Apple Used Luxembourg To Dodge Taxes On Billions In iTunes Revenue
Two-thirds of the money Apple’s iTunes collects outside of North America is being funneled through iTunes Sàrla, a Luxembourg holding company that is charhed no tax thanks to special agreement signed. Continue reading
audiomachine: Remixed Now Available on CD Baby
audiomachine, a boutique motion picture advertising music production collective, was approached by demanding consumers to release their fan-proclaimed "epic" trailer music commercially, and as a result, audiomachine: Remixed happened. To add. Continue reading
The New Bandcamp Subscription Feature And Why It Won’t Work [Bobby Owsinski]
By Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 Indie music aggregator Bandcamp recently launched a new feature that enables fans to subscribe to its artists for a fixed amount per year (like the $32. Continue reading
The Taylor Swift Factor
Social media has become as ubiquitous as radio play and touring when it comes to an artist making themselves known to the public. However there is a certain finesse that. Continue reading
Insurance Companies Fight To Avoid $12.7M Rolling Stones Payout After L’Wren Scott Suicide
Insurance underwriters are seeking information about the mental state of Mich Jagger's girlfriend L'Wren Scott before she took her life earlier this year. Scott's suicide derailed a tour of Australia and. Continue reading
$2 Billion and Counting: Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Speaks Out On Taylor Swift, 3 Big Myths & More
By Spotify CEO Daniel Ek. Taylor Swift is absolutely right: music is art, art has real value, and artists deserve to be paid for it. We started Spotify because we love. Continue reading
Countdown to SF Music Tech – We’ll See You There!
The SF Music Tech Summit is upon us and we couldn't be more thrilled to be back! Tomorrow's conference is loaded with expertly curated info-sessions and panel discussions led and/or moderated. Continue reading
Universal Music Takes Down Fun Mashup Of Taylor Swift’s ‘Shake It Off’ And A 1989 Aerobics Video
[UPDATED] This article originally appeared on TechDirt.com Last year, when Daft Punk released it's super popular single "Get Lucky" the first time I actually heard it was when someone I. Continue reading