FIX, from Toronto-based Fan Integrated Experiences LTD, has crossed the half-a-million mark on a reinvented music rewards concept. The problem — which is where a lot of entrepreneurs and investors begin — is that fan experiences remain fragmented in 20…
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U.S. Copyright Office Awards Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) Contract to ‘Industry Consensus’ NMPA Bid
After a heated and contentious battle, the U.S. Copyright Office has chosen its winner to run the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC). The award is going to the aptly-named ‘Mechanical Licensing Collective,’ a coalition created by major music publish…
Michael Jackson Fans Join Forces to Sue HBO Over ‘Leaving Neverland’
The lawsuit comes as HBO’s Leaving Neverland continues to wreak havoc on the image of the once-adored Michael Jackson. The documentary, which aired earlier this year, shed light upon alleged child abuse committed by Jackson. The film dropped like a bom…
SoundCloud Invites All Artists Abandoned by Spotify and STEM to Join Its Indie Distribution Service
SoundCloud is now courting the thousands of artists left in the lurch by Spotify and STEM. Just this week, Spotify abruptly nixed its ambitious music distribution plans. That includes direct uploads into Spotify and distribution to competing platforms…
Spotify Abruptly Shuts Down Its Direct Upload & Distribution Plans — Artists Have 30 Days to Transition
Spotify is slamming the brakes on its ambitious direct upload and distribution plans. Spotify’s ambitious expansion into artist distribution is now being abruptly shut down. According to an email sent to artists participating in its beta-stage launch, …
Big Machine Sells to Scooter Braun for a Cool $300 Million — Taylor Swift Calls the Deal ‘My Worst Case Scenario’
Industry power-player Scooter Braun has just nabbed Big Machine for $300 million. But Taylor Swift — who found out about the deal online -— absolutely hates both the buyer and the seller. She didn’t have a vote in the deal. But Taylor Swift is making …
Taylor Swift Slams Scott Borchetta and Scooter Braun as the Worst Human Beings on the Planet — Here’s Her Full Statement
Taylor Swift says she was blindsided by the recently-announced $300 million+ acquisition of Scott Borchetta’s Big Machine Label Group by Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings. Taylor first published her extensive personal takedown on Tumblr. Here it is: “Fo…
Scott Borchetta Responds to Taylor Swift’s Character Assassination: ‘It’s Time For Some Truth…’
It’s been an event-filled weekend for Big Machine Label Group founder Scott Borchetta. Leading into the weekend, Borchetta finalized the terms of a $300 million-plus sale of Big Machine Label Group to Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings (more on that deal …
Apple Music Boasts 60 Million Paying Subscribers — Up Nearly 10 Million In a Year
Apple Music is still far behind Spotify — though a sunsetting iTunes could narrow the gap. Apple Music now boasts 60 million paying subscribers, according to figures shared by the company this morning. Apple’s Eddy Cue disclosed the figure to French pu…
Also Lost In the Universal Fire: A Master Recording of One of Martin Luther King’s Last Speeches from 1968
The speech, titled ‘Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution,’ was delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. just days before his assassination in 1968. An important speech delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., just days before his assassination i…