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American recording artist and actress Brandy Norwood has filed a lawsuit against her label Chameleon Entertainment and the President Breyon Prescott. According to Entertainment Weekly, Norwood is claiming that the label ”will not pay for her to record new albums or allow her to otherwise release music to her fans.” The file also states that this is […]
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Streaming kills piracy, right? Maybe it’s not that simple. Over the past ten years, the music industry has profoundly transformed to the point of becoming unrecognizable. The traditional business structure has been replaced by a profound digital disruption, one that has provoked major shifts in the way music fans discover, consume and pay for music. And throughout that roiling […]
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Today, Breakit — a Swedish news publication — reported that Jay Z is filing a ‘giant lawsuit’ against former Tidal owners. According to the report, the rapper claims that the worldwide subscriber numbers he was given at point of sale were misleading. Additionally, various statements relating to the condition of the business were allegedly exaggerated. […]
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According to reports, Kanye West’s updated The Life Of Pablo album is hitting all streaming services tomorrow (April 1st) after being exclusive to Tidal since its release. The news comes a month after Kanye had declared that his album would ”never never never be available on Apple”…or Spotify for that matter. In fact, Kanye even went […]
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Want to crash your crowdfunding campaign overnight? Then follow these 12 easy steps. Earlier this year, Indiegogo executive Udayan Sinha shared crowdfunding tips to a packed audience at the NAMM conference in Anaheim, CA. That included a number of critical errors that always seem to destroy otherwise great campaigns. What are these errors? According to Sinha, these are […]
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Advertising remains a key lifeline for piracy sites. Now, the UK Intellectual Property Office is stepping up its efforts to curb advertising on copyright infringing hubs. Pirate sites cater to millions of people, but those people don’t pay the bills. Instead, most piracy revenue is drawn from on-site advertisers, which often includes well-known consumer brands […]
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According to the Wall Street Journal, Spotify has just raised $1 billion in convertible debt financing. The funding round was led by private equity firm TPG, hedge fund Dragoneer Investment Group and Goldman Sachs. TPG and Dragoneer will reportedly buy $750 million of the debt, and Goldman Sachs will purchase the remaining $250 million. Most […]
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Tidal has hit a recorded 3 million subscribers, which doesn’t even include trial users. The news comes a day before Tidal’s one year anniversary. Of those 3 million subscribers, around half of them are paying $19.99 for the Hi-Fi tier as opposed to $9.99 for the basic tier, at least according to Billboard. That suggests a premium crowd, and […]
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Exhibit A: Estimated number of paying streaming music subscribers vs. ad-supported free users (Worldwide, 2015). Exhibit B: Estimated revenues created by paying streaming subscribers vs. ad-supported free users (Worldwide, 2015). Last week, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) reaffirmed that vinyl records are generating more revenue than free, ad-supported streaming users. But that is less of a reflection on how much […]
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Yesterday, Lil Wayne filed a lawsuit against Universal Music, claiming that the label owes him tens of millions of dollars in unpaid royalties. This all started when Lil Wayne’s Young Money label entered an agreement Universal Music’s Cash Money Records in 2003. The aim of that agreement was to discover and nurture new artists […]
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