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65-508: Established in 2004, the service was acquired in 2013 by Robert F. X. Sillerman 's company SFX Entertainment for a reported price of slightly over $ 50 million. In 2014, as part of an effort to widen its audience, Beatport expanded into original content oriented towards fans of electronic dance music , covering EDM news and culture, and offering on-demand music streaming from its catalog and live streaming events. SFX Entertainment filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy on February 1, 2016, and Beatport

130-530: A web-based DJ application known as Beatport DJ for Link subscribers, which offers support for Bluetooth and USB -based DJ controllers from major manufacturers. Beatport stated that it had sold approximately 25.5 million songs in 2022, which accounted for approximately 12% of worldwide digital music sales. While the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) estimated in

195-443: A 2023 report that global revenue from digital music sales had declined by 43.75% due to increased use of consumer-oriented music streaming services, Beatport had an increase of 35% over the same period, due primarily to its targeting of a captive market of DJs. At the same time, its streaming services had increased by 60% in the past two years. CEO Robb McDaniels cited familiarity with the streaming model among its customers, as well as

260-684: A decision to lower the prices of its music downloads amid the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in order to attract new and returning users. In May 2022, Beatport acquired the music discovery portal LabelRadar. In February 2023, it was announced that Beatport had acquired a majority stake in International Music Summit in Ibiza . In 2024 Beatport launched a global DJ competition with Miller called Miller Mix. At launch, Beatport offered tracks from 79 electronic music labels to customers worldwide. Over

325-550: A dozen and a half AM, FM and TV stations at various times, experimenting with formats other than top 40 (including beautiful music and all-news). In the early 1960s Rick Sklar also developed the Top 40 format for radio station WABC in New York City which was then copied by stations in the eastern and mid-western United States such as WKBW and WLS . Bill Drake built upon the foundation established by Storz and McLendon to create

390-520: A free music streaming service, which allowed users to stream full-length songs from Beatport's library, as well as curated playlists and charts. Beatport CEO Greg Consiglio and executive creative director Clark Warner explained that only 300,000 of the site's 50 million unique users had actually purchased music from the service, and that the majority of users were using the Beatport store's time-limited samples of tracks for music discovery instead. In March 2015,

455-672: A lawsuit was filed against Sillerman, for allegedly having defrauded a trio of business partners. The suit alleges that Sillerman in emails promised a joint partnership in which the plaintiffs would receive 2.5 million "founders shares" of SFX, which never materialized. In 2012, Sillerman rebooted SFX Entertainment , this time with a focus on the electronic dance music industry. The company acquired various promoters and electronic music festivals , as well as related companies in digital (including Beatport —an electronic music store , online ticketing provider Paylogic, and web development agency Fame House). On October 9, 2013, SFX went public on

520-738: A modernized Rock 40 format, are similar in some ways to the Adult CHR and Mainstream CHR/Pop formats, but also incorporate modern rock / alternative / active rock and modern AC titles in an upbeat presentation. Examples include KSXY in Santa Rosa, California, WDJQ in Canton, Ohio, WIXX in Green Bay, Wisconsin, KKCK in Marshall, Minnesota, and WMOM in Ludington, Michigan. An early version of rock-leaning CHR

585-763: A more limited base of currents and recurrents from the mainstream, rhythmic and/or adult CHR formats with a broader playlist of gold from the 2000s and 2010s. Stations from this format may also be called rhythmic hot AC if their library is particularly rhythmic-leaning. Examples include WPOW and WFLC in Miami, WKFS in Cincinnati, Ohio, WBBM-FM in Chicago, WMOV in Hampton Roads and WKTU in New York City. Playing dance remixes of popular songs with perhaps some current hits from

650-445: A new platform. Beatport officially added AIFF downloads as an option on their platform on September 9, 2011. The annual revenue of Beatport for 2012 was reportedly around $ 15–18 million, with losses of $ 2 million. In February 2013, Beatport was acquired by Robert F.X. Sillerman 's SFX Entertainment , a conglomerate focusing on EDM properties such as festivals and promoters. Additionally, Beatport announced that it would partner with

