Facebook Kicks Off Anti-Racist Musicians While Trying To Block Racists
Facebook mistakenly kicked a number of anti-racist skinhead/musicians off its platform while attempting to block actual racists. OP-ED by Mike Masnick of Techdirt So, this one brings me back. A. Continue reading
Spotify Stock Rises 28% In Just 9 Days
Shares of Spotify are up 27% in the last 9 trading days. The stock opened Thursday at $245.00. On June 11 the stock traded as low as $178.68. That puts. Continue reading
Music Streaming Subscriptions Market Share Update Q1 2020 [MARK MULLIGAN]
Q1 2020 ended with 400 million music subscribers, up 30% from Q1 2019 with 93 million new net subscribers added, according to a new analysis from MIDiA. By Mark Mulligan. Continue reading
rightsHUB Adds Gracenote, DJ Monitor, BMAT, Soundmouse, Yacast Music Recognition, Jaxsta Integration
rightsHUB has added integrations with major music recognition services to its music rights data and asset management platform that enable users to register songs in a single upload. The integration. Continue reading
Who Owns The MLC Database of Songs?
Those keeping up with copyright will doubtless be aware of the new developments surrounding the Music Modernization Act, and the establishment of blanket licensing, curtesy of the Mechanical Licensing Collective.. Continue reading
Content Creators Should Take A Cue From Artists And Take Back Control
Musicians and other content creators are being taken advantage by big tech, writes Rally co-founder Mahesh Vellanki . Op-ed Mahesh Vellanki, Co-Founder/Head of Growth at Rally Content creators are the. Continue reading
Spotify Preps Video Integration
Spotify is building out a player that could fully integrate video into the platform. The new Video tab was discovered in Spotify’s Now Playing screen, alongside the Album Art and. Continue reading
What Is Tencent’s Music Endgame? [MARK MULLIGAN]
MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan looks at Tencent’s recent $3.8 billion investments in WMG and UMG and what the mean for the music industry. By Mark Mulligan of MIDiA and the. Continue reading
NYU’s Susan Dodes Discusses Music Business, Music Tech College Programs
Music industry veteran Susan Dodes joins Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert on the Music Business Weekly podcast to discuss the various music business and music tech college and degree programs. Continue reading
How Cox Communications’ ‘Customer Safety Team’ Will Cost It $100K Per Song
Cox Communications has been in the hot seat for a while now, and the company’s failure to terminate its customers’ accounts (in violation of the DMCA) will likely end up. Continue reading
