Wall Street Rewards Live Nation VEEPS Acquisition [NYSE: LYV]
This week Live Nation acquired a majority stake in live concert streaming platform VEEPS and while the concert giant’s growth plans for the platform are unclear, Wall Street has rewarded. Continue reading
Clubhouse: Everything You Need To Know
Clubhouse it the latest invite-only app to rock the the world of social media, and the music industry in particular. Here’s everything you need to about new phenomenon. Guest post. Continue reading
L’il Wayne, Kodak Black Get Trump Clemency, White House Tries To Explain Why
Two rappers have received clemency from outgoing President Trump for previous gun charges. The White House has announced that outgoing President Donald Trump granted a pardon to rapper Lil Wayne. Continue reading
Music Has An Attention Dependency [Mark Mulligan]
“Every minute gained is at someone’s expense,” writes top MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan on the challenges and effects of attention dependency on music and the music industry. The attention economy. Continue reading
When Will The New Mechanical Licensing Collective Pay Me?
The Mechanical Licensing Collective is now essentially the sole mechanical licensing/royalty go-between in the US, and artists are wondering when and how the MLC plans to pay them. Guest post. Continue reading
SiriusXM Takes $1B Pandora Hit Due To ‘Royalty Cost Structure’
SiriusXM added 909,000 new subscribers last year, bringing their total monthly self-pay subscriber base to a record of 30.9 million at the end of 2020. Subs beat SiriusXM’s guidance for. Continue reading
Your Morning Coffee Podcast #23: Spotify Playlist Curation, Catalogs Sales, Music On TikTok & More
Episode #23 of the “Your Morning Coffee: Weekly Music News for the New Music Business” podcast with Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart is live. Episode #23 Highlights On a new episode. Continue reading
NAMM ‘Believe In Music’ Virtual Gathering Begins
Virtual NAMM, the online substitute for the popular annual trade show will run through this Friday, January 22nd “to unify and support the people who bring music to the world.”. Continue reading
Gaming Growth Is Good For Music Too
It may not come as a surprise that gaming has seen an impressive level of growth during the pandemic, expanding by virtually every metric. Given the close relationship between gaming. Continue reading
Imran Ahmed Launches A New Kind Of Music Company
A Spotify profile of music industry entrepreneur Imran Ahmed, who successfully worked at the NME, BBC, and XL Recording before relocating to Los Angeles to create and launch a new. Continue reading
