QUICK HITS: Holder Exits BMI For Sony/ATV • Warner Music • Pasquale Rotella • Much More
Music Business News For The Time Deprived Sony/ATV Music Publishing has appointed Ian Holder as Vice President, Creative based in New York. He joins after 10 years at BMI where. Continue reading
Bill Introduced That Will Politicize U.S. Copyright Office
Rep. Bob Goodlatte and U.S. congressional leaders have promised copyright reform; and if a new bill just introduced is any indication, that will mean putting more control in the hands. Continue reading
Music Publishing Update 3.24.17: The Drake Effect
By now you've probably heard–or at least heard about–the momentous latest release from hip-hop artist, Drake, More Life. Drake describes the work not as an album or mixtape, but "a body. Continue reading
Licensing Music For Corporate Events: What To Look Out For
No kind of company gathering or event is complete without some background tunes, regardless of the level of formality, but in order to play copyrighted music in a public space,. Continue reading
Hypercreators Own The Music Industry & You Need To Become One
Here Ryan Kairalla explores the idea of hypercreation, and why musicians should now work to make as much quality music as often as they can in order to achieve success. Continue reading
Sharing Credits In An Age With No Liner Notes
While the onset of the digital age has made many aspects of networking in the music industry easier, it has also made the publicizing of credits that much more challenging, meaning. Continue reading
Indie UK Music Publisher Sentric Adds $3.7M To Fund Int’l Expansion
Liverpool, UK base indie music publisher Sentric Music, has closed a £3m funding round led by the Business Growth Fund (BGF). The new funding will be used to expand internationally,. Continue reading
International Songwriting Competition Announces 2017 Finalists
Organizers for the The International Songwriting Competition have announced the slate of finalists. This year, 355 finalists have been selected from more than 16,000 entries across 23 categories of music genres.. Continue reading
The Fight For A Straight Count: Does Streaming Accounting Costing More Than Royalites
When it comes to tracking and accounting songs and recordings, the systems currently in place are both expensive and complex and the royalties paid out are minuscule, this is leading. Continue reading
