Business, Services And Guides For Music Labels
Bruce Springsteen calls the concert off… Today, Bruce Springsteen posted a statement on Facebook notifying his fans that he will no longer be playing Sunday’s scheduled concert after North Carolina approved the new HB2 law which is anti LGBT. In the post Springsteen says… ”No other group of North Carolinians faces such a burden. To my mind, it’s […]
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As of May, Netflix will be charging $9.99 a month for the two-stream HD plan. That’s a 25% increase. In May 2014, Netflix began increasing its monthly subscription prices, but those that signed up prior to the price increase were exempt from this for two years. Now those two years are up, the company is sticking to its guns […]
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As of May, Netflix will be charging $9.99 a month for the two-stream HD plan. That’s a 25% increase. In May 2014, Netflix began increasing its monthly subscription prices, but those that signed up prior to the price increase were exempt from this for two years. Now those two years are up, the company is sticking to its guns […]
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The Beatles were one of the latest to distribute their music on streaming services and only made it to the likes of Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal and some of the other key subscription services in late December last year. Despite their late move to these platforms they have managed to rack up some serious streaming […]
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The latest executive shuffles… Sony/ATV Music Publishing has elevated Jorge Mejía to President of Latin America and U.S. Latin. Mejía has been working with Sony/ATV Publishing for over 19 years. Universal Music Group is letting Francis Keeling go. Keeling was UMG’s Global Head of Digital Business and has worked for the label for 10 and a half years. Keeling’s […]
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Dennis Davies, who is widely known as David Bowie’s drummer in the 70’s has died. Dennis Davis worked in the music industry as a drummer and session musician. He is most commonly known for his work that he did with David Bowie. Davis was hired by Bowie in 1974 and formed the Rhythm section of the […]
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Today, Rhapsody launched ‘The Listener Network’, which is a new set of features designed to make music discovery fun and social. The Listener Network is powered by Rhapsody’s patent-pending Music Intelligence Engine, which connects Rhapsody and Napster users worldwide to form a community which share tastes in music. The new network also features a handy tool called Music Match which […]
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The advocate general Melchior Wathelet is the individual behind this notion. The opinion was raised due to an ongoing case between Playboy and a Dutch web page GeenStijl.nl. The Dutch site linked to leaked Playboy photos that were hosted on a file-hosting site File-factory, back in 2011. Playboy successfully requested removal of the photos from File-factory, but […]
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Bandcamp has become a beloved ally of artists. But how much is this platform actually paying? Bandcamp launched in 2008 as an artist-friendly platform, a move that quickly changed the space while edging out then-contenders like Topspin. The privately-owned company has grown from a modest two people in a local library, to a team of 28 who pride […]
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In earlier reports, DMN detailed an ongoing copyright infringement lawsuit filed by a New York artist named Koza against Martin Shkreli over the sale of the Wu-Tang Clan album. In short, Koza agreed to his Wu-Tang artwork being used on a website, but did not grant further use of his work. Regardless, Koza’s drawings were used in a 174-page book […]
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