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Why Gen Z is crucial to the music industry

Besides being the new wave of young adults, when it comes to media Gen Z is like no other generation before them. Here’s why artists should keep them in mind…..

Alana Bonilla on 04/03/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Television is tanking, but Radio is reinventing

The future of visual entertainment is looking bleak as TV gets more expensive, less accessible, and just plain less entertaining. Radio faces no such detriments, and continues to succeed.

Why? How?…..

Alana Bonilla on 04/03/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj, Pearl Jam & 200 Artists call on AI, tech companies to respect Artists’ Rights

More than 200 musicians, ranging from Billie Eilish and Katy Perry to Elvis Costello and Smokey Robinson, have signed an open letter that, rather than calling for government action, encourages the AI, tech, and music industries to develop tools that respect creators’ rights…..

Bruce Houghton on 04/02/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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UMG and Spotify announce vague expansion of promotional partnership

Universal Music Group and Spotify announced a short-on-details expansion of their strategic relationship to expand music discovery, social interaction, and the overall ‘fan experience’ for UMG artists on the streaming. Continue reading

Alana Bonilla on 04/02/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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3 Music Tech Hot Takes: UMG vs TikTok • Music AI • Business of Fandom [Dmitri Vietze]

Dmitri Vietze of Rock Paper Scissors and Music Tectonics dives into three major music tech topics and their impact on the entire music ecosystem. by DMITRI VIETZE of Rock Paper. Continue reading

Alana Bonilla on 04/01/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Your Morning Coffee Podcast

Your Morning Coffee Podcast: an AI Music Listening Party • $0.00173 per stream • RIAA Report takeaways • More

Episode 190 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now…….

Bruce Houghton on 04/01/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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TOP POSTS: Last week’s most-read posts on Hypebot

Catch up on what everybody has been talking about with last week’s most-read posts. We’ve got topics ranging from checks from BMI, music venues in crisis, a great new Tidal feature, and more…..

Alana Bonilla on 04/01/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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REWIND: The new music industry’s week in review

It was a busy week by any definition; the music industry was no exception, including new stats on TikTok, the UK’s solution to the music venue crisis, Tracy Chan’s new job, and more…..

Alana Bonilla on 03/30/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Artists get their share of $1.7 BMI sale: ‘The music crime of the century’

When BMI sold to New Mountain Capital earlier this year for a reported $1.7 billion, the performing rights organization promised its former songwriter and publisher shareholders $100 million in payments…..

Bruce Houghton on 03/29/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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How Britain is leading a new Riot Grrrl Movement in 2024

More than 30 years after Kathleen Hanna and company revolutionized the concept of women in rock, a new breed of loud and proud feminists from across the pond are determined. Continue reading

Alana Bonilla on 03/29/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Celebrate and support these 7 independent women-owned record labels

In celebration of International Women’s Month, we’ve spotlighted 12 Impressive Women Who Give Back to the Music Industry and five bands that empower like Riot Grrrl. So it’s only fitting that this week’s Hypebot Flashback Friday resurfaces a post celebrating seven women-owned indie record labels…..

Bruce Houghton on 03/29/2024 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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