Month: March 2017

Songwriters ‘Poor Man’s Copyright’: Separating Truth From Fiction

The "poor man's copyright" wherein artists mail or email themselves some form of their song fixed in a tangible medium, is often thrown around in creative music circles as a. Continue reading

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Chance The Rapper Pledges $1 Million For Chicago Public Schools

Chance the Rapper announced on Monday that he plans to cut a $1 million check to Chicago Public Schools to support arts programming in the financially challenged school district.

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Irving and Jeff Azoff, Brandon Creed Merge Powerful Music Management Companies

Veteran managers Irving Azoff, his son Jeffrey Azoff and Brandon Creed will merge their management companies to operate as Full Stop Management with a headquarters in Los Angeles.

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How To Get Publicity To Promote Your Music

While many artists may consider music publicity to be something that they need to bother with unless they hit the big time, but the reality is something quite different. Here. Continue reading

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TUE. BRIEF: Jay Z Launches Startup Fund • Chance The Rapper Donates $1 Million • Vevo Funds Music Videos • More

Tuesday 3.7.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Jay Z's star power has not helped Tidal succeed; so why believe he can helped startups?  Updated continuously under our More News tab

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Is Something Big Happening At Pandora? Board Nominations Extended As Stock Continues To Struggle

Pandora stock has been struggling over the last two weeks after its only known suitor, Liberty Media Corporation, poured cold water on takeover rumors and questioned if Pandora was worth its. Continue reading

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Infinite Dial Report 2017 From Edison Research, Triton To Be Released This Thurs. [FREE WEBINAR]

Edison Research and Triton Digital present the latest edition of The Infinite Dial survey of consumer media habits and behaviors associated with digital and offline media in the United States.

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Mass Appeal Lands $6 Million Investment From Universal Music, Usher, Nas, Others

Last year, Universal Music Group began investing in music focused films; and today they expanded their content interests with a big bet on NYC based graffiti/hip hop culture and lifestyle. Continue reading

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MTV Names 2017 “Woodies” Emerging Artists Nominees, Voting Is Exclusively On Snapchat

MTV today announced the 2017 edition of its emerging artists awards, the “MTV Woodies.” Fans can only vote for each award by taking a screenshot of their favorite artist on. Continue reading

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Decluttering Your PR: 5 Ways To Simplify And Detox

In this piece by W. Tyler Allen of PitchZen, he provides a comprehensive set of suggests on how to simplify the process of pitching your music, and how you can. Continue reading

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