Ten Music Business Hopes And Predictions For 2016
While the volatile nature of the music industry makes it difficult to know for sure what the coming year will bring, there's certain plenty to hope for, and some indications from the. Continue reading
2nd Class Status For Indie Music Avoided As Pandora, Webcasters Told To Pay Same Rates As Majors, A2IM Responds
[UPDATED] A recent question from the Copyright Royalty Board the the U.S. Register Of Copyrights sent shock waves through the independent music community. Could webacasters pay major and indie labels. Continue reading
Deadlines For Record Store Day 2016
Record Store Day is arguably the most important day on the indie music calendar. Participation is a part of many music marketing plans; and the deadlines and dues dates have just been announced. Here. Continue reading
TuneCore Reports 90% Streaming and Download Growth, But Just 6.3% Rise in Payments To Artists
D.I.Y. digital distributor TuneCore announced today that is artists had a collective 3.6 billion downloads and streams in the last 3 months. That resulted in 90% increase versus the same. Continue reading
Victory Records Is Back On Spotfy
After a much publicized spat over unpaid royalties which led to the entire Victory Records catalog being removed from Spotify, the indie label is back on the music streamer. No. Continue reading
Global Digital Music Distributor ONErpm Adds Free Analytics, Logs 30% Month-On-Month 2015 Streaming Growth
[UPDATED] Increasingly, analytics are driving music industry decision making. But access to good data does not come easily. So global distributor ONErpm has built a one of a kind analytics dashboard. Continue reading