715-1061: A pioneer of the AOR format, Rock 40 was "too wimpy for the real rockers and too hard for the mainstream people". Stations that previously broadcast the format include KEGL in Dallas, KQLZ (Pirate Radio) in Los Angeles, KRZR in Fresno, California, KXXR in Kansas City, and WMMS in Cleveland. Rock 40 stations eventually segued to CHR or an AOR spinoff format such as active rock or modern rock . There are also variations targeting minority ethnic groups, such as CHR/español ( Latin pop ), and CHR/Tejano ( Tex-Mex and Tejano ) which are commonly found in Arizona , Texas , California , and Mexico . In Greater China (People's Republic of China , Taiwan , and Hong Kong ), there

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780-777: A request for summary judgment in New York State Supreme Court, alleging Sillerman had failed to pay the outstanding balance due under a credit agreement with Flag Luxury Properties LLC and that Sillerman defaulted on a series of payments due since April 2008, totaling $ 21.4 million. In a July 2009 interview with the New York Post Sillerman admitted failure, stating with reference to the Flag project: "I'm not very knowledgeable about real estate." On February 8, 2011, Sillerman announced an agreement to acquire control of Gateway Industries, Inc. (GWAY.PK). The transaction renamed

845-913: A ship anchored off the coast of southern England in international waters. At that time there were no commercial radio stations in the UK , and BBC radio offered only sporadic top 40 programming. Other noteworthy North American top 40 stations that used the Drake approach included KFRC in San Francisco ; CKLW in Windsor, Ontario ; WRKO in Boston ; WHBQ in Memphis; WOLF in Syracuse, New York ; and WOR-FM in New York City . Most listeners identified Boss Radio with less talk, shorter jingles and more music. Mike Joseph's "hot hits" stations of

910-644: A variation called " Boss Radio ". This format began in California in early 1961 at KSTN in Stockton, then expanded in 1962–63 to KYNO in Fresno, in 1964 to KGB in San Diego , and finally to KHJ in Los Angeles in May 1965; it was further adapted to stations across the western US. Boss Radio was later broadcast by American disc jockeys as a hybrid format on pirate radio station Swinging Radio England , broadcasting from on board

975-454: A viral marketing web widget to play back relevant content by Artist, Label, Genre, and Chart. Built using Adobe Flash and HTML, the player gives users the ability to create custom, dynamic playlists from song previews of Beatport's catalog to be embedded into nearly any HTML website. In August 2007, Beatport launched a community-oriented music site, Beatportal, whose stated mission is "...to provide music lovers with up-to-date information about

1040-629: A wider marketing partnership with SFX, it would syndicate a Beatport top 20 countdown show to its major-market contemporary hit radio stations beginning later in the year. Clear Channel staff, including John Sykes , believed that the deal (particularly the Beatport countdown show) would help provide a higher level of national exposure to current and up and coming EDM artists. In December 2014, Beatport revamped its website to extensively target mainstream fans of electronic music, adding original content (such as news articles), as well as live streaming shows and festival coverage. Additionally, Beatport launched

1105-552: Is Rock 40 , which was popular in the late 1980s. This format, developed by Joint Communications who service marked the name in 1987, is a young-male-targeted hybrid of CHR and album-oriented rock (AOR) that combines the formatics of the former with the music mix of the latter. After a short period of successful ratings, the Rock 40 format began to decline because it was too similar to conventional AOR yet lacked appeal among CHR fans who desired less emphasis on rock. According to Lee Abrams ,

1170-723: Is a radio format that is common in many countries that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts . There are several subcategories, dominantly focusing on rock , pop , or urban music . Used alone, CHR most often refers to the CHR-pop format. The term contemporary hit radio was coined in the early 1980s by Radio & Records magazine to designate Top 40 stations which continued to play hits from all musical genres as pop music splintered into Adult contemporary , Urban contemporary , Contemporary Christian and other formats. The term "top 40"

