“Annabelle: Creation” Tops North American Weekend Box Office, “Wolf Warrior” Tops Global

Warner Brother's "Annabelle: Creation" $35 million in North American theaters over the weekend, providing a little hope for an otherwise sleepy August box office in North America.  A sequel to 2014's. Continue reading

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Librarian Of Congress Fails To Alert Oversight Committees Of Massive Abuse Of Copyright Loophole By Google, Amazon [Op-Ed]

Owing to a convenient loophole, Google and Amazon are enjoying selling off the world's music without the inconvenience of having to pay royalties to songwriters. This recent exploitation comes partly,. Continue reading

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Spotify Takes On Apple’s Beats 1 With New Artist Hosted Radio Shows

Spotify announced artist hosted playlists and shows more than a year ago alongside the announcement that it was adding video.  They've slowly built a portfolio of artist and media driven playlists, but. Continue reading

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Los Angeles College Of Music Adds Music Business Program

Los Angeles College of Music announced that they are have added a music business program and have named music industry veteran Ron Sobel as Music Business Department Advisory Chair.

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FRI. NEWS BRIEF: Apple Fixes Music Bugs • Offspring For Sale: $35M • Pandora, SiriusXM Battle Beats 1 • MSTY • More

FRIDAY 8.14.2015 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web Updated continuously under our More News tab. CLICK HERE 

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AM NEWS BRIEF: Apple Streams Lag Spotify [Report] • Justice Dept. Reviews Licensing • SoundCloud • More

Friday 7.31.2015 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web Updated continuously under our More News tab. CLICK HERE 

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German Police Create ‘Nazi Shazam’ To Stop Music As A ‘Gateway Drug’

German police have built a Shazam-like smartphone app that helps them identify hate filled rock songs being used as a recruiting and motivational tool by neo-Nazi and other far-right organizers.. Continue reading

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