Using Merch Sales To Engage With Fans
While making money in the music has in many ways changed and become much harder over the years, merchandise sales have generally remained much the same. Additionally, merch provides an. Continue reading
Spotify Expands Voice Control To All Android Devices via Google Assistant
Voice control, some analysts believe, is the killer app that will take music streaming mainstream, as well as, encourage more paid subscribers. This week has been flooded with major voice. Continue reading
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
TUE BRIEF: Feds Fund Arts, PBS • Twitter, Live Nation To Stream Concerts • Indies Talk Music Tech • More
TUESDAY 5.2.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Twitter's live streaming are an extension of it's "now" brand, but is this how we want to watch concerts? Updated under. Continue reading
5 Things Congress Can Do To Curb Mass Filings Of “Address Unknown” NOIs
Owing to a loophole in the Copyright Act, streaming services like Pandora, Spotify, and Google are able to avoid paying royalties to songwriters and publisher by filing "address unknown" notices. Continue reading
Copyright Office Modernization Through an Artist’s Lens
[Op-Ed] Copyright Office legislation is moving through Congress, and the House of Representatives is expected to take up the bill when they return from Easter Recess. In this op-ed, leaders from. Continue reading
