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Why Musicians Should Have More Patience When Securing Press Coverage

Some artists will tell you that finding press coverage for your music is easier than ever, and while this may in some sense be true, the reality is that just because someone is willing to give you coverage, it doesn’t necessarily mean it will help your career any. Here we delve into why artists need to exercise patience in finding the right place to promote their next release.

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BUSINESS OF INDIE: Secretly Goes Nordic • BMG Launches Modern Recordings • AWAL Hires Jennifer Kirell • More

In this latest edition of the Business Of Indie, Secretly Distribution shakes up the Nordics, BMG launches frontline label Modern. AWAL hire Jennifer Kirell as VP of Catalog and much more. 

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Chord, Crossroads, Cruise Collab Win Bandsintown Challenge At Capitol Royale Hackathon

Dozens of programmers and creatives participated in a Capitol Music Group sponsored Hackathon during the Capitol Royale music conference last weekend in Hollywood.

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Music Collection Org: Revenues Are Booming… Which Is Proof Of Why We Need Even More Draconian Copyright Laws [Op-Ed]

Thanks to innovative tech companies opening up large new markets for content creators, entertainment revenues have been on the rise, something which CISAC has decided to use as evidence that the music industry needs a slew of new, even more draconian, copyright laws.

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Patreon Has Paid Out $1 Billion From 4 Million Fans

reon has paid out $1 billion to creators since launch, the fan funding and patronage site announced this week. That milestone comes from the direct support of the 4 million patrons using the platform – an increase of a million patrons in less than a year.

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Sign Up For Hypebot’s New RSS Feed

As you may have noticed, Hypebot’s transition to Wordpress and a new design has been a bit wonky. One of the ongoing issues is a broken RSS feed.

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Secretly Distribution, NoordRights Team To Launch Secretly Noord

Independent distributor Secretly Distribution has partnered with Nordic technology group NoordRights to launch a new global music company called Secretly Noord.

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Big Changes Coming To Twitter Soon

As the Twittersphere has become increasingly toxic over recent years, its user base has plateaued somewhat. This has led the company to develop some major changes to the platform’s RT feature which they plan to roll out in 2020.

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WED. BRIEF: Weitzman Joins Primary Wave w/ $180M • Apple Music For Business • Patreon Pays $1B • More

WEDNESDAY 11.20.2019 • Music Business News From Across The Web Updated Continuously Under The More News Tab Above

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How To Watch Grammy Nominations Online This Morning

15 time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys will announce the 2020 Grammy Awards nominees on Wednesday, Nov. 20 at 8:20 AM ET.

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Spotify Stock Falls Two Days In A Row As Amazon Expands Free Music, TikTok Streaming Music Launch Nears

[UPDATED] Shares of Spotify stock fell another 2.35% on Tuesday after falling almost 4.8% on Monday after news stories that Tik Tok parent company Bytedance is working to launch a streaming music service in the US and other countries.

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