How the likes of Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and YouTube boosted the country’s superstar worldwide
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From Azoff To Slipknot, Music Biz Condemns Spotify, Google Attack On Songwriter Rates Increase
Late last week Spotify, Pandora, Google and Amazon announced they were teaming appeal the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board ruling increasing streaming payouts to songwriters by 44%. The four will file a action with the D.C. Court of Appeals. Now, artists and the industry are reacting, condemning the tech giants and…
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
As we sift back through a busy week in the music business, we revisit Spotify’s scheme to pre-load phones with itself, Apple Music’s stand as the only major streaming not vying to cut songwriter royalties, Amazon and Ticketmaster’s new partnership, and more! Spotify To Come Pre-Loaded In Millions Of Samsung…
Apple Music Is Only Major Streamer Not Trying To Cut Songwriter Royalties
Spotify, Pandora, Google and Amazon are appealing the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board ruling that would increase streaming payouts to songwriters by 44%. Notably absent from the list of music tech giants is Apple Music. Under this CRB ruling, streaming services will be required to pay songwriters and publishers 15.1% of…
Annie Lenox, Apple Music Team For #GlobalFeminism Film For International Women’s Day [WATCH]
Annie Lennox has teamed up with Apple Music to make a short film in support of to mark today’s Global International Women’s Day. Dua Lipa, Mary J Blige, Ed Sheeran, Hozier and Emili Sandeare among those featured in the film. Apple Music also compiled a #GlobalFeminism playlist of the participants’…
Annie Lennox teams with Apple Music to launch Global International Women’s Day initiative
Ed Sheeran, Dua Lipa, Richard E Grant, Emeli Sande, Hozier, Farhan Akhtar and more appear in short film
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Streaming Revenue Impressive, But Can It Ever Make Up For Lost Physical Sales?
With streaming revenue showing a massive increase in comparison to previous years, the major three record labels are rejoicing at their annual haul. A big part of this income still draws from physical sales however, and as these old-school revenue streams continue to thin to a trickle, will streaming be…
Symphonic Distribution Expands To China
Independent music distributor Symphonic has expanded its reach to China via partnershipd with Tencent, NetEase and soon, says the company Alibaba.The new deals were spearheaded by indie rights powerhouse MERLIN. Content can be placed on Chinese music serives NetEase Cloud Music, Xiami (Alibaba), QQ Music, Kugou and Kuwo (Tencent Music…
100 Million Use Paid Music Streaming Services In US [MusicWatch]
Fresh off the release of RIAA revenue numbers MusicWatch shared its year-end numbers assessing the size of the US streaming market and how music listening is evolving. Among the internet using population 13 and older MusicWatch reported a record 165 million streamers in 4Q, based on listening at least one…
Apple is hiring for a Global Head of Latin Music to grow ‘multi-million dollar business programs’
Company is hiring for a Global Head of Latin Music Business in Miami
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