Copyright Royalty Board Ups Songwriter Royalties 44%, Coalition Bids To Oversea Mechanical Licensing
The US Copyright Royalty Board published the final rates and terms for mechanical royalties for songwriters to the Federal Register on Tuesday, making them official more than a year after. Continue reading
Fair Pay, Fair Fight: For Musician Radio Royalties, Will The Circle Be Unbroken?
After the struggle of getting the Music Modernization Act passed and allegedly gave pre-1972 artists the royalties they finally deserved, a new merger between Sirius and Pandora by their hold-tightening. Continue reading
Marshmello Fortnite Bump: 40M YouTube Views In 2 Days
In addition to the 10 million plus fans who watched Marshmello's two 10 minute DJ sets on Fornite this weekend were hundreds of thousands of fans tuning into dozens of. Continue reading
Why Musicians Should Think More B2B, Less About B2C
In this piece, Bobby Owsinski explains why, in the new music economy, artists need to think more about Business to Business transactions instead of just focusing on Business to Consumer. Continue reading
Musicians File Class Action Suit Against UMG And Sony To Reclaim Copyrights
Five musicians filed class action lawsuits against Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group earlier this week in an attempt to recapture ownership to the copyrights of their hit songs. Continue reading
This Infographic Tells Story Of Spotify’s Strong Q4
Even as news was breaking that Spotify had acquired major podcasters Gimlet Media and Anchor to further its mission as an "audio-first" company, the streamer also reported a solid Q4. Continue reading
Spotify Reports 207M Users, 97M Paid, Strong Q4 Financials
[UPDATE 2] Spotify announced that it now had 207 million active monthly users, as part of a quarterly financial report released on Wednesday morning. Spotify outperformed analysts financial expectations, notching. Continue reading
Spotify Acquires Podcasters Gimlet, Anchor To Create ‘Audio-First’ Streaming Service
Spotify has acquired two giants in podcasting, Gimlet Media and Anchor. "Gimlet and Anchor will position us to become the leading platform for podcast creators around the world and the. Continue reading
This Week’s YouTube Music Charts: Ozuna, Marshmello, Imagine Dragons and More
“Taki Taki” hits 1B views on this week's YouTube Music Chart, making Ozuna the artist with the most videos over 1B views. Marshmello hosted a gaming livestream for 40M viewers,. Continue reading
