Warner Music Group Partners With dotBlockchain To Modernize Content Management
dotBlockchain Media has scored its first major label and music publisher partnership with Warner Music Group. Warner Chappell publishing and WMG labels will work with the startup to create new ways to. Continue reading
Music Supervision and Sync Roundup: Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Metallica and More
Thanks to awards season and a plethora of new productions, the wold of music synch fro Marvelous Mrs. Maisel to Metallica and beyond is in overdrive this week. as Emma Griffiths . Continue reading
What Artists Get Paid By Spotify Direct Deal
Spotify has recently begun not only allowing artists to directly upload their content to the streaming service, but also cutting directly deals with artists. Here we take a closer look. Continue reading
Ricky Nelson Estate Sues Sony and It Could Mean More Money For Every Artist Ever Signed To A Label
The estate of 1950s teen idol Rick Nelson has filed a class action lawsuit against Sony Music Entertainment. The suit, which was filed in U.S. District Court in New York on. Continue reading
Industry Reacts To Music Modernization Act House Passage: SoundExchange, BMI, NMPA, More
The "Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act” passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday night and is on its way to the President for a final signature. Widely. Continue reading
Classical Music Streamer IDAGiO Raises $11.7M, Launches in North America
Classical music focused streaming service IDAGIO is now available in North America. The Berlin based startup also announced that it has secured a funding round of 10 million EU ($11.7M. Continue reading
What Will Spotify Direct Distribution Pay Artists? Less Than The Labels Get
Spotify opened the floodgates last week with a commitment to allow all artists to upload music to the streamer with no fees or commissions. But a look inside the offering. Continue reading
UMG Partners With 7digital
UPDATE: The UK's City AM reported that Universal Music Group has entered into an agreement with streaming and download tech provider 7digital to launch streaming, download and merchandise portals for. Continue reading
Passage Of Music Modernization Act Averts Artist Boycott Of Sirius XM
Yesterday the Music Modernization Act, a massive overhaul of the US copyright system, unanimously passed the Senate, and while good news for the music industry as a whole, one entity. Continue reading
eMusic Payment Problems Continue, More Labels Exit
More labels and distributors are pulling and keeping their music off the eMusic download store over late or non-payments. In July, we reported that Sony owned indie distributor The Orchard. Continue reading
