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A new installment of Hypebot's compendium of music industry deals, appointments, announcements and more.  If you don't read about it on Hyepbot, did it really happen?

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Warner/Chappell Music Named ASCAP Publisher Of The Year 2016

Warner/Chappell Music has been named ASCAP's Music Publisher of the Year 2016, it was announced at last night’s 33rd annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards.

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Led Zeppelin Could End “Stairway To Heaven” Lawsuit For $1

Led Zeppelin are facing a jury trial for alleged copyright infringement of their seminal hit "Stairway to Heaven." A District Court Judge has ruled that the hit was similar enough to. Continue reading

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This Startup Used A Chatbot To Sell $1M In Vinyl Records In 8 Months, Scores $3.5M Investment

Chatbots – "a computer program designed to simulate conversation with human users, especially over the Internet" – are all the rage in tech circles.  Mark Zuckerberg says they'll transform Facebook,. Continue reading

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PRINCE, An Artist Who Controlled Every Aspect Of His Music And Career, LEFT NO WILL

Prince famously controlled of every aspect of his music and career. But his legacy may be left to warring relatives and the courts.  That's the almost inevitable result of news that. Continue reading

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Inside The Taylor Swift Anti-Piracy Battle: Regulatory Filing Reveals UMG’s Massive Effort To Block Pirates

Few musicians or labels are fans of music piracy. But with Taylor Swift's decision to keep her music anticipated album '1989' off streaming music services, UMG, her label's distributor, became. Continue reading

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Prince Sells 3 Million Tracks, 650K Albums In Just 4 Days

In the 4 day period April 21-24, following Prince's untimely passing, he sold 654,861 albums and had track sales of more than 3 million, according to new stats from Buzz Angle. Continue reading

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Prince’s “The Very Best Of” Tops U.S. Chart This Week

The Very Best of Prince is the #1 album in the U.S. this week (April 15 – 21, 2016) with over 121,000 album project units, according to BuzzAngle Music. The number. Continue reading

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Remember This? Prince’s Warner Bros Deal Precipitated Ripple Effect Of Copyright Terminations

Years ago, Prince negotiated with Warner Brothers to regain control of his catalog of music. While among the first to do so, many artists from 1978 onward have the option to renegotiate their contracts,. Continue reading

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Beyoncé Releases Surprise Album ‘Lemonade’ Will Stream Exclusively On TIDAL Forever

[UPDATE 2] Saturday night Beyoncé became the latest superstar TIDAL artist-owner to release their new album exclusively on the platform, following Kanye West and Rhianna. The much anticipated 12 track album,. Continue reading

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