Month: April 2017

WED. BRIEF: Spotify UMG Deal Reaction • Kanye Steams Platinum • ASCAP’s 3rd $1B Year • More

Music Business News From Around The Web The impact of the Spotify and UMG deal will be both more and less than most think. Updated continuously under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 04/05/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Music, Chance The Rapper, Eminem, Frank Ocean, Freemium, Katy Perry, Spotify, Taylor Swift, Universal Music Group

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New Fair Play, Fair Pay Act: What’s Inside?

In a recent rare and purposeful show of bi-partisan support, the Fair Play Fair pay act was re-introduced, with the hopes of modernizing U.S. law as it relates to the. Continue reading

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Tags: 910 AM, ABC News, Admeld, American Broadcasting Company, Appellate court, AppNexus, John Conyers, record label, Royalty payment, Spotify

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Facebook Testing Option To Link Groups, Pages – How It Works

[UPDATED] In an experimental new move, Facebook is testing a new option for its users to link Groups and Pages together. Here we walk through how it works, and how. Continue reading

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Tags: 24/7 service, American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Investigative Reporting, Facebook, List of Facebook features, Military service, Photograph, social media, Support group, United States Marine Corps

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New Leaked Documents Expose Waste, Incompetence At U.S. Copyright Office

Access to new leaked documentation has revealed that Congress may be moving towards disaster for content creators as it progresses with altering how the head of the Copyright Office is. Continue reading

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Tags: ABC News, African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68), American Revolutionary War, Andrew Jackson, Black people, Library of Congress, New York City, Police car, Rayburn House Office Building, White House

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Spotify and Universal Music Ink New Deal That Includes Album Windowing

[UPDATED] Spotify and Universal Music Group have completed a new licensing deal. The music streamer, which is under month to month agreements, must still get Sony, Warner Music and indie. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/04/2017 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: album, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Initial public offering, music industry, record label, Spotify, Twitter, Universal Music Group, YouTube

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Are UMG, Labels Encouraging Spotify’s 50 Million Free Users To Become Pirates? [UPDATED]

[UPDATED] With today's news of a Spotify, Universal Music Group deal that includes two week windows that make some album releases available only to paid subscribers, this article which we. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/04/2017 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: Apple Music, BBC Radio 2, Beauty Behind the Madness, Blood, BTS (band), Def Jam Recordings, Donald Trump, Facebook, Financial Times, Frank Ocean, Initial public offering, record label, Royalty payment, Spotify, Streaming media, Sweat & Tears, Taylor Swift, Universal Music Group, YouTube

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Full Text Of The Spotify, Universal Licensing Announcement

Spotify and Universal Music Group have finalized a new licensing deal that includes for two week album windowing for select releases. Full text of the official announcement:

Bruce Houghton on 04/04/2017 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Artist, Drake (musician), Freemium, Initial public offering, record label, Spotify, Streaming media, Universal Music Group, YouTube

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Pandora And Spotify Diversify, Offer New Features

In what has been a busy month for the music streaming biz, Pandora debuted a new on-demand option, while Spotify began to consider limiting its free tier as it looks. Continue reading

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TouchTunes and PlayNetwork Merge, Acquire El Media Assets

In-venue interactive music platform TouchTune and music and entertainment media provider PlayNetwork today announced an agreement to merge the two companies.

Bruce Houghton on 04/04/2017 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Afrojack, Audio mixing (recorded music), Autumn Reeser, Azmi v Kirklees Metropolitan BC, Beats Electronics, Berlin International Film Festival, Los Angeles, Sivakumar, Television program, Telugu language

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6 Ways To Ensure You’re Leaving Nothing On The (Merch) Table

Although sales of physical music may have declined, there's still plenty of money to be made in the merch department. Here we look at six effective ways of improving traffic. Continue reading

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Tags: Aircraft registration, Amazoncom, American Civil Liberties Union, CD player, CD Projekt, Compact disc, Cyberpunk 2077, Games Role Playing Games, Sales, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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