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
WMG joins $14.5M LifeScore AI music funding round
AI music tech company LifeScore has raised an additional $14.5 million in funding, LifeScore creates adaptive music on demand that is algorithmically tailored to the context of the listener’s mood. Continue reading
Warner, Universal Music join Sony in cancelling unrecouped advances for legacy artists
“[We’ve] announced a legacy unrecouped advances program where, for our artists and songwriters who signed to us before 2000 and didn’t receive an advance during or after 2000, we won’t. Continue reading
MORE MUSIC NEWS: WMG, UMG wipe unrecouped balances • Sony Music revenue rises 24% • Rock Hall noms • Opulous defends • more
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Removing music from Spotify cost Neil Young and WMG 60% of his streaming income
Spotify removed virtually all of Neil Young’s music late Wednesday after he wrote in protest of Spotify exclusive podcaster Joe Rogan’s false statements about the Covid-19 vaccine. “They can have. Continue reading
Spotify to remove Neil Young’s music today
Spotify has confirmed that it will remove Neil Young’s music from its platform after Young wrote in protest of Spotify podcaster Joe Rogan’s false statements about the Covid-19 vaccine. “They. Continue reading
Neil Young wants his music pulled unless Spotify bans Joe Rogan’s vaccine misinformation
“They can have (Joe) Rogan or Young,” Neil Young wrote in a since deleted letter to his manager, an executive at his label Warner Music and Spotify. “Not both.” “I. Continue reading
YOUR MORNING COFFEE PODCAST: Music industry innovation • payola allegations • the CD revival • more
Episode #76 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast “Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business” is now live. Episode #76 On this latest episode of the. Continue reading
Taylor Swift named Record Store Day Ambassador 2022
Record Store day has bestowed the Ambassadorial sash to its April 23rd, 2022 edition to Taylor Swift. “I’m very proud to be this year’s Global Ambassador for Record Store Day.. Continue reading
