Tag: Royalty payment

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)

Tags: Apple Music, BBC Radio 2, Beauty Behind the Madness, Blood, BTS (band), Def Jam Recordings, Donald Trump, Facebook, Financial Times, Frank Ocean, Initial public offering, record label, Royalty payment, Spotify, Streaming media, Sweat & Tears, Taylor Swift, Universal Music Group, YouTube

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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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Latest Collection Society Scandal Raises Question: Are They Credible Representative Of Artists?

Either as a result of incompetence or malice, some copyright collection societies have earned something of a tarnished reputation when it comes to representing artists, says Glyn Moody of Techdirt.

Guest Post on 03/28/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Africa, album, Appellate court, Drake (musician), music industry, Royalty payment, Sirius XM Holdings, Southern African Music Rights Organisation, Spotify, United States

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The Fight For A Straight Count: Does Streaming Accounting Costing More Than Royalites

When it comes to tracking and accounting songs and recordings, the systems currently in place are both expensive and complex and the royalties paid out are minuscule, this is leading. Continue reading

Guest Post on 03/15/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: album, Appellate court, Application software, Artist's book, Associated Press, Atlanta, Broadcasting, Royalty payment, Sirius XM Holdings, United States

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How Do Bands Effectively Manage Royalties And Contracts?

When an up and coming band begins to see appreciable success, they may not have the best idea as to how to manage the new income being earned off of. Continue reading

admin on 02/23/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Abuja, Amazoncom, AppDynamics, Artist, Ballast Point Brewing Company, Blog, Brit Awards, business, Business Insider, Royalty payment

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NY Court Declares No Performance Rights For Flo and Eddie: “POOF” Goes 5 Million Dollars

In the latest look at the ongoing saga of Flo and Eddie and Sirius XM. For a while it looked as though Flo and Eddie were set to receive quite. Continue reading

Guest Post on 02/22/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Appellate court, copyright, Microsoft, New York, Royalty payment, Sirius XM Holdings, Stored Communications Act, Supreme Court of the United States, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, United States Department of Justice

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Christopher Sabec Of Rightscorp On Tackling The Songwriter Royalty Mess [INTERVIEW]

In a continuation of the "address unknown" issue whereby streaming services where able to exploit songs for free. Here Chris Castle speaks with Rightscorp CEO Christopher Sabec, about how his. Continue reading

Guest Post on 02/06/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. and Indie Music

In this week's slew of useful advice for the independent, do-it-yourself musician, we deliver handy tips on how to become a better musician, why small goals can best for maximum. Continue reading

admin on 01/07/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Broadcast Music, consent decree, Drake (musician), Inc., Instagram, music industry, Music publisher (popular music), Performance rights organisation, Royalty payment, United States Department of Justice

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FRI. BRIEF: SoundExchange $’s Could Fall $200M In ’17 • Run-DMC Sues Amazon, WalMart • More

Friday 12.30.16 Music Business News From Around The Web SoundExchange has been an industry, bright spot, but that could change in 2017 thanks for direct licensing. Updated continuously under our More. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/30/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Google Play Music, music industry, Never Miss a Beat, Performance rights organisation, Recording Industry Association of America, Royalty payment, Sirius XM Holdings, SoundExchange, Streaming media

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How To Crowdfund A Jazz Album

Here jazz saxophonist & songwriter Mike Casey details how he successfully raised over 100% of the money needed to record his latest album exclusively through the use of crowdfunding.

Guest Post on 12/13/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Apple Inc., HipTV, music industry, Nigeria, Nikki Laoye, Pacific Time Zone, record label, Royalty payment, Streaming media, YouTube

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