Send A Message To Congress – Join The Copyright Alliance’s ‘Take Action Now’ Campaign

On Wednesday afternoon the Songwriters Equity Act was reintroduced to congress with bipartisan support. The bill, if passed, would amend sections 114 and 115 of the Copyright Act to ensure. Continue reading

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Is A Single Global Release Day The Right Thing For Every Artist?

In a long awaited move that signals the globalization of the music industry, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) recently announced an international alignment to release new music on a. Continue reading

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Google Begins Breaking Up Google+

There were a lot of big hopes for Google+ as a rival to Facebook when it was launched in 2011, but the social network has never quite lived up to the hype surrounding it.

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Apple To Relaunch Beats Music In June With No Free Tier, Lower Price

Ever since Apple acquired Beats for $3.2 billion, we've been waiting to see what they'd do with their music streaming purchase. There have been hints and leaks, but it now. Continue reading

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Dear Bands, Why Are You Still Making It So Hard To Buy Your Music?

The fact that album sales are on the steady decline is old news, but a newer, slightly shocking phenomenon is that bands are STILL making it difficult the buy their. Continue reading

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Blurred Lines Trial Offers Rare Glimpse At The Bottom Line

A verdict is the expected today in the "Blurred Lines" trial, which pits the Marvin Gaye family vs. Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams and offered a glimpse of just how much money is generated. Continue reading

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FRI. NEWS BRIEF: Beats iTunes June Relaunch, Why MySpace Failed, Spotify + Indies, Shazam & More

Friday 3.6.2015 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web Updated continuously under our More News tab. CLICK HERE 

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Instagram Projected To Exceed 100 Million US Users By 2018

Instagram showed tremendous growth in 2014, ultimately edging out Twitter to claim it's place as the second-largest social network in the US. eMarketer has just released a forecast for Instagram. Continue reading

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Songwriter Equity Act Makes It’s Way Back To Congress

The Songwriter Equity Act returned to Congress yesterday afternoon. While an identical bill proposed last year was unsuccessful, there is an increased level of optimism surrounding it's reappearance. 

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Does Music Subscriber Growth Cripple Profitability?

With streaming services pushing the paid subscription model, profit for those company's should be growing – but not only are the streaming music giants not making money, they're losing it. Who is to blame?

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