1235-473: Is a streaming service allowing music from the platform's library to be streamed directly into supported DJ software. Pioneer DJ served as a launch partner, offering integration through its newly developed mobile app WeDJ, and announcing that Rekordbox would support Link later in the year. Beatport also announced Beatport Cloud, which features full track playback, a management interface, and unlimited redownloads of purchased songs. In March 2021, Beatport launched

1300-506: Is also Mandopop and Cantopop which are the top 40 variants in that language. Credit for the format is widely given to Todd Storz , who was the director of radio station KOWH -AM in Omaha, Nebraska in 1951. At that time typical AM radio programming consisted largely of full-service " block programming ": pre-scheduled, sponsored programs of a wide variety, including radio dramas and variety shows. Local popular music hits, if they made it on

1365-477: Is also used to refer to the actual list of hit songs, and, by extension, to refer to pop music in general. The term has also been modified to describe top 50 ; top 30 ; top 20 ; top 10 ; hot 100 (each with its number of songs) and hot hits radio formats, but carrying more or less the same meaning and having the same creative point of origin with Todd Storz as further refined by Gordon McLendon as well as Bill Drake . The format became especially popular in

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1430-746: The Elvis Presley estate; as well as the assets of Simon Fuller 's 19 Entertainment , whose assets include TV hit American Idol and managed clients including football player David Beckham. The company also held a stake in Morra, Brezner, Steinberg & Tenenbaum Entertainment, the management company for Woody Allen, Robin Williams and Billy Crystal. The company also acquired 80% in Muhammad Ali Enterprises. In 2011, Apollo Management purchased CKX in 2011 for $ 512 million. In May 2009, Credit Suisse filed

1495-565: The Nasdaq . Defaulting on a $ 10.8 million loan after missing an interest payment of $ 3 million in January 2016, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on February 1, 2016. In December, the company went private and was renamed LiveStyle, with Sillerman exiting the company in favor of former AEG Live executive Randy Phillips as CEO. In an interview with Billboard , Sillerman admitted that there were "no easy answers" surrounding why

1560-520: The urban contemporary format; urban stations will often play R&B and soul songs that CHR/rhythmic stations will not, and CHR/rhythmic stations, despite playlists heavy with urban product, sometimes have white disc jockeys and will include EDM and rhythmic pop music that urban outlets will not play. WQHT in New York , and KPWR in Los Angeles are among the most successful CHR/rhythmic stations in

1625-1793: The 1950s. Examples of CHR/pop stations in the United States, Canada, and Brazil include WHTZ in New York (NY), KIIS-FM in Los Angeles (CA), KYLD and KMVQ-FM in San Francisco (CA), KHKS in Dallas (TX), KRBE in Houston (TX), CFBT-FM in Vancouver (BC), CKFM-FM and CKIS-FM in Toronto (ON), KSMG in San Antonio (TX), WIOQ in Philadelphia (PA), WPRO-FM in Providence (RI), WXKS-FM in Boston (MA), WIFC in Wausau (WI), WWPW and WWWQ in Atlanta (GA), WKSC-FM in Chicago (IL), WFLZ in Tampa / St. Petersburg (FL), WHYI-FM in Miami (FL), KLUC in Las Vegas (NV), WNCI in Columbus, Ohio (OH), WZPL (IN) in Indianapolis , KDWB in Minneapolis / St. Paul (MN), and Jovem Pan FM (with language) in Brazil . The stations generally gain large popularity with this format. These stations typically are hybrids of

1690-601: The BMAs are based solely on unit sales at Beatport. The third version of the online store, named "The New Beatport", was released on January 21, 2009. Multiple features were added to the site including embedded artwork in purchased music, a new user-preference system named "My Beatport", keyboard shortcuts and sitewide multilingual support. As a newer version of the store, it integrated the use of an Adobe Flex 3 web application provided by RealEyes Media. On July 14, 2011, Beatport launched their HTML5 website with new features, designs and

1755-593: The Chancellor of the Southampton College of Long Island University , replacing Angier Biddle Duke . Sillerman took the job on two conditions: that the college scrap ill-defined programs and focus on marine science and creative writing and that he be allowed to handle publicity. In that spirit, he named Kermit the Frog as the 1996 commencement speaker: 31 newspapers picked up the story, a free marketing bonanza that raised

