THU. BRIEF: Spotify Wrapped 2018 • BMG Splits Exec Team, Katz Exits • New Soundcloud Music Chief • More

THURSDAY 12.6.18 Music Business News From Around The Web Updated continuously under the More News tab

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A2IM Sets Indie Week 2019 Dates, Opens Libera Nominations

Independent music trade group A2IM announced that their 2019 Indie Week will take place on June 17-20 at The New York Law School.  Nominations for the indie music Libera Awards are also. Continue reading

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Radio’s Best Defense Against The Future

As time continues its relentless march onward, a legacy industry like radio must do everything it can to embracing emerging tech and dive headlong into the future.

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SXSW 2019 Badge Price Goes Up In 2 Days

A reminder that the price of a badge to one or all of the SXSW 2019 conferences goes up at 11:59 PT on December 7.  Register now to save.

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How Create Music Group Located $60M In Unclaimed Revenue For Artists, Labels In Three Years

Here Dana Feldman looks at how Los Angeles-based company Create Music Group has been able able to impact the online streaming economy in artists' favor by tracking down $60 million. Continue reading

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Move Over Majors, Indies Grab 39.9% Label Market Share

A new Worldwide Independent Market report prepared by MIDiA for indie music trade group WIN shows impressive growth in the global independent music sector. Indie revenue grew 11.3% in 2017. Continue reading

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Spotify’s 5 Most Coveted Playlists 2018

Playlists are the new radio for many music fans, making the right playlist placement a coveted "get" for any artist or label. Alongside their 2018 top artists, songs and albums,. Continue reading

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Business Of Indie: Indie Revenue Grows • A2IM Sets Indie Week • Insomniac Adds Label Services • More

In this edition of The Business Of Indie, a new MIDiA and WIN report shows strong growth in the indie sector, A2iM sets dates for Indie Week, and Insomniac expands its label. Continue reading

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Why Bundle Music?

In this piece the people at Single Music why artists should more often bundle content, both physical and digital, and how marketing combinations of merchandise enables them to better connect. Continue reading

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10 Low Cost Promo Ideas Every Artist Needs To Know

As a musician, promoting your music can often seem prohibitively expensive, particularly if you're just getting started out. While this is certainly true in some cases, not every promotional technique. Continue reading

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Behind Mark Erelli’s All-Star Americana Collaboration [INTERVIEW]

In this interview, Chris Robley sat down to chat with somewhat under-the-radar independent folksinger Mark Erelli about his recent all-star collaboration, songwriting, music revenue and laundry.

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