New Spotify, Apple Music, Hulu and Label Deals Mean Musicians Will Be Paid Less
New deals between the major labels and the streaming music services, alongside the introduction of deeply discounted streaming bundles, may eventually move more mainstream consumers from free users to paying. Continue reading
Warner Music Acquires Spinnin’ Records For Reported $100 Million
Warner Music Group has acquired independent electronic music label Spinnin’ Records, the music group announced this morning. Headquartered in the Netherlands and founded in 1999, Spinnin’ Records is also home. Continue reading
Apple Music Cuts New Warner Music Group Licensing Deal At Lower Rate, Sony Reportedly Next
Apple Music has followed Spotify's lead in pushing for lower payments to artists and labels. Warner Music Group has become the first major label to agree to the lower rates. Continue reading
Spotify Could Have Dodged Songwriter Lawsuits If They’d Just Asked The Record Labels…
Spotify and other streaming services have been making a fair number of headlines recently owing to lawsuits surrounding a failure to pay proper royalties. In this article we break down. Continue reading
Why Didn’t Google Shut Down YouTube-MP3 Sooner?
Why did YouTube and Google let the RIAA take the lead in shutting down YouTube-MP3? Much like their own Lyor Cohen's recent missive defending low payments and blaming musicians and. Continue reading
Apple Music Cuts New Warner Music Group Licensing Deal At Lower Rate, Sony Reportedly Next
Apple Music has followed Spotify's lead in pushing for lower payments to artists and labels. Warner Music Group has become the first major label to agree to the lower rates. Continue reading
Is Music Streaming Really Worth $28 Billion? [Mark Mulligan]
A new Goldman Sachs report claims that Universal Music is worth $23.5 billion and that the paid streaming market will be worth $28 billion in 2030. That's almost double the. Continue reading
Merlin Has Paid Out $1 BILLION To Indie Labels
Merlin, the global digital music rights agency for 20,000 indie labels and distributors from 53 countries, has announced its billionth dollar in distributions, since launching in May of 2008. With. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
In this scroll back through the week's important industry news, we revisit California's Dems potential drafting of Bieb's manager for Governer, celebrate the King of Pop's 59th, Spotify's journey to. Continue reading