1820-547: The Midwest and Great Plains, converted it to an all-hits format, and dubbed the result "top 40". Shortly thereafter WHB debuted the first "top 40 countdown", a reverse-order playing of the station's ranking of hit singles for that week. Within a few years, top 40 stations appeared all over the country to great success, spurred by the burgeoning popularity of rock and roll music, especially that of Elvis Presley . A 1950s employee at WHB, Ruth Meyer, went on to have tremendous success in

1885-1159: The U.S. and among the pioneers of the format. Bilingual Spanish CHRs (such as WPOW in Miami, KHHM in Shingle Springs, California, KKPS and KBFM in Brownsville, Texas, WKAQ and WXYX in San Juan, Puerto Rico, KBHH in Fresno, California, WRUM -HD2 in Orlando, Florida and KLLI (FM) in Los Angeles) combine current and recent mainstream and rhythmic CHR hits with recent Latin pop hits, targeting young Latina listeners. Similarly, bilingual French CHRs (such as CKOI-FM in Montreal) are common in some Canadian markets, and combine anglophone and French pop hits. Filipino-based CHR stations (such as DWFO , DWTM , DWRX , DWRT-FM , DWCZ , and DYIO ) are also common in major Philippine market areas, which feature current mainstream and rhythmic CHR hits with recent OPM and P-Pop hits. Gold-based CHRs combine

1950-461: The ability to upgrade purchases to lossless AIFF or WAV format for an additional fee. Robert F. X. Sillerman Robert Francis Xavier Sillerman (April 12, 1948 – November 24, 2019) was an American businessman and media entrepreneur. Sillerman was the owner of a range of television and radio stations during the 1970s and 1980s, In 1993 he formed SFX Broadcasting, and then built SFX Entertainment—a concert and stage performance promoter that

2015-552: The air at all, had to be worked in between these segments. Storz noted the great response certain songs got from the record-buying public and compared it to the way certain selections on jukeboxes were played over and over. He expanded his domain of radio stations, purchasing WTIX-AM in New Orleans , Louisiana, gradually converted his stations to an all-hits format, and pioneered the practice of surveying record stores to determine which singles were popular each week. Storz found that

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2080-519: The college's profile and drew hundreds of new admissions. In 2000, Sillerman donated a $ 15 million gift through the Tomorrow Foundation to extend the library and for marine science scholarships. In 2008, Sillerman donated $ 10 million in order to fund The Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy at Brandeis University. At the time it was the largest gift ever received by an alumnus to

2145-573: The company announced that it planned to auction off Beatport and digital firm Fame House (the latter eventually sold to Universal Music Group ) to focus more on its live events business. On May 10, 2016, Beatport announced that the auction of the company had been suspended, and that it would instead cut back its operations to focus solely on its music sales business—resulting in the discontinuation of Beatport's streaming, live and original content operations. The company also announced layoffs as it underwent restructuring, with as many as 49 employees departing

2210-442: The company collapsed, but added that he didn't "begrudge the disappointment and anger" of his staff because he was just as disappointed over the company's performance. Former employees also interviewed by Billboard felt that the company did not do enough to leverage its scale, and that the company did not engage in centralization, leading to a lack of coordination between its collection of subsidiaries. From 1993 Sillerman served as

2275-449: The company to Function (X), Inc. and changing its listing on the stock exchange to FNCX. The first product the company produced was called "Viggle", released in January 2012, which used a mobile app as its primary interface. Viggle registers the television show a person is watching, and engages the users with a loyalty program for viewing particular programs. Early rewards included gift cards to retail establishments. The app will also display

2340-407: The contemporary hit radio (CHR/pop) and Hot AC formats. This format contains a strong focus on current charts, contemporary and recurrent hits as well as placing a minority of older, classic hits from the 2000s and early to mid 2010s onto the playlist. Adult CHR stations play pop-friendly rhythmic, dance and hip hop titles alongside standard mainstream pop and pop rock fare, and often shying away from

