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# 10 Music Business Stories You Missed Over the Holiday Break
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/10-music-business-stories-you-missed-over-the-holiday-break/
- Published: 2024-01-02T13:38:36.000Z
- Updated: 2024-01-02T13:41:04.000Z
- Description: 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. Plus more of. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2024/01/10-music-business-stories-you-missed-over-the-holiday-break.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, music, music industry, musician, musicians, Spotify, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:44

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.

1. [January 1st was Public Domain Day, with thousands of works now free to use](https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2024/?ref=hypebot.com) (Duke University)
2. [France is planning to tax music streaming & other countries are taking note](https://www.hypebot.com/france-plans-to-tax-music-streaming-other-countries-are-taking-note/) (Hypeot)
3. [Vinyl trades groups called Billboard’s December 29th indie chart change “an abdication of responsibility](https://www.hypebot.com/vinyl-trades-call-billboard-chart-change-abdication-of-responsibility/)” (Hypebot)
4. [Hipgnosis Songs Fund Financials, Cautions Investors ](https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/hipgnosis-songs-fund-like-portfolio-now-valued-citrin-cooperman/?ref=hypebot.com)(MBW)
5. [Taylor Swift Breaks Elvis Presley’s Record as Solo Artist With Most Weeks at No. 1 on Album Chart ](https://variety.com/2023/music/news/taylor-swift-breaks-elvis-presley-record-no-1s-album-chart-1989-1235858950/?ref=hypebot.com)(Variety)
6. [Linkfire restructured its C-Suite and delisted from NASDAQ](https://completemusicupdate.com/linkfire-delists-first-north-new-ceo/?ref=hypebot.com) (CMU)
7. [Avenged Sevenfold mints 1 Million NFTS](https://variety.com/2023/music/news/avenged-sevenfold-million-nft-revolution-blockchain-1235835108/?ref=hypebot.com) (Variety)
8. [MIDiA’s shared highlights of its State of the Music Creator Economy Report](https://www.hypebot.com/highlights-from-midias-state-of-the-music-creator-economy-report/) (Hypebot)
9. [Prism adds $5M for venue, promoter, and booking agency software](https://www.hypebot.com/prism-adds-5m-for-venue-promoter-booking-agency-software/). (Hypebot)
10. [Bridgeport Music is the first to audit MLC royalty payments, reports Chris Castle](https://www.hypebot.com/bridgeport-music-is-the-first-to-audit-mlc-royalty-payments-chris-castle/) (Hypebot)

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*Bruce Houghton*