A group of high-profile musicians and estates have filed a $100 million lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMPG) over the 2008 fire that destroyed thousands of archived master recordings. The lawsuit, which was filed in Los Angeles Federal District Court Friday (June 21) by the rock bands Soundgarden and Hole,…
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Spotify Reveals How The ‘Fans Also Like’ Feature Works: ‘the second-most important piece of data’
"Fans Also Like" appears on Spotify artist page filled with a list of related artists. Those same artists also surface on their peers’ FAL lists. Spotify has now shared how this ‘second-most important piece of data’ works and its importance in the streamer’s data driven ecosystem. "Artist similarity is probably…
Inside Bandzoogle’s New Music Crowdfunding Platform with Dave Cool [Music Biz Weekly Podcast]
Dave Cool from Bandzoogle sits down with Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert on the Music Biz Weekly Podcast this week to discuss Bandzoogle’s new no fee crowdfunding feature. Dave also offers updates on many of the recent enhancements to the Bandzoogle platform. Built by musicians for musicians, Bandzoogle is an…
Spotify Says It Overpaid Songwriters And Wants Money Back
In it’s latest spat with music publishers, Spotify says they owe the streamer for overpayments. Last year’s US Copyright Royalty Board rate change included a retroactive cut in the minimum payment that the streamer makes on student and family plans along with a graduated 44% increase in payments to songwriters…
A2IM Libera Indie Music Awards 2019 – Full Winners List
Country-folk legend John Prine took top honors at the A2IM 2019 Libera Awards, winning the awards for Best American Roots/Folk Album and Best Country/Americana Album for The Tree of Forgiveness (Oh Boy Records). The awards, which took place at Ziegfeld Ballroom in NYC, as part of A2IM’s Indie Week, were…
Amazon Debuts ‘Handpicked’ Playlists with Katy Perry
Katy Perry has curated the inaugural playlist for Amazon’s new ‘Handpicked series. Perry’s twenty-one song playlist "Songs About Moving On" mixes a bit of her own music with Taylor Swift, Beyonce with Jack White, Ariana Grande and others. "My moving on songs," reads the tagline, "some are uplifting, while others…
Full List Of BET Award Winners 2019: Cardi, Childish, Beyonce, Bruno and More
Cardi B was the big winner at Sunday night’s 2019 BET Awards. Hosted by Regina Hall, the ceremony aired live from the Microsoft Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. Cardi B led this year’s nominations with seven and took home awards for Album of The Year for Invasion of Privacy, as…
MON. BRIEF: Spotify Wants Publisher Refunds • Amazon Debuts Handpicked • Libera Winners • Hipgnosis • More
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Is Classical Music Streaming’s Next Big Genre? [Mark Mulligan]
Streaming is introducing a larger and more diverse audience to classical music. "These new audiences bring with them new expectations about what classical music listening should be like and they present a major new opportunity for the classical market," writes Marl Mulligan. __________________________________ By Mark Mulligan of MIDiA and the…