FRI. BRIEF: Spotify Adds Songwriter Credits • WMG Revenue Up 14% • Female Execs Call Out Portnow • More

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Stars Help Petition To Oust Recording Academy President Collect Over 12,922 Signatures [UPDATED]

UPDATE 2: A petition demanding the ouster of  Recording Academy president Neil Portnow surpassed its original goal of 10,000 signatures overnight. By Thursday afternoon 12,992 had signed demanding the exec exit. Continue reading

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How Facebook’s Algorithm Update Will Affect You

As many are now aware, Facebook is rolling out a massive change to its newsfeed algorithm intended to favor posts from friends over public content and advertisements. Here we look. Continue reading

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Landing Your First Indie Video Game Soundtrack

As a $32 billion dollar industry with serious growth projected, the PC gaming market has become a premium area for artists to pull in serious money, provided if they're willing. Continue reading

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Will Music Modernization Act Precipitate The Decline Of BMI, ASCAP, SESAC?

[UPDATED] All week week we've been exploring The Music Modernization Act currently before Congress. A consequence could be a significant decline in the importance of PROs BMI, ASCAP, GMR and. Continue reading

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Facebook Has An Instagram And Messaging App Problem [Mark Mulligan]

Total time spent on Facebook fell for the first time ever last quarter, down 5% or 50 million hours every day.  The decline, which came in part from changes in. Continue reading

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Cardi B Replaces Alexa In Amazon Super Bowl Ad [WATCH]

 

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Musicians And The Great College Dilemma

For many musicians, the choice of whether or not to attend college can be a difficult one. While college can provide a lot of opportunities for both networking and improving. Continue reading

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How To Write A Grant Proposal For Your Music Project

Regardless of what music-related enterprise you're embarking on, funding is almost always an essential component for moving forward. Here we look at how to craft and prepare grant proposal and. Continue reading

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U2 Copyright Infringement Case Dismissed

A New York federal judge dismissed a copyright suit claiming U2 stole a 12-second guitar solo on  its 1991 album “Achtung Baby” from a British blues guitarist's instrumental track.  

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