Taylor Swift’s Trademark Rampage Puts The Kibash On Etsy Creatives
Taylor Swift does anything but tread lightly when it comes to controlling her image both on and off the stage. A host of cease and desist letters aimed at Etsy. Continue reading
Fast Company Names 10 Most Innovative Music Companies 2015
Each year Fast Company names the year's most innovative companies including a special category for music. In addition to putting the spotlight on some great companies, it's an interesting glimpse. Continue reading
Pandora And BMI Face Off Today In Court Battle Over Royalty Rates
Today in Manhattan, pioneer streaming giant Pandora is set to meet licensing agency BMI in court to settle a dispute over current royalty rates. The trial will determine how much Pandora pays BMI’s. Continue reading
Caught In The Crossfire: Rescuing User Experience From The Online Music Battlefield
Guest post by Ari Shohat, the Founder and CEO of Digitally Imported The digital music industry is booming. Online music services are engaged in heated competition to amass more users, content, and. Continue reading
Music Publishing News Roundup 2.9.16: U.S. Copyright Office, Apple, Beats & Spotify
The US Copyright Office released a music licensing Study on Thursday documenting principles that should guide congress in its plan for music licensing reform. Highlights of the 245 page report include performance. Continue reading
Music Tech – It’s Been A Long Hard Winter
Guest Post by Cortney Harding on This Week In Music Tech An update on last week’s post: there were some pretty good discussions on Twitter and elsewhere, most of which were civil and. Continue reading
Jay Z’s HD Streaming Music Service Tidal To Expand To 22 More Countries
[UPDATED] Jay Z's deal to acquire Aspiro, the Scandinavian company that owns streaming music and video service WiMP and its hi-def audio cousin Tidal for $56 million, still needs final. Continue reading
What $500 Million And Jay-Z Have To Say About the State Of Streaming In 2015
Guest Post by Mark Mulligan on Music Industry Blog 2014 was a big year for streaming, 2015 will be bigger. Apple entering the fray is the catalyst. Apple enters a. Continue reading
Is Broadcast Radio Losing American Teens?
By Kyle Bylin, author of Promised Land: Youth Culture, Disruptive Startups, and the Social Music Revolution. Edison Research, a New Jersey-based market research firm, introduced its “Share of Ear” study. Continue reading
