Warner Music, Facebook Finalize Licensing Partnership

Warner Music Group (WMG) and Facebook have announced licensing agreements covering the company’s recorded music and music publishing catalogs for use in videos and messages.

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Writing About Music Sucks, But You Should Do It Anyway

While bemoaning the challenges and downsides of writing about music as a career, Erica Hawkins here explains why it remains important and valuable to do so anyways.

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Fyre Fest Promoter Pleads Guilty, Faces Decade In Jail

Billy McFarland, the promoter behind the spectacularly failed Fyre Festival, has pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud. A contrite McFarland conceded that he had defrauded 80 investors and. Continue reading

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Live Nation Revives Popular 4 Shows / $69 Ticket Bundle

Live Nation has brought back its popular Ticket to Rock program for the third year with exclusive ticket bundles that include Avenged Sevenfold with Prophets of Rage, Five Finger Death Punch & Breaking. Continue reading

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Bon Iver Manager Kyle Frenette Is Running For Congress

Veteran artist manager Kyle Frenette, who has spent most of his professional life guiding the careers of his clients such as Justin Vernon and his band Bon Iver, is running for. Continue reading

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Washington State Laughs In The Face Of FCC Attempt To Prevent States From Protecting Net Neutrality

Although the FCC recently repealed net neutrality on a national level, states are taking matters into the own hands, and while incumbent ISPs and the FCC are doing their best. Continue reading

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FRI. BRIEF: SXSW Final Lineup • Google Search Adds Musicians’ Posts • Spotify Launches Amplify Hub• More

FRIDAY 3.9.1​8​ Music Business News From Around The Web  Updated continuously under our More News tab

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Americans Listen To 200 Billion Minutes Of Audio Weekly

A new set of data from Nielsen has revealed that the average US dweller is listening to a massive amount of audio on weekly basis, although not all of it. Continue reading

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Kobalt Invests $150M In AWAL To Help ‘Thousands Of Emerging Artists’

[UPDATED] Kobalt announced today that it is investing $150 million in its AWAL independent artist and label services division to better serve its growing roster. Kobalt is also combining all of its. Continue reading

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Spotify, Google, Amazon ‘Can’t Find’ Neville Brothers, Other NOLA Songwriters

"Address Unknown" Notices Of Intent has been a problem in the music industry for some time, with music streamers and big tech companies dodging royalty payments in over sixty million. Continue reading

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