2405-476: The dance charts. Pure dance-music radio stations (as opposed to CHR/rhythmic and rhythmic AC formats such as MOViN) are not very common but tend to have loyal audiences in the markets where they do exist. Examples include WPTY on Long Island, NY and KNHC in Seattle . This format is very popular on internet radio stations such as KVPN Digital Broadcasting (VPN Digital 1) Los Angeles . Stations with this format,

2470-494: The development in that same city of PAMS jingles. McLendon's successful Mighty 1190 KLIF in Dallas, along with his two other Texas Triangle stations, 610 KILT (AM) Houston and 550 KTSA San Antonio, which went top 40 during the mid to late 1950s, soon became perhaps the most imitated radio stations in America. With careful attention to programming, McLendon presented his stations as packages to advertisers and listeners alike. It

2535-424: The early to mid-60's as program director of New York's premiere top 40 station at that time, WMCA. Storz Broadcasting Company consisted of six AM radio stations, all featuring top 40 in the sixties. Although Todd Storz is regarded as the father of the top 100 format , Gordon McLendon of Dallas , Texas, is regarded as the person who took an idea and turned it into a mass media marketing success in combination with

2600-636: The end of 1989 with a unit of Westinghouse Broadcasting in a then record-setting transaction worth $ 727 million. In 1989 Sillerman formed Capstar Communications. Capstar applied for and received permission to operate more than one class of radio station in the same market. This ultimately led to the Telecommunications Act of 1996 allowing for ownership of multiple stations in single markets Capstar merged with Command Communications, another radio group Sillerman founded, ultimately changing its name to SFX Broadcasting. SFX bought up enough stations to become

2665-539: The late 1970s and early 1980s attempted to revitalize the format by refocusing listeners' attention on current, active "box-office" music. Thus, hot hits stations played only current hit songs—no oldies unless they were on current chart albums—in a fast, furious and repetitive fashion, with fast-talking personalities and loud, pounding jingles. In 1977, WTIC-FM in Hartford, CT, dropped its long-running classical format for Joseph's format as "96 Tics" and immediately became one of

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2730-765: The main offering." The adult CHR format is sometimes utilized by stations which are heritage Top 40/CHR outlets in their respective markets which have been in the format since the 1970s or 1980s or FM successors to former AM top 40s, with examples in the UK including the Hits Radio Network compiled of heritage radio stations including Clyde 1 in Glasgow and Radio City in Liverpool . Also known as CHR/rhythmic, rhythmic crossover, or CHR/urban. These stations focus on hip-hop and dance-pop . There are differences between CHR/rhythmic and

2795-433: The mid-sixties as radio stations constrained disc jockeys to numbered play lists in the wake of the payola scandal. Also known as CHR/pop or teen CHR. Plays pop , and dance , and sometimes urban , alternative , rock , and country crossover as well. Often referred as " Top 40 "; in terms of incorporating a variety of genres of music, CHR/pop is the successor to the original concept of top 40 radio which originated in

2860-558: The more people heard a given song on the radio or from the jukebox, the more likely they were to buy a copy; a conclusion not obvious in the industry at the time. In 1952 he purchased what was then WLAF-AM in Lafayette, Indiana and constructed WAZY-AM/FM which is still the longest running top 40 FM station in existence to this day. In 1954, Storz purchased WHB -AM, a high-powered station in Kansas City, Missouri , which could be heard throughout

2925-505: The most rhythmic CHR titles until they are established hits on the format. Examples in the U.S. include WIXX in Green Bay, WKRQ in Cincinnati and KZZO in Sacramento. United Kingdom (UK) media regulator Ofcom states: "where a format requires a contemporary and chart music service, the main diet must be of modern music, reflecting the charts of today and recent months. Older, classic tracks would not be out of place, but only as spice to

2990-582: The music recognition service Shazam to index its catalog. In December 2013, the company laid off 20 employees in the Denver office and six in San Francisco, reportedly leaving the site's technical infrastructure supported by only a skeleton crew. Under SFX ownership, Beatport began to reposition itself towards the overall electronic dance music culture. On January 6, 2014, Clear Channel Media and Entertainment (now known as iHeartMedia ) announced that as part of

