
Spotify will pay no royalties on tracks with under 1000 streams a year [CONFIRMED]
[UPDATED] Spotify will not pay any royalties on tracks until they receive more than 1000 streams yearly, according to multiple sources. The new threshold, expected to go into effect early. Continue reading

Your Morning Coffee: Spotify’s new royalty plan • Trapital’s trends report • ‘Key Changes’ music tech book released • More
Episode 169 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now. Episode 169 On this week’s YMC, hosts Jay. Continue reading

TOP POSTS: Last week’s most-read posts on Hypebot
Catch up on what everybody has been talking about with last week’s most-read posts. We’ve got topics ranging from understanding social media algorithms to Spotify finally giving back to working artists. Continue reading

MUSIC BUSINESS NEWS: Spotify royalties revealed • Taylor’s biggest release ever • Dua Lupa buys back publishing • Britney sells 1M books • More

REWIND: The new music industry’s last week in review
Last week was a busy week by any definition and the music industry was no exception, with changes to royalty structures on Spotify, Apple Music revealed to be more generous. Continue reading

How artist subscriptions and two-tier payouts are perfect together [Mark Mulligan, MIDiA]
Two-tier payouts is coming to music streaming and along with it concerns about how it will affect long-tail artists. Mark Mulligan suggests ways in which Spotify and other DSPs can. Continue reading

What are sped-up songs and why are they so popular?
This week’s Hypebot Flashback Friday resurfaces a post that goes deeper into one of the main culprits described in this week’s article on how 1 million modified tracks on streamers. Continue reading

What is the difference between Copyright and Trademark?
Alex Loveyko from Chase Lawyers guests on the Music Biz Weekly Podcast to talk about the difference between trademarks and copyrights, the importance of band agreements, red flags in record. Continue reading

Indie live music trade group NITO elects new Board and Officers
The National Independent Talent Organization has named its new Board and Officers for the next year. NITO is the top trade group for independent booking agencies and management companies in. Continue reading

Apple Music pays labels and creators as much as 90% more than Spotify
A new royalty calculator created by consultancy Manatt and endorsed by Billboard shows the gap between royalty payouts by Spotify and those from Apple Music. For example, a song that. Continue reading