Full list of Rock Hall of Fame inductees: Dolly Parton, Eminem, more
Dolly Parton didn’t get her wish and will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame along with Eminem, Duran Duran, Pat Benatar, Lionel Richie, and others. Five. Continue reading
Record labels’ 7 year law may be coming to an end
Record labels can currently keep artists signed for up to 7 years even when they are not allowing them, to release recoirds,. However, that may be changing soon… by Bobby. Continue reading
Your Morning Coffee Podcast #88: Congress takes on Spotify Discovery • Why so few hits? • Latin Music explodes • more
Episode #88 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business podcast is live. Episode #88 On this weeks edition of the YMC. Continue reading
Discord, Reddit are music industry’s next targets
Discord are Reddit are the newest targets in music industry’s ongoing battle against piracy and copyright infringement. Recent industry actions against YouTube ripping sites have resulted in court awarded damages. Continue reading
Ed Sheeran reacts to Shape Of You court win: ‘There’s only so many notes’ [VIDEO]
Ed Sheeran has won a long court battle over a plagiarism accusation regarding his hit single Shape of You. After the victory Sheeran posted a video on Instagram explaining the toll. Continue reading
Vinyl sales continue to increase despite supply problems
Vinyl sales are continuing their dramatic upward trend despite ongoing manufacturing and supply issues. Last week’s vinyl sales topped 700K up 1.4% over the same week last year, reports Making. Continue reading
Independent vs. Major labels: Who is growing faster?
You may feel confident in your answer to this question, but if you keep reading you’ll find something that may surprise you. by Mark Mulligan of MIDiA from The Music. Continue reading
Music engagement and spending hit record highs driven led by streaming, vinyl, social video [MusicWatch]
Music engagement and spending are at record levels as more US consumers embrace music subscriptions and explore music in a more diverse way than ever, according to the latest consumer. Continue reading
Downtown Music to invest $200M independent artists and music businesses
Downtown Music has recently launched a fund of $200 million dollars to support independent artists and businesses in the music industry. from Celebrity Access. Music services provider Downtown Music Holdings. Continue reading
Indie Spotlight: The Orchard
The Orchard celebrates 25 years! beginning as “a place to grow” to becoming the world’s leading music distributor and artist & label services company. From The Orchard via A2IM. Planting. Continue reading
WMG joins Sony, UMG, Spotify others in Russia shutdown [Full Statement]
This morning Warner Music Group became the last of the major label groups to suspend operations in Russia. Here is the full official WMG statement: Warner Music Group is suspending. Continue reading
