Spotify Expands To Israel, Vietnam, South Africa

Spotify launched today in Israel and will be live this week in South Africa and Vietnam.  That brings the total number of countries where the world's largest music streamer is. Continue reading

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Streaming Music Presages The End Of Ownership… Of Everything [George Howard]

Music is often the proverbial canary in a cold mine, says George Howard. Here, he explores how the rise of streaming led to a full fledged shift to a cloud-based. Continue reading

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Relax, New Facebook Algorithm Isn’t The End Of Your Page

Lori Lewis, VP Social Media for Cumulus Media and Westwood One, joins Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert on this new Music Biz Weekly podcast to discuss the new Facebook newsfeed. Continue reading

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Clickamix Launches Pre-cleared Music Platform For Sports

[UPDATED] Clickamix believes that unlicensed use of music in sports is a $670 million untapped revenue stream. As a solution, the startup has launch the first pre-cleared music licensing platform for sports. Continue reading

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Best Practices For SXSW 2018

SXSW 2018 kicks off in Austin today, and as one of the music industry's biggest festivals, making the most of it can be challenging, owing to the often overwhelming number. Continue reading

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This Week In Music Commentary

Commentators inside the music industry this week shared their distate for the Music Modernization Act, explained both the misfortune and importance of writing about music and, in the case of. Continue reading

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Music Modernization Act: Barf, Just Barf [David Lowery]

While supportive of much of the copyright reform recently put before congress, including the Classics Act and the AMP Act, David Lowery outlines some of the reasons behind his distaste. Continue reading

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Washington State Laughs In The Face Of FCC Attempt To Prevent States From Protecting Net Neutrality

Although the FCC recently repealed net neutrality on a national level, states are taking matters into the own hands, and while incumbent ISPs and the FCC are doing their best. Continue reading

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