Vine and Musical.ly transformed the music industry – then they disappeared. Will history repeat itself?

What does the death of innovative (and beneficial) digital music platforms mean for the future of the business?
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Spotify profit payouts: What’s the fairest way to recompense artists?

Annabella Coldrick of the Music Managers Forum dissects the main players to examine how they’re distributing cash windfall
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The Trouble with SiriusXM’s Opposition to the Music Modernization Act

NMPA chief David Israelite responds to op/ed which decried the objectives of the MMA bill
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The music industry must beware it doesn’t get eaten up by phone giants’ hunger for growth

Telco giants are back in love with music – but is that definitely such as good thing?
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My music startup failed multiple times before we got it right. Here’s what I learned.

Fanbytes co-founder Timothy Armoo on pivoting three times – and then succeeding
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The economics of the music industry’s mental health crisis

Killing Moon’s Ach Dhillon on the fragility of artists – and why protecting them makes business sense
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Music piracy: It’s time to acknowledge the unlicensed elephant in the room

MUSO’s Andy Chatterley believes the industry is missing out on an opportunity presented by piracy
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‘Critics of Article 13 are weaving a narrative with no relationship to fact.’

BASCA Chairman Crispin Hunt on the law that could change everything for YouTube
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‘People in the music business often do and say cruel things in order to elevate themselves. Avoid these people.’

Jamie Hartman – co-writer of Rag N Bone Man’s Human – gives advice to his younger self
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Spotify Radically Revamps Their ‘Hate Conduct Policy’ After a Huge Industry Backlash

Today, Spotify announced that its “hate conduct” policy will be revamped after an industry backlash. Spotify’s controversial policy to reduce “hate content and hateful conduct” on the streaming platform was short-lived as the company announced that whi…