Wiz Khalifa Sues Former Label, Manager
Hip hop artist Wiz Khalifa has filed a lawsuit against his former manager Benjy Grinberg and his first record label, Rostrum Records. Khalifa is seeking the termination of the 360. Continue reading
Court Declares Remastered Old Songs Get Brand New Copyright
In a recent piece of bad copyright news, the courts have ruled that pre-1972 music should, in fact, receive a new copyright once it has been remastered, meaning copyright extensions. Continue reading
AM BRIEFING: Instagram Launches New Algorithm • #Midem Coverage • SFX Sells Flavoris To Vivendi • More
Monday 6.6.16 Music Business News From Around The Web The big news is from Midem, but what most of us care about is Instagram fucking with our feed. Will tech ever. Continue reading
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
Some of the most frequently read, chart-topping articles from the past seven days included the demise of Spotify and Musixmatch's partnership, the filing of a lawsuit against Skrillex/Bieber over a. Continue reading
Liv Buli’s Weekend Readling List: Warner Invests in Playlisting, Gov Ball v. Panorama, and the Future of VR and Music
Liv Buli is the Data Journalist at Pandora owned analytics provider Next Big Sound. With one eye on data and the other on the cultural zeitgeist, she sees what matters. Continue reading
Google’s Project Magenta Used Machine Learning To Write A Song [LISTEN]
Can a machine really write a good song? Sound scary? Perhaps, a more interesting question is, how might a musician collaborate with a machine to write a song or make. Continue reading
Defining A Successful PledgeMusic Campaign
In this piece we take a close look at how to define a successful PledgeMusic campaign, and the different ways in which the service can be used to finance multiple aspects. Continue reading
When It Comes To New Music Releases, Is The Element of Surprise Wearing Thin?
Surprise releases have been all the rage of late, with artists like Beyonce, Drake, and Radiohead dropping full length albums completely out of the blue, and while these spontaneous marketing. Continue reading
Google Launches Free, Simple Tool To Test Your Website’s Speed And Mobile Friendliness
DO THIS NOW: People are 5 times more likely to leave a site if it is not mobile friendly or not load quickly. That plus new stats that show that. Continue reading
