WED. BRIEF: Taylor Swift Trial Testimony • Instagram Gets Friendly • RapCavier Relaunch • Latin Rules YouTube • More

Wednesday 8.9.17 Music Business News From Around The Web  While the trial is easy to trivialize, Taylor Swift is again walking her talk. This time it's about abuse of women.. Continue reading

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Eminem Manager Paul Rosenberg Named CEO Def Jam Records

Universal Music Group announced that veteran manager and label exec Paul Rosenberg will take over as Chief Executive Officer of Def Jam Recordings, effective January 1, 2018.

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Hospital Records’ Romy Harber On Industry Trends [INTERVIEW]

In this interview, Romy Harber, Manager and Head of Digital at Hospital Records weighs in the importance of direct-to-customer marketing for labels, his experience with the music industry and where he. 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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Music Think Tank Weekly: Promoting Your Music On The Cheap • What Labels Look For • Much More

This week's essential posts on MusicThinkTank include how to promote your music on the cheap including some email marketing tips, gear for DJs, what record labels are looking for and. Continue reading

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James Grant Group Acquires Deckstar Management For $12.1 Million

UK based music management firm James Grant Group is expanding to the U.S. with the $12.1 million acquisition of Deckstar Management, the home of blink-182 and Steve Aoki.

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Music Think Tank Weekly: Gear For DJs• What Record Labels Looks For • Keeping Your Voice Healthy • More

This week on MusicThinkTank, we looked at the best gear DJs can own, what record labels are after in an artist, how you can maintain a healthy singing voice when. Continue reading

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Top 7 Ways To Identify If Your Song Is Ready For Release

Many wet-behind-the-ears indie musicians find themselves over-eager when it comes to the prospect of releasing their music for the first time, and will try to push it on the ears. Continue reading

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DJs, Producers Can Now Join SoundCloud Premier And Get Paid

We've been skeptical of the speed at which SoundCloud has on-ramped artists to its Premier program that allows creators to share in revenue generated ON SoundCloud. Today, the financially challenged. Continue reading

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Alternative Power 100 List Honors Women In The Music Business

Only 14 women were among the 153 honored in this year's Billboard Power 100. On this International Women's Day, music industry network SheSaid.So has released their second Alternative Power 100. Continue reading

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CD Baby Publishing Now Represents 100,000 Songwriters, Expanding To 18 More Countries

Indie music services platform CD Baby is now providing publishing administration to more than 100,000 songwriters, the company announced today, alongside a major expansion into new territories.

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