the musicians, producers and business people use in their jobs
• Coda: An information graphic back page that details and explains chart movements every week
In addition, the new Billboard is now available for the first time on your iPad. The Billboard iPad edition features exclusive videos, music and photos, along with expanded, interactive charts that are playable on Spotify. The Billboard iPad edition is free to subscribers and available for $99.99 per year or $9.99 per month.
To buy this week's relaunch edition of Billboard, Click Here . Stay tuned for information on how to buy Billboard's iPad edition.