SESAC Nashville Music Awards

SESAC rates for Performance Licenses rise 10.4% through 2026

New SESAC rates for the performance licences of the 10,000 U.S. radio stations under the Radio Music License Committee umbrella have been finalized.

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DistroKid Union

DistroKid Union ramps up allegations: ‘No non-union staff’ laid off

The Union representing DistroKid workers has shared added new details and allegations in its fight with the world’s largest d.i.y. digital music distributor.

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Are TikTok Song IDs accurate

Are TikTok Song IDs accurate? Pex found 20 for every song

Are TikTik Song IDs accurate? Pex examined 141,000 songs on TikTok and found 2.8 million unique Song IDs and over 830 million videos containing these songs.

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How much will TikTok cost Musicians

How much will TikTok cost Musicians with its indie track takedown?

How much will TikTok cost musicians with the looming take down of millions of tracks on independent labels?

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Join The Discussion On Hypebot: We want to hear from you!

Join the discussion on Hypebot. The Comments section is open, and we want to hear from you!

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TikTok indie track takedown

As TikTok indie track takedown looms, IMPALA calls for negotiations

With millions of independent tracks scheduled to be taken off TikTok, an open letter from European indie music trade group IMPALA calls for an end to “strong-arm tactics” and return to the negotiating table.

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Meddling offers free A&R listing service to ‘democratize A&R’

For more than 10 years Meddling has provided data tools for A&R professionals. Now the company is launching a free A&R listing service for artist signings and label departures.

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social media 80/20 rule

Mastering the Social Media 80/20 Rule: Engage and Promote

The social media 80/20 rule is deceptively simple: 80% of your posts should be engaging content and 20% should be promotional content. Put another way, if you want to keep fans engaged, no more than 20% of posts should “sell.”

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Your Morning Coffee Podcast

Your Morning Coffee Podcast: TikTok promo & indie battle • Vinyl sales • fake albums on Spotify • Meddling • More

Episode 219 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now. LISTEN HERE.

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Bands that split royalty income evenly are more successful

On a week when 2 Live Crew fought and won back their rights and royalties, this week’s Hypebot Flashback Friday revisits a study by Stanford University that shows that bands that split royalty income evenly are more successful.

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