Court Reveals New Details Of Coachella’s Controversial Radius Clause

Court filings in the legal battle between Coachella and the promoters of Oregon's Soul’D Out Festival share new details of the controversial radius clause which dictates where artists can perform. Continue reading

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Sign Petition To End Sexual Harassment At Music Fests

A new petition, hosted by Care2, is aiming to change the overall culture of music festivals by eradicating sexual assault and harassment.

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LiveXLive To Live Stream Major AEG Festivals

LiveXLive has expanded its partnership with concert promoter AEG to add two music festivals to its slate of live music programming – Global Dance Festival, July 20-21 in Denver and Decadence NYE. Continue reading

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Promoter Sues Coachella Over 1300 Mile Radius Clause, Goldenvoice AEG Responds

Goldenvoice has been hit with a lawsuit from a promoter in Oregon that claims the company uses “monopolistic practices” to keep artists from playing the promoter’s festival if they play. Continue reading

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Co-Founders Case Against TuneCore To Move Forward, says Judge

A case brought by two co-founders of TuneCore against the indie digital music distributor has merit and will moved forward, a U.S. District Court ruled late last week. The plaintiffs. Continue reading

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Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Why Music Careers Fail • EPK• Karoke To Relieve Stress • More

MusicThinkTank this week shared articles on why so many music careers fail, why artists must have an EPK, how singing can relieve stress, plus more.

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

In this final re-visitation of a full seven days of music industry news, Ed Sheeran's 'Divide' smashes records, music streamers are paying less to licensing orgs, Jimmy Buffet over extends. Continue reading

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Billboard Acquires Spin, Vibe and Stereogum, Azoff and Leiweke’s Oak View Buys Venues Today

[UPDATED] Two big music media deals close out 2016. Hollywood Reporter and Billboard Media Group have acquired SpinMedia’s music assets Spin, Vibe and Stereogum and Irving Azoff and Tim Leiweke's. Continue reading

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Ray Wadell Exits Billboard After 30 Years, But He’s Not Retiring

Long time Billboard writer, Ray Waddell is leaving the trade magazine to work with Tim Leiweke and Irving Azoff at their recently launched Oak View Group. Wadell has covered live touring. Continue reading

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MON. BRIEF: SFX Names Board • Drake Smashes More Records • HURDL • Record Bird • More

Monday 11.8.16 Music Business News From Around The Web SFX: Can Randy Phillips create a real company out of the hot mess that Robert Sillerman created?  Updated continuously under our More. Continue reading

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