Global indie licensor Merlin delivered some great news to the independent label community Thursday, and all of it was centered on international growth. Explosive Growth In Latin America Merlin’s 2017 Latin American earnings increase five-fold in three years US member labels see streaming revenues from LATAM territories almost double as…
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Spotify Promotes Freemium, Ubiquity, Personalization, April 3 Stock Debut
Spotify announced April 3rd as the day its stock would begin public trading during a live and webcast presentation to investors Thursday. Promising more transparency and opportunities for artists. CEO and founder Daniel Ek shared his vision of Spotify’s future and why investors would want to bet on an unprofitable…
Bankrupt iHeartMedia Owes Musicians Millions
Included in the mountains of documents filed in preparation for last night’s iHeartMedia bankruptcy were lists of unpaid bills. Alongside $20 billion in debts to bondholders were performing rights organizations, record labels, a music streamer, and others that return revenue to musicians. Here’s a partial list of the millions of…
Independent labels set for $60m payout from Latin American streaming services in 2018
Merlin members’ earnings from Latin America increase five fold in three years thanks to streaming
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Highly Paid ‘Fortnite’ Streamer Breaks Twitch Records With Help From Drake
‘Ninja’ saw more than 635,000 people watch his stream with Drake and Travis Scott.
Pandora Partners w/ Linkfire To Improve Artist Marketing
Pandora has partnered with smart link aggregator Linkfire to improve music discovery and amplify marketing efforts. Pandora becomes the first music streamer to feed Linkfire advanced attribution data that helps artists, labels and marketers understand how content is performing and create data driven promotional campaigns. The Linkfire integration is part…
Spotify Tests In-App Voice Assistance: See It In Action
Spotify is testing Siri-like voice control within its music streaming app. Those testing the feature see a microphone icon and tapping it enables voice commands like “play my Discover Weekly,” “show Roger McGuinn,” “play Darlingside” or "play some new folk.” Spotify has confirmed to that this is “just a test…
How To Fix Music Modernization Act’s Broken Audit Clause
The much maligned Music Modernization Act here comes under fire for its fatally flawed "audit" clause. Rather than simply cast stones however, this article form Chris Castle looks at potential solution for fixing the clause. _______________________ Guest post by Chris Castle of Music Tech Policy Доверяй, но проверяй The famous…
How The Copyright Stranglehold Dooms Spotify [Op-Ed]
Legacy entertainment companies have a long and sordid history of burying innovation and applying a stranglehold to companies which create new services in accordance with consumers’ contemporary desires, a pattern which may soon repeat with Spotify, writes Mike Masnick of Techdirt. _______________________ Guest post by Mike Masnick of Techdirt For…
The Album Is DEAD, But Not Everyone Believes It
While creating an album has for many bands and artists been a cornerstone of artistic accomplishment over the years, our shift to a predominantly playlist based culture means that we’re shifting away from the album format and living in a world of singles – just not everyone’s accepted it yet….