Live Nation Reports 19% Revenue Growth Q1 2018

Concert giant Live Nation has posted another quarter of strong financial results with revenue of $1.5 billion, an improvement of 19% over last year. However, the company still failed to. Continue reading

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The World Wide Web Of Music Influence [Infographic]

In this unique new info graphic, we look at the world's five most popular all time artists and map out their connections within Wikipedia in order to identify who influenced. Continue reading

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BandLab Acquires, Rebrands DJ Live Streamer Chew.tv

After struggling financially for months,  DJ community and live streamer Chew.tv has been acquired by Singapore based social music creation platform BandLab.  The service will rebrand as "Chew by BandLab."

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RIAA Rebuts Songwriter Moral Rights Critics: ‘We love metadato too!’

We share at the full text of an open letter from the the RIAA to songwriter groups in response to their criticism after the RIAA's filed a letter with the. Continue reading

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10 Women Sound Engineers Changing The Game

Owing to issues of systemic sexism, it can often be difficult for women to break into the 'boys' club' of audio production, despite obvious talent. Here we look at ten. Continue reading

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Universal, Spotify Deal Is Even Bigger Than It Looks [Mark Mulligan]

Yesterday's announcement that Spotify had signed a multi-year licensing deal with UMG is a clearly a big deal, clearing the way for a Spotify IPO.  But it's also much, much. Continue reading

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ASCAP Reports Record $1B Revenue Fueled By 41% Increase In Streaming Income

ASCAP has announced the collection of record-high revenues of $1.059 billion in 2016 and distributed more than $918 million to its songwriter, composer and music publisher members.  Distributions were up 5.6%. Continue reading

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LIve Nation Reports Revenue Growth For 6th Straight Year

When Live Nation (then SFX) began the rollup of disparate and often warring independent promoters to form a concert promotion behemoth, many in the industry thought it was doomed to. Continue reading

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Rightscorp Rings In New Year By Vowing To Find New Ways To Lose Money

Rightscorp, a company with a history of hemorrhaging money with its ill-fated attempts to defeat piracy by means of aggressive letters and robocalls appears to have more money-losing ventures planned for. Continue reading

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