CHANGES @ Sony • PledgeMusic • UMG • UMPG • Atlas Music • Capital Records • T.J. Martell Foundation

Hannah Dudley has joined Sony Music Nashville as Director of Marketing. Previously, Dudley was at Dream Big Entertainment Group and did stints at East West Records/Rhino/Label Services, Parlophone and Virgin Records UK.

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WMG’s ADA Inks BMG For Global Distribution

Remember when BMG sold its mega-share of Sony BMG vowing to exit the recorded music business. In the last 2 years, they’ve re-entered the record marketplace via acquisitions and creative. Continue reading

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Former Exec Pleads Guilty To Embezzling $1.3 Million From Warner Music Group

We've been covering this story since 2014, and now its finally come to a end. Former Warner Music executive and Obama fundraiser Danielle Smith has pleaded guilty to embezzling more. Continue reading

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Analyst Mark Mulligan Dives Into IFPI’s Global Music Report 2016 And Surfaces Several Surprising Takeaways

Yesterday the IFPI released its Global Music Report 2016 show the first real growth for the music industry in 20 years driven largely by explosive growth in streaming. Here top. Continue reading

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Global Music Revenue Up 3.2% As Digital Passes Physical, Streaming Explodes – IFPI Global Music Report 2016

After 20 years of almost constant decline, global music industry revenue was up 3.2% last year, according to a report released today by the trade association IFPI.  Leading the shift. Continue reading

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State Of The Music Industry By The Numbers [CHART]

The IFPI released their Global Music Music Report 2016 today. In addition to showing the first industry growth in 20 years and the explosion of streaming, it also contains some. Continue reading

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UPDATE: 85 Million Streams (50M On Spotify) Push Kayne West’s “Life Of Pablo” To #1

Kayne West's Life of Pablo took the top spot of the BuzzAngle album chart last week with over 82,000 album project units.  It accumulated 85M streams, meaning 70% of consumption came from streaming,. Continue reading

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Major Labels Ratchet Up Anti-YouTube Rhetoric As The Begin Difficult Renegotiations

The RIAA and the labels it represents have been ratcheting up their anti-YouTube rhetoric, calling out the popular service for paying “meager” royalties. Never mind that these same labels where. Continue reading

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9 New Rules For Success In The Modern Music Industry

As the music business continues to shift and transform as it has for the past decade, the rules which govern how artists and industry entrepreneurs measure achievement and success must also. Continue reading

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How To Send A Takedown Notice To Google (In 46 Easy Steps!)

In this detailed, step-by-step account, entertainment attorney Stephen Carlisle walks us through the arduous and complex process of sending a DMCA related takedown notice to Google 

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