Month: March 2015

AM NEWS BRIEF: “Blurred Lines” Fallout, Free Music Debated, Pirate Domains, Rightscorp Losses & More

Thursday 3.12.2015 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web Updated continuously under our More News tab. CLICK HERE

Bruce Houghton on 03/12/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Barbecue, Bart's Girlfriend, Black Widow (Natalia Romanova), Bobby Braddock, Building, Burke Marshall, Captain America, Chipko movement, Click-through rate, Computer program

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Apple Blames Internal Server Error For Widespread iTunes, App Store Outage

UPDATE: Apple blamed an internal server error for the widespread outage of its iTunes and App stores that impacted customers worldwide yesterday. The problems appear to have been fixed.

Nia R Jones on 03/12/2015 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: App Store (iOS), Apple Inc., Apple Store, Application Store, IBooks, ICloud, IOS, iTunes, ITunes Store, Mac App Store

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“Blurred Lines” Decision Could Be Overturned On Appeal

"The genre or musical style of a song is not protectable under copyright law – the lyrics and the melody are, but that was not the allegation in this case."

Guest Post on 03/11/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (3)

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If Major Labels Are Dinosaurs, Why Do Liberty Media and Softbank Want To Buy One?

Looking for signs that the recorded music business has a future? Aggressive Liberty Media chief John Malone and a Japanese telecom giant each wanted to buy The Universal Music Group.

Bruce Houghton on 03/11/2015 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Airlines, Billboard Magazine, Citigroup, Grammy Award, Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Rob Wells, Sam Smith, Spotify, Universal Music Group, YouTube

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Spotify To Pay Universal Music Group $1 Billion, According To Leaked Email

Spotify is locked in difficult talks with the major labels. None are more contentious than with Universal Music, whose CEO has stated publically that it is time to change the music. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/11/2015 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Apple Inc., Eddy Cue, Free tier (business model), iTunes, Jimmy Iovine, Lucian Grainge, record label, Spotify, Universal Music Group, YouTube

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CHANGES @ WholeWorldband, WMG, BMI, ASCAP, Believe, Primary Wave, Knitting Factory and Indiegogo

WholeWorldBand.com announced that Gregory Butler joins the company as Managing Director of North America. Butler comes from previous positions at Native Instruments, Lexicon and PCAudioLabs.

Bruce Houghton on 03/11/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Chief operating officer, Interscope Records, Live Nation Entertainment, Madonna (entertainer), Maverick (company), Snapchat, Soundcloud, Stephen Cooper (businessman), Vice president, Warner Music Group

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Minority Shareholders Shift, Approve Jay Z Acquisition Of Aspiro’s Streaming Music Services

It looks like Jay Z really is going to get into the streaming music business with a $56 million purchase of Aspiro, the Scandinavian company that owns WiMP and its hi-def. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/11/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Aspiro, Dr Dre, Jay-Z, music industry, Reuters, Scandinavia, Shareholder, Spotify, Streaming media, WiMP

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Rightsify Gives Rights Holders An Interactive Platform To View And Analyze Industry Data

Rightsify is bringing key data to rights holders and licensees by way of an easy-to-digest online dashboard that helps them better understand important industry trends to grow their business in the. Continue reading

Nia R Jones on 03/11/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 3D modeling, 3D scanner, Adoption, Affordable housing, Big data, Cloud computing, Computer data storage, Hypebot, Raw data, Self Incorporation

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5 Things To Share On Social Media (Besides Your Music)

"Think about how you, as a fan, want to interact with the bands you love. Sure, you like to know when they're dropping new music, but you also want to. Continue reading

Guest Post on 03/11/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Inc., Bob Moczydlowsky, Bread, Cheese, Cheese sandwich, Ian Rogers, iTunes, Kraft Singles, Lyor Cohen, Twitter

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PongPing – A Digital Music Service For The Gaming Industry Launches

Games and music are a powerful and profitable combination. But clearing global rights for music in a game is not always easy. A Finnish startup hopes to change that.

Bruce Houghton on 03/11/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Austria, Czech Republic, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Nordic Countries, Spain, Streaming media

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