Business, Services And Guides For Music Labels
Big win for CBS and other radio operators… ABS Entertainment has been battling CBS Radio over its use of pre-1972 classic recordings for some time now. ABS says CBS isn’t authorized to play the recordings given a lack of federal copyright protection, while CBS Radio was trying to toss the case based on bogus claims. 1972 […]
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Warner Music Group has acquired Sweden-based digital compilation company X5 Music Group, according to a report by The Hollywood Reporter. X5 is an independent digital-only label which was founded in 2003. Initially the company licensed and curated classical repertoire but now specializes in licensing pre-existing music for compilation albums and genre-specific music to create playlists, streaming and […]
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Live Nation are being extra cautious after T.I concert shootout… Last week at a T.I. concert, a gunman opened fire at Irving Plaza at approximately 10:15pm right before T.I. was due to perform on stage, leaving one fatality and three others injured. The New York rapper Troy Ave, also known as Roland Collins was the person […]
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What is the real reason Spotify nixed Musixmatch? Well, according to a DMN source, Spotify doesn’t want to pay nothing to publishers and songwriters for the simple reason that lyrics usage could be massive and they may end up having low margins. According to Spotify, the feature is unavailable due to ‘big improvements to the […]
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YouTube has not only been paying close attention to stream-ripping services, but they are now putting their foot down, Tubeninja is the latest under fire…. YouTube has given TubeNinja an ultimatum – either they stop all of their illegal activity or face legal action. YouTube is by far the biggest online video platform and the […]
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The latest executive shuffles across the music industry… Universal Music Group (UMG) has hired Graham Parker as President of UMG’s U.S. classical labels. Parker will report to Dickon Stainer, President & CEO of Global Classics, UMG and Danny Bennett, President & CEO, Verve Label Group. The role will be based in New York. Kobalt has hired Lonny Olinick as Senior Vice President, Strategic Business Development. […]
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It’s official… After much anticipation Instagram have officially confirmed previous reports by announcing the addition of new business tools via their blog. The new ‘business profiles’ allow businesses to be professionally recognised as a business on the app, allowing users to text, call or email them depending on the settings that the business chooses as […]
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Pandora’s share price has seen a massive increase amidst speculation of a possible sale. DMN previously reported a major slump in the share price after the departure of former CEO Brian McAndrews in March. McAndrews departure saw the reinstating of former CEO and co-founder Tim Westergren. But, now that there is talk of a sale […]
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According to Google’s transparency report, the top 10 infringing sites received 70 million complaints last year. This news comes after major copyright holders have been struggling to control massive online infringement for nearly two decades. There have been major efforts surrounding a proposed modification to the longstanding ‘Takedown’ policies, powered by a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) loophole. But, […]
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The latest executive shuffles across the music industry… Universal Music Group (UMG)has hired Gautam Srivastava as Executive Vice President of Human Resources. Srivastava will be based in the company’s Santa Monica headquarters in Los Angeles, and will be responsible for overseeing all UMG’s global human resources operations across over 60 countries. Srivastava will report to Lucian Grainge, Chairman and Chief […]
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