From Azoff To Slipknot, Music Biz Condemns Spotify, Google Attack On Songwriter Rates Increase

Late last week Spotify, Pandora, Google and Amazon announced they were teaming appeal the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board ruling increasing streaming payouts to songwriters by 44%. The four will file. Continue reading

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Major Labels Split On Supporting Article 13; As Music Publishers Complain They Can’t Make Money From Parodies

The controversial Article 13 of the EU's Copyright Directive has apparently lost some support from the major labels, after the music publishers learned the article would prevent them from making. Continue reading

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

As we sift back through a busy week in the music business, we revisit Spotify's scheme to pre-load phones with itself, Apple Music's stand as the only major streaming not. Continue reading

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Apple Music Is Only Major Streamer Not Trying To Cut Songwriter Royalties

Spotify, Pandora, Google and Amazon are appealing the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board ruling that would increase streaming payouts to songwriters by 44%. Notably absent from the list of music tech. Continue reading

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Annie Lenox, Apple Music Team For #GlobalFeminism Film For International Women’s Day [WATCH]

Annie Lennox has teamed up with Apple Music to make a short film in support of  to mark today's Global International Women’s Day.  Dua Lipa, Mary J Blige, Ed Sheeran,. Continue reading

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Streaming Revenue Impressive, But Can It Ever Make Up For Lost Physical Sales?

With streaming revenue showing a massive increase in comparison to previous years, the major three record labels are rejoicing at their annual haul. A big part of this income still. Continue reading

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Symphonic Distribution Expands To China

Independent music distributor Symphonic has expanded its reach to China via partnershipd with Tencent, NetEase and soon, says the company Alibaba.The new deals were spearheaded by indie rights powerhouse MERLIN.

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100 Million Use Paid Music Streaming Services In US [MusicWatch]

Fresh off the release of RIAA revenue numbers MusicWatch shared its year-end numbers assessing the size of the US streaming market and how music listening is evolving. Among the internet. Continue reading

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Did Technology Bring About The Death Of Good Music?

After new research was released suggesting that millennials prefer golden oldies to contemporary pop, Stephen Carlisle did some digging to determine if this was in fact accurate and, if so,. Continue reading

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TIDAL Launches $1 Million Emerging Artists Grant Program ‘TIDAL Unplugged’

TIDAL and benefactors Mark Lampert and Robert Nelsen today announced the launch of TIDAL Unplugged, a million dollar grant program for emerging artists. Funded by a donation from Lampert and. Continue reading

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