3055-603: The nation's seventh largest chain. SFX Broadcasting sold its 71 radio stations for $ 2.1 billion in 1998. In the sale, SFX kept two small concert promoters, and renamed the company SFX Entertainment (concert promotion, sports agencies), turning SFX Entertainment into the world's largest producer, promoter and presenter of live entertainment. He sold the company SFX Entertainment to Clear Channel for $ 4.4 billion in 2000. He also made money on Broadway as an executive producer for Mel Brooks' musical The Producers . Leading CKX, Inc. , Sillerman bought majority rights to Graceland ,

3120-485: The site launched a mobile app , featuring the streaming service, and a "Beatport Shows" feature which highlights upcoming events and provides integrated access to ticket purchases. The streaming service is subsidized by Beatport's store, which was re-branded as Beatport Pro (in concert with the service's desktop client software) and remained primarily focused towards professionals. Beatport incurred US$ 5.5 million in losses for 2015. In March 2016, as part of SFX's bankruptcy,

3185-506: The social media activity for other shows at the same time, along with what rewards are available for changing the channel to competing programs. On Jun 7, 2012, Function (X), Inc. was renamed Viggle, which changed the company stock listing to VGGL. As of the end of 2013 Viggle had about 3.7 million users. In December 2013 Viggle acquired Wetpaint for $ 30 million in stock and in early 2014 Viggle acquired Digit Media, an entertainment app producer. Its main app NextGuide and Digit Reminder Button

3250-690: The teen set. He sold the company in 1971, and then launched I P+E, a sales marketing and promotion company. He sold the company in 1972 to the Boston ad firm, Ingalls. Sillerman was married to copywriter Laura Baudo, whom he met at Ingalls. In 1978 Sillerman and disc jockey Bruce Morrow bought two radio stations in upstate New York for $ 1.875 million. They acquired additional radio and TV stations, including WALL and WKGL ( Middletown, New York ); WJJB ; ( Hyde Park, New York ); WHMP ( Northampton, Massachusetts ); WLOM ( Orleans, Massachusetts ); WRAN ( Randolph, New Jersey ); WPLR ( New Haven, Connecticut ) and

3315-404: The television station WATL ( Atlanta ). In 1985 Sillerman entered into a partnership with radio/television industry executive Carl E. Hirsch (known as Legacy Broadcasting) to acquire KJOI-FM , Los Angeles for a then record-setting $ 44 million, as well as other stations in Denver, Detroit, Minneapolis, Washington D.C., Houston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and New York City. The company was merged at

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3380-563: The top radio stations in the market. The first Joseph station to use the term "hot hits" on the air was WFBL ("Fire 14", which played its top 14 hits in very tight rotation) in Syracuse, NY, in 1979. Then WCAU-FM in Philadelphia switched to hot hits as "98 Now" in the fall of 1981 and was instantly successful. Other major-market stations which adopted the hot hits format in the early 1980s included WBBM-FM Chicago , WHYT (now WDVD ) Detroit , WMAR-FM (now WWMX ) Baltimore , which we might add

3445-547: The university. For thirteen years, Sillerman served as the Chancellor of Southampton College and is the founder of The Tomorrow Foundation. Sillerman was also a donor and fundraiser for the Democratic Party in the United States. On November 24, 2019, Sillerman died at the age of 71 after a respiratory illness. Contemporary hit radio Contemporary hit radio (also known as CHR , contemporary hits , hit list , current hits , hit music , top 40 , or pop radio )

3510-627: The workforce. In September 2016, Italian record label Art & Music Recording called for an investigation into allegations that third-parties had artificially inflated the download counts of several of its songs ("juicing") on Beatport, which caused Beatport to remove the songs under policies prohibiting labels from making purchases of tracks to increase their chart performance. In December 2016, SFX emerged from bankruptcy under new leadership, and renamed LiveStyle . The company's CEO, Randy Phillips (formerly of AEG Live ) stated that Beatport had returned to profitability. In October 2017, Robb McDaniels

