REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

In this rewind back through seven busy days of music industry news, we revisit a major scandal at the copyright office regarding a ‘fake budget’ line item, the major sales boosts given to ACM performers, Spotify’s potential nixing of its IPO, and much, much more.

• Major Scandal At The Copyright Office With $25 Million ‘Fake Budget’ Line Item

• Miranda Lambert’s ACM Awards Performance Spurs Massive Sales Bump

• Spotify ‘Seriously’ Explores Nixing IPO In Favor Of Direct Listing, Motivated By $1B Funding Terms

• Snapchat’s User Base Is Getting Much Older

• Universal, Spotify Deal Is Even Bigger Than It Looks [Mark Mulligan]

• WMG Promotes Max Lousada To CEO Recorded Music

• New Fair Play, Fair Pay Act: What’s Inside?

• New Leaked Documents Expose Waste, Incompetence At U.S. Copyright Office

• Vevo Shows YouTube Advertisers How It’s Done

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