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# 5 Music Business Stories you missed over the long holiday weekend
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/5-music-business-stories-you-missed-over-the-long-holiday-weekend/
- Published: 2022-11-28T13:59:11.000Z
- Updated: 2022-11-28T14:16:34.000Z
- Description: To help you catch up after the four-day Thanksgiving weekend, we’ve scoured the web to find the top 5 music business stories that you might have missed. Senate to hold. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2022/11/5-music-business-stories-you-missed-over-the-long-holiday-weekend.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, music, music industry, Music Tech, musician, musicians, Spotify, Ticketmaster, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:44

To help you catch up after the four-day Thanksgiving weekend, we’ve scoured the web to find the top 5 music business stories that you might have missed.

1. [**S**](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/nov/24/ticketmaster-taylor-swift-eras-tour-ticket-chaos-us-senate-antitrust-hearing?ref=hypebot.com)**[enate to hold Live Nation, Ticketmaster anti-trust hearings](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/nov/24/ticketmaster-taylor-swift-eras-tour-ticket-chaos-us-senate-antitrust-hearing?ref=hypebot.com)** as the[ **Justice** ](https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/18/23466607/doj-department-of-justice-antitrust-investigation-ticketmaster-live-nation-taylor-swift?ref=hypebot.com)**[Department investigates](https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/18/23466607/doj-department-of-justice-antitrust-investigation-ticketmaster-live-nation-taylor-swift?ref=hypebot.com)**
  - Bill Werde weighs in: [**The TaylorMaster: Deep thoughts on a broken live music biz**](https://www.hypebot.com/the-taylormaster-deep-thoughts-on-a-broken-live-music-biz-bill-werde/)
2. **[Facebook confirms that only 10.6% of followers see posts, down 29% this year alone](https://www.hypebot.com/facebook-confirms-that-only-10-6-of-fans-see-your-posts-down-29-this-year-alone/)**
3. **[beatBread has $100 Million available to fund indie musicians](https://www.hypebot.com/beatbread-now-has-more-than-100-million-available-to-fund-musicians/)**
4. **[Dylan book buyers to get refunds](https://variety.com/2022/music/news/bob-dylan-refunds-art-prints-gallery-signature-autosign-castle-books-1235442752/?ref=hypebot.com)** and **[Bob admits regrets](https://variety.com/2022/music/news/bob-dylan-regrets-autopen-signatures-art-books-apology-1235442296/?ref=hypebot.com)**
5. **[Charles Koppelman, Legendary Music Executive, Dies](https://variety.com/2022/music/news/charles-koppelman-music-executive-dead-martha-stewart-prince-1235442187/?ref=hypebot.com)**

**BONUS: [It’s time for the breadcrumb approach to social ](https://www.hypebot.com/its-time-for-the-breadcrumb-approach-to-social-media/)media**

*Bruce Houghton*