Undeterred by the Copyright Directive’s passing, YouTube has vowed to fight on, hoping to pay artists and creators much, much less in the process. YouTube isn’t exactly happy about the European Union’s new law, the Copyright Directive. Specifically, th…
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Acquiring Susan Cotchin’s International Royalties Rescue, The Mushroom Group Unveils Good Neighbours
Australasia’s Mushroom Group has teamed up with neighboring rights specialist Susan Cotchin to unveil a new company. Cotchin will lead Good Neighbour as Managing Director of the Australasian neighboring rights company. Under the new partnership with Co…
Future Classic & Dropbox Unveil Studio Residency for Six Unsigned Artists Worldwide
Future Classic and Dropbox have teamed up to unveil a new program for aspiring musicians. Both companies have announced a Studio Residency for emerging artists at Future Classic’s joint recording studios with Dropbox at Elysian Valley in Los Angeles. T…
Recent Spotify Update Breaks Lockscreen Controls for Potentially Millions of Users
For the past month or so, Spotify users have remained vocal in their disappointment over a recent update on Android. With the service now reaching 217 million monthly active users (MAUs), it’s only natural a user base this large would remain vocal on a…
Twitter Is Preparing 10 Streaming Concerts from 10 ‘World Class’ Artists
Twitter has unveiled a slew of new video and music content partnerships, including a streaming concert pact with Live Nation. At the Digital Content NewFronts conference held in New York City yesterday, the popular short-form social media platform conf…
Amazon Will Spend $7 Billion This Year in Video and Music Content Alone
Can Amazon overtake rivals in both the streaming video and streaming music markets? In order to take on streaming video giant Netflix, Apple unveiled a $1 billion spending plan on original content. Unsurprisingly, the Cupertino company’s strategy won’t…
Taylor Swift’s ‘Me!’ Shatters Multiple Records on YouTube Music and Amazon
Taylor Swift has made history anew. The 29-year-old pop singer’s recent music video, ‘Me!,’ broke several records across multiple platforms. The music video, which features Panic at the Disco’s Brendon Urie, broke YouTube’s record for most views in a 2…
PRS for Music Posts $946 Million in Annual Collection Revenue — And Puts Fortnite on Notice
With the Copyright Directive passed, will the music industry push to collect revenue from popular games like Fortnite? Earlier today, British collecting society PRS for Music posted its total collection revenue for 2018. Representing over 135,000 songw…
Spotify’s Q1 2019 — 100 Million Subscribers & $159 Million in Net Loss
Spotify has reached 100 million subscribers. But, its losses continuing spiraling out of control. Earlier this morning, Swedish streaming music giant Spotify published its financial report for the first fiscal quarter of 2019 (Q1 2019). First, the goo…
The Most Notorious Piracy Hubs in the World, According to the U.S.
The United States Trade Representative has once again published its list of notorious markets, giving piracy yet another boost. In its 2017 Global Piracy Report, Muso, a well-funded British piracy-tracking startup, tracked around 300 billion visits to …