Music Publishing News Roundup 10.6.15: Swift Lawsuit • Pan-Euro Licensing Hub • Napster To Canada

Taylor Swift is facing a $42 million lawsuit for alleged plagiarism in her song “Shake It Off”. The lawsuit was filed by Jesse Graham, an obscure R&B singer, who alleges. Continue reading

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Facebook Amps Up Music Discovery, Sharing With “Stories”

Facebook has tried and mostly failed at making music a part of its hugely popular platform.  Acknowledging that "there are few things people love more than music, Facebook today announced. Continue reading

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THU. NEWS BRIEF: Big Facebook Stats • Aldean Back On Spotify • Triple J, Beats 1 Takeover • New SFXE Suit • More

Thursday 11.5.2015 Music Business News From Around The Web Dear YouTube, Facebook logs 8 billion video views daily. Updated continuously under our More News tab. CLICK HERE 

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Streaming Music, Social Media And Damned Statistics

The prevalence of on demand streaming services has caused the current generation of listeners to develop an increasingly fickle relationship with both the music they listen to and the artists who create. Continue reading

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THE PITCH: Mixvisor – More Than A Replacement For Bop.fm

THE PITCH today comes from Mixvisor, The startup is creating intelligent emdebable music players that pull information from any web page and music from Apple Music and Spotify.  It sounds. Continue reading

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Napster Launches Streaming Music Service In Canada

Streaming music service Napster has launched in Canada.  Owned and operated by Rhapsody, Napster mas more  than 3 million global subscribers with Canada becoming its the 34th market.

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BMG Buys 3rd U.S. Label: Steve Greenberg’s S-Curve Records

Despite taking Janet Jackson to #1, BMG insists it's a music company, not a record label.  Whatever they call their own business, BMG is not adverse to buying other people's. Continue reading

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TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

For some of Hypebot's most popular posts this week, we took a look at where the modern consumer is buying their music, how exactly one makes money from YouTube, how Lorde. Continue reading

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SF MusicTech Names 2015 Startup Innovators Challenge Winners

[UPDATED] SF Music Tech has named its 2015 Startup Innovators Challenge winners. Each will be showcasing when SF Music Tech convenes on November 10th. BTW, if you have not registered, do it. Continue reading

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Apple Music By The Numbers [Mark Mulligan]

Apple CEO Tim Cook recently announced that Apple Music has 6.5 millions paid subscribers. While a promising figure on its face, it seems unlikely that all these listeners will continue. Continue reading

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