Spotify Is Reinterpreting The Meaning Of Corporate Royalty [Op-Ed]
In a recent move, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek caused the streaming platform to grant him and his co-founder supervoting stock, giving them the ability to block the votes of the. Continue reading
How City Winery Music Venues Are Working To Reopen Safely [VIDEO]
City Winery operates premier intimate music venues in seven cities across the country and like all live venues they’ve been hit hard by the coronavirus shutdown. But now, City Winery. Continue reading
MTV Video Music Awards Live At NYC Arena In August Despite Coronavirus Concerns
The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards will take place this summer despite Coronavirus concerns The VMAs are scheduled for August 30th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. New. Continue reading
Alessia Cara, Shawn Mendes Top Juno Award Winners [FULL LIST]
Canadian Alessia Cara took top honors at the Juno Awards this week with her 2019 release “The Pains of Growing” winning the award for album of the year. The multi-platinum. Continue reading
BLACKPINK Sets YouTube Video Debut Records
BLACKPINK’s YouTube video premiere of ‘How You Like That’ M/V on June 26th broke two records on the streaming channel. ‘How You Like That’ M/V set an all-time record for. Continue reading
Dixie Chicks Drop The Dixie
The Dixie Chicks have changed their to just The Chicks. “We want to meet this moment,” reads a message signed by members Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines and Emily Strayer. The. Continue reading
French Rights Society SACEM Anticipates 25% Drop in 2020 Collections
Much like the rest of the music industry, French rights society SACEM is staring down a 25% dip in their 2020 collections as a result of lockdown. Here CEO Jean-Noël. Continue reading
UMG’s Spinnup Expands DIY Music Distribution, A&R To Japan
UMG has expanded its DIY music distribution service Spinnup to Japan. In addition to an array of Tunecore like features, Spinup promises to put artists “in front of the biggest. Continue reading
rightsHUB Adds Gracenote, DJ Monitor, BMAT, Soundmouse, Yacast Music Recognition, Jaxsta Integration
rightsHUB has added integrations with major music recognition services to its music rights data and asset management platform that enable users to register songs in a single upload. The integration. Continue reading
Kurt Cobain MTV Unplugged Guitar Sells For $6M, Michael Jackson Glove Earns Just $430K
A guitar used by Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain drew an eye-popping $6 million at auction. Cobain used the guitar, a 1959 Martin D-18E, during Nirvana’s famed 1993 “MTV Unplugged” performance just. Continue reading
