Join 3700+ Songwriters: SIGN THIS PETITION NOW To Stop Big Tech From Lowering Royalty Rates
The National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA), which represents U.S. music publishers and their songwriters, along with the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) are facing off against Google, Apple, Amazon, Spotify. Continue reading
OFFICIAL: Spotify Has 50 Million Paid Subscribers
Spotify yesterday confirmed that it now has more than 50 million paid subscribers to its Premium streaming music service. That's up 25% from the 4o million announced 7 months ago. Continue reading
Music Streaming Subscriptions Are Still Stuck In Early Adopter Niche [CHART]
2015 was a big year for streaming music but it was a bigger deal for streaming video, generating $16 billion in revenue compared to $4.5 billion for streaming music, reports. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
In this re-visitation of a full week of music industry news, we look back on Live Nations impressive growth streak, Virginia's legalization of ticket scalping, the most popular tracks on. Continue reading
Congress Preps To Gut Net Neutrality With Bills Pretending To Save It
The Trump administration and its new FCC boss have made clear their intentions to completely trash net neutrality protections, but the threat of backlash and the complications of rolling back. Continue reading
Guide To Independent Radio Promotion: Why It Still Matters
The term radio has transcended the idea of terrestrial broadcast, and is now representative of connection through curation. That said, it remains an invaluable marketing tool, perhaps more now than. Continue reading
Spotify, Playlists and Profitability: On Playing The Long Game
Lucas Gonze shares his response to Mark Mulligan's piece on why Spotify struggles with profitability, and takes a look at what the streaming service's most logical path forward may be. Continue reading
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
Some of the most popular and frequently read posts from the world of music business this week included an explanation of why Spotify can't turn a profit while Netflix can,. Continue reading
