Business, Services And Guides For Music Labels
Led Zeppelin may have a lucky escape… According to a new report by The Hollywood Reporter, the ‘Stairway to Heaven’ case against Led Zeppelin may lead to a mistrial. Robert Plant and Jimmy Page attended court in Los Angeles yesterday (June 14th). As the case went underway, Francis Malofiy – the attorney for the Michael […]
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Kanye West does it again…the unexpected. Just when Kanye fans thought they’d had enough of listening to the album, Kanye announced that he was making significant alterations to numerous songs on the album, which he did. Nearly every song on the album has had an update. So those fans that have already streamed the The Life of […]
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Social media giant, Twitter invests in SoundCloud’s music streaming service… According to reports, Twitter has invested $70 million in SoundCloud’s music streaming service as part of a funding round that will reportedly add up to $100 million or more. The funding round will see SoundCloud’s value estimated at approximately $700 million, according to a Recode report. […]
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Could this one have been prevented, too? Why is the shooting death of up-and-coming singer Christina Grimmie is getting totally ignored? The reason is that a far bigger shooting happened in the same city in the same week, at the gay nightclub Pulse. Sadly, both incidents occurred because of serious security lapses, a major wake-up call […]
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Nikki Sixx has had enough of Google and its low-royalty paying streaming services. Sixx sends Google founder, Larry Page an open letter, which reads… ”Dear Mr. Page, The sound of musicians knocking on YouTube’s door demanding change is growing ever louder. Recently, as a result of action and statements made by artists as diverse as […]
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Are you a musician or in a band? FACT and The Vinyl Factory bring you VF Selects – A project to help you release your music on vinyl… Today (June 14th), FACT and The Vinyl Factory have announced a partnership with crowdfunding site BORN.COM to make the release of vinyl easy for artists. It’s simple. All […]
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The latest executive shuffles across the music industry… ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) has elected Warner/Chappell Music Chairman & CEO Jon Platt to the ASCAP Board of Directors. Warner Music Group (WMG) has elevated Aton Ben-Horin from Senior Director of Global A&R to Global Vice President, A&R. In his new role, Ben-Horin will be responsible for facilitating […]
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DMN zooms in on what Spotify has been up to lately, and what this means for artists and fans… Healthy Subscriber growth. Spotify announced on March 21st that it had hit 30 million subscribers. DMN predicts that they have approximately 32 million paying users based on the fact that the streaming service has been adding 1 million […]
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Today (June 13th) Apple announced that it has now surpassed 15 million subscribers. The news was revealed by Apple executive Eddy Cue announced the new number during a keynote at WWDC. What’s surprising about this milestone is just how quickly the service has managed to rack up millions of users. It was only in February of this […]
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Berklee launches new initiative to help rights owners claim digital music royalties… Today (June 13th) The Berklee College of Music have announced an Open Music Initiative (OMI) which aims to improve the identification and compensation process of digital music for rights owners. The digital revolution has had profound effects on the music industry and this made […]
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