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Spotify and Universal Music Ink New Deal That Includes Album Windowing

[UPDATED] Spotify and Universal Music Group have completed a new licensing deal. The music streamer, which is under month to month agreements, must still get Sony, Warner Music and indie. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/04/2017 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: album, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Initial public offering, music industry, record label, Spotify, Twitter, Universal Music Group, YouTube

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Are UMG, Labels Encouraging Spotify’s 50 Million Free Users To Become Pirates? [UPDATED]

[UPDATED] With today's news of a Spotify, Universal Music Group deal that includes two week windows that make some album releases available only to paid subscribers, this article which we. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/04/2017 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (3)

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Full Text Of The Spotify, Universal Licensing Announcement

Spotify and Universal Music Group have finalized a new licensing deal that includes for two week album windowing for select releases. Full text of the official announcement:

Bruce Houghton on 04/04/2017 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Artist, Drake (musician), Freemium, Initial public offering, record label, Spotify, Streaming media, Universal Music Group, YouTube

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Warner Music Group Sells Music Distributor Zebralution To Management, Indie Label Investors

As part of a divestment package negotiated way back in 2012 with Impala and Merlin, Warner Music Central Europe has sold digital distributor Zebralution back to its founders and a small. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/03/2017 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Amélie, American Broadcasting Company, Animal Collective, Chief executive officer, independent music, music industry, record label, Spotify, Streaming media, Warner Music Group

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Spotify Tiers May Soon Look Different

Although it's hoping to go public this year, Spotify's licensing deals with major labels are, for the moment, out of contract. As Spotify reworks these deals, it's expected that the. Continue reading

Guest Post on 03/31/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Application programming interface, Drake (musician), Financial Times, Initial public offering, record label, Snap, Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift

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Streaming Now Generates More Revenue For Music Industry Than Downloads, Physical Combined

Double digit growth in streaming in 2016 meant that Spotify, Apple Music and their competitors now account for 51.4% of all U.S. music revenue. Digital downloads were 24.1% in 2016 and. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/30/2017 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Apple Music, Chance The Rapper, Drake (musician), Ed Sheeran, Financial Times, Giggs (rapper), Initial public offering, OVO Sound, record label, Spotify, Streaming media

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The Trial That Will Determine Songwriters’ Income Over The Next 5 Years

Big news in the world of mechanical royalties, the Copyright Royalty Board is opening up hearings to set a new mechanical royalty rate. The board will hear from both music. Continue reading

Guest Post on 03/30/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Music, Financial Times, Frank Ocean, Initial public offering, record label, Royalty payment, Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift, YouTube

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Pandora Under Pressure Even As Music Industry Warms To Westergren

Pandora used to be the company the music industry loved to hate. An aggressive campaign to lower royalty payments and a now ex-CEO who cared more about money than music. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/30/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Drake (musician), Financial Times, Frank Ocean, Initial public offering, record label, Royalty payment, Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift

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WMG Launches Fan-Driven, Vinyl-Only Label Run Out Groove

Warner Music Group has launched Run Out Groove, a fan-driven, vinyl-only record label. Initial offerings include Echo & The Bunnymen, Golden Smog, MC5, Secret Machines and Solomon Burke.

Bruce Houghton on 03/29/2017 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Amélie, Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, music industry, record label, Sony Music Entertainment, Spotify, Streaming media, The Japan Times, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group

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A New Strategy For Releasing Music

As the music industry continues to change, so too must the strategy for releasing music. With the single once again more important than the album, artists and labels both big and. Continue reading

Guest Post on 03/27/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: A Hard Day's Night, Apple Music, Artist, Atlanta, Chance The Rapper, music industry, record label, Spotify, Streaming media, YouTube

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