Seymour Stein Reveals “Embarrasing” Deal Made with Madonna
In this piece, soon to be 73-year-old music business legend and discoverer of Talking Heads as well The Ramones opens up with marked frankness about his groundbreaking career, as well. Continue reading
An Indie Streaming Success Story: Secrets In Stereo
NPR recently posted an article about how the tiny royalties coming from music streaming can add up and chose one artist as a great example. Josh Colum and his band Secrets In Stereo signed up with Rumblefish, a. Continue reading
RIAA Trims More Staff, But Bonuses Already Well Paid Execs
The RIAA represents over 1,600 U.S. record labels that collectively create and distribute about 90% of recorded music sold in the United States. It's largest and most influential of the members are. Continue reading
REWIND – The New Music Industry’s Week In Review: BMI • WMG • Spotify • Rdio • NPR • More
Another eventful week in the new music industry: BMI scored a major victory for songwriters, streaming revenue passed downloads for the first time at a major label, Spotify unveiled a surprising stat and. Continue reading
Spotify Says It’s Responsible For 10% Of All U.S. Label Revenue
Spotify claims to have been responsible for 10% of all U.S. record label revenue in the first quartet of 2015. The stat came from Will Page, Spotify's director of economics. Continue reading
Streaming Music Revenue Passes Downloads At Warner Music Group For 1st Time
It's generally accepted that streaming is how the majority of music will be consumed in the near future; and for the first time ever at a major label, income from. Continue reading
Snapchat Adds Music – It’s A Big Deal, But Will Artists And Songwriters Get Paid?
Snapchat has been very public about its music ambitions, including rumored talks to start a label or to buy Taylor' Swift's Big Machine records in tandem with Apple. Today those tune-driven dreams. Continue reading