3575-488: The world of electronic music". Following up on the idea of the community-oriented site, Beatport introduced the Beatport Music Awards on March 18, 2008. Each year Beatport users can vote for the best electronic music artists in an effort to trace the progress of these artists over the years or determine which has the largest growing fan base. The BMAs are broken down into 19 categories, including Best Artist categories from each genre, Best Remix, and Best Single. The nominees for

3640-456: The years, the company has grown and expanded its music catalog to include more artists and differentiations of the electronic genre such as house, techno, drum & bass, and dubstep. Sales of sample packs and remix stems, in the "Beatport Sounds" section, grew from an annual revenue of $ 600,000 in 2010 to $ 39.1 million in 2015. Music on Beatport is distributed without digital rights management (DRM); songs are distributed in MP3 format, with

3705-405: Was also made accessible through a scaled-down GUI embedded within DJ software: Traktor DJ Studio by Native Instruments. On August 7, 2006, Beatport released Beatport 3.0 Fully Loaded, the third version of its original store, which featured improvements to navigation, customized content subscription via My Beatport, and new payment options. In February 2007, Beatport launched the Beatport Player,

3770-511: Was announced as CEO of Beatport. In February 2019, Beatport announced a joint venture with digital music record pool company DJcity, forming Beatsource, a digital music retail platform aimed at open-format DJs. Around that time, Beatport had 450,000 active DJ customers and 35 million unique visitors per year. In August 2019, producer and DJ A-Trak joined the board of managers as an advisor. In May 2019, Beatport announced two new subscription services tailored towards professional DJs: Beatport Link

3835-503: Was born to a Jewish family in New York City, and was raised in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx , the son of Estelle (Levande) and Michael McKinley Sillerman. His father founded the Keystone Radio Network. After graduating from the Collegiate School , he attended Brandeis University . By day he majored in political science, while by night in 1966 he launched Youth Market Consultants, offering fellow students discount magazine subscriptions while advising marketers on how to target

3900-433: Was integrated into Viggle software. As of December 2013, Viggle companies had a combined 17 million monthly users. In July 2015, Viggle had more than 9.5 million registered users across all properties, up from 5.4 million registered users at the end of 2014. In May 2012, Sillerman was accused of sexual harassment by an employee of Function X. The dispute was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount. In February 2014,

3965-470: Was not successful against market leader WBSB B104, KITS San Francisco, and WNVZ Norfolk . Don Pierson took the formats of Gordon McLendon, boss radio and PAMS jingles to the UK in the form of Wonderful Radio London , (a pirate radio ship) and subsequently revolutionized the popular music format. On 14 August 1967 The Marine Offences Act was introduced in the UK and the pirate stations were shut down. The British Broadcasting Corporation were chosen by

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4030-414: Was released on January 7, 2004, and consisted of 79 electronic music record labels in its catalog. Half a year later, Beatport was beginning to become recognized after a few collaborations with well-known DJs and partnerships with the technology company Native Instruments . In January 2005, a revised Beatport 2.0 was released, with a catalog of over 100,000 tracks supplied by 2,700 signed labels. Beatport

4095-422: Was sold to Clear Channel in 2000 for $ 4.4 billion. He refounded SFX Entertainment in 2012 as a promoter of electronic music festivals; that company is now known as LiveStyle . He is also the founder of Viggle and the namesake of The Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy at Brandeis University. Once on the Forbes 400 list, he also briefly owned the WLAF 's New York/New Jersey Knights . Sillerman

4160-436: Was subsequently put up for sale. However, in May 2016, SFX suspended its proposed auction of the company, and cut its streaming and original content operations in order to focus on its core music sales business. SFX has since emerged from bankruptcy as LiveStyle. Beatport emerged from the bankruptcy debt free and profitable and continues to operate as an online music store. The first version of Beatport's web store, Beatport 1.0,

4225-540: Was the combination of top 40 and PAMS jingles which became the key to the success of the radio format itself. Not only were the same records played on different stations across America, but so were the same jingle music beds whose lyrics were resung repetitively for each station to create individual station identity. To this basic mix were added contests, games and disc jockey patter. Various groups (including Bartell Broadcasters ) emphasized local variations on their top 40 stations. Gordon McLendon would operate approximately

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