
Live Nation’s Rapino enjoys widest CEO-to-Worker Fortune 500 pay gap, says study
Live Nation Entertainment President and CEO Michael Rapino got the largest compensation package of any Fortune 500 executive last year at $139 million. The package included his $3 million base. Continue reading

Why we MUST protect the Creative Class [SoundExchange’s Michael Huppe]
President and CEO of SoundExchange, Michael Huppe, discusses why musicians and other creatives matter so much in our modern society and what we need to do to support them. Op-ed. Continue reading

3 proven strategies to guide every Musician’s Publicity Campaign
Consistent and positive publicity is a major cornerstone of every career in music. This guide will give you three winning strategies for your next PR campaign. by Wayne Martin from. Continue reading

A guide on Sampling Music for beginners
Music sampling is an integral part of production in many popular music genres, allowing artists to add depth, creativity, layers of meaning, and a sense of familiarity to their compositions.. Continue reading

Oliver Anthony rejects Right’s embrace, Left’s criticism of hit song [VIDEO]
Oliver Anthony, the singer and songwriter of the breakout hit “Rich Men North of Richmond,” rejected Republicans and conservative media who “identify with me like I’m one of them” and. Continue reading

Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Fans become hitmakers • Algorithms take over • CDs are back!
Episode 159 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s popular podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now. Episode 159 Listen on your favorite podcast. Continue reading

TOP POSTS: Last week’s most read posts on Hypebot
Catch up on what everybody has been talking about with last week’s most-read Hypebot posts. We’ve got topics ranging from the quick decline of Threads to the lack of Hip Hop’s. Continue reading

Getting It Done: Last Week in D.I.Y. & Indie Music
Last week, our tips and advice for independent, do-it-yourselfers covered how to market music on TikTok, a look at Spacloud, music merch in 2023, how to submit Grammy entries, and. Continue reading

REWIND: The new music industry’s last week in review
Last week was a busy week by any definition and the music industry was no exception, with an AI copyright court case, OpenSea betraying NFT creators, and much more… How. Continue reading

Elon Musk and Mark Cuban hate Spotify CEO Daniel Ek’s ‘guiding motto’
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek shared his “guiding motto” on X (formerly Twitter) this week, and the reaction to it from other business leaders was swift and not particularly positive. Ek’s. Continue reading