Federal Regulators Eye Spotify Direct Stock Listing Plan
Spotify's plans to skip a traditional initial public offering is reportedly facing scrutiny by federal regulators. According to a report in Bloomberg, senior Spotify executives met with U.S. Securities and. Continue reading
THU. BRIEF: Swift’s ‘Reputation’ Revealed • Max Martin Makes Mucho Money • Musical.ly Makeover • Much More
Thursday 8.24.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Max Martin is now a one man Tin Pan Alley. His brand is worth almost as much as his creative output.. Continue reading
Diggers Factory Brings Community To Indie Vinyl Pre-Sales
Diggers Factory founder Alexis Castiel takes us behind the scenes of his crowdfunding styled vinyl pre-order and production service designed to keep artists from wasting money on vinyl production. In. Continue reading
Pirate Bay Ordered To Pay Labels A Paltry $477,000
Despite being an early target of multiple lawsuits brought my several labels and music trade groups, torrent tracker Pirate bay is still operating and helping to enable music and media. Continue reading
Did Technology Kill Your Local Music Scene?
The internet forever changed how we consume and create music as individuals… but what about as groups? Anyone from the pre-internet music era will surely tell you stories of how particular. Continue reading
Early Music Marketing Tips For Indie Artists
Here Janelle Rogers offers up several out of the box tips on successful marketing for indie artists, looking at how to build and maintain relationships with fans both online and. Continue reading
7 Key Clauses In An Artist Management Agreement
The relationship between an artist and their manager is one of the most important in the music business, and it's critical that both artist and manager are on the same. Continue reading
Ticketmaster Sued After Allegedly Sabotaging Tour
The promoter behind a popular '90s legacy act package show is suing Ticketmaster, claiming the ticketing giant damaged the tour's ticket sales by only showing customers the highest priced tickets. Continue reading
Music And The Power Of Public Sector Radio
It's National Radio week and this great piece from Berklee's Music Business Journal delves into music's lengthy and ongoing relationship with public sector radio both in the US and elsewhere,. Continue reading
Pandora Top Spins Cardi B Shakes Largely Male Top 10 With ‘Bodak Yellow’
Pandora is seeing plenty of shakes up these days, with a new rapper from Atlanta making a splashy debut, two fresh faces hitting the country scene, and female rapper Cardi. Continue reading
AM BRIEF: ReDigi MP3 Resale Lawsuit • DotBlockchain Releases New Tech • Sony Signs with Dubset To Monetize Remixes • More
Wednesday 8.30.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Is the resale of an MP3 legal? If it were, with blockchain everyone could actually get paid… Updated continuously under our More. Continue reading
