How to Get Music Licensed On Music Libraries – 4 Steps To Get Started
As the industry struggles with payment levels from YouTube and once reliable income from touring feels about to experience a tragedy driven downturn, one source of income is often overlooked:. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
In this cycle back through major news from the music industry this past week, we revisit Apple Music's 30 million+ subscribers, Spotify's new 'Your Time Capsule" feature, YouTube's axing of. Continue reading
Hip-Hop Now Officially Dominates Music
Although its popularity has been known for some time, R&B/hip-hop has finally risen to become the most popular genre of music among consumers since Nielsen began track the in industry. Continue reading
IFPI Numbers Show How The Music Industry Is Getting Healthy Again
A recent revue by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry has given further support that the music business is bouncing back, show its first double-digit uptick in twenty years, something. Continue reading
YouTube Delivers Fans, But There’s A Big Value Gap [Russ Crupnick]
Although the high volume of music traffic which YouTube attracts would make it seem as though the platform is the industry's best friend, the value gap which the service perpetuates. Continue reading
Hypebot Readers Question YouTube, Spotify Payment Stats
YouTube announced this week that that it paid $1 billion in royalties to the music industry in the last year. Global music industry trade group, IFPI, countered that was not. Continue reading
UPDATED: YouTube Pays Just Over $1 Per Music User Yearly vs $18 For Spotify, Says IFPI
[UPDATED] Earlier this week, YouTube shared that it had paid in excess of $1 billion to the music industry in the last 12 months. It's an impressive number; but not nearly. Continue reading
All 3 Major Labels Sue To Stop YouTube Ripping
In recent months, YouTube has been under fire from the music industry, with mp3 track ripping from videos a major cause of friction. Now the major labels have taken aggressive. Continue reading
This Week In Music Commentary
This week industry commentators weighed in on whether it's time to consider something other than the streaming business model, if narcissism is ruining the live music experience, and what Rhapsody's. Continue reading
