While you were out for the holiday break, the music business was not. Here is a roundup of ten important music industry stories you may have missed.
- January 1st was Public Domain Day, with thousands of works now free to use (Duke University)
- France is planning to tax music streaming & other countries are taking note (Hypeot)
- Vinyl trades groups called Billboard’s December 29th indie chart change “an abdication of responsibility” (Hypebot)
- Hipgnosis Songs Fund Financials, Cautions Investors (MBW)
- Taylor Swift Breaks Elvis Presley’s Record as Solo Artist With Most Weeks at No. 1 on Album Chart (Variety)
- Linkfire restructured its C-Suite and delisted from NASDAQ (CMU)
- Avenged Sevenfold mints 1 Million NFTS (Variety)
- MIDiA’s shared highlights of its State of the Music Creator Economy Report (Hypebot)
- Prism adds $5M for venue, promoter, and booking agency software. (Hypebot)
- Bridgeport Music is the first to audit MLC royalty payments, reports Chris Castle (Hypebot)
Plus more of the latest Music Business & Music Tech News updated continuously here.
Bruce Houghton
