The European music industry is now rallying for the passage of Article 13 and the EU’s broader Copyright Directive. But Article 13 has just as many opponents — including heavily-funded tech giants like Google. Just last week, the European Union&…
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Bad News, Musicians. Your Uber Driver Probably Earns a Lot More Than You Do.
The Music Industry Research Association reveals one thing – don’t put your hopes on becoming a major music star. Thanks to the exploding popularity of streaming music platforms, the music industry has experienced a revival. Just see for yourself. Warn…
XXXTentacion’s Suspected Killer Pleads Not Guilty
Dedrick Williams is the suspect in the shooting death of XXXTentacion. However, he denied committing the crime during his first court appearance. Williams is 22 and claims that he was nowhere near the area where the rapper was shot while he was in his …
Songtradr Introduces a Distribution Platform to Power Data-Driven Sync Licensing
What’s the point of digital distribution if it isn’t driving anything beyond ‘exposure’ and a modest paycheck? The following is part of our ongoing series on sync licensing. We’d like to thank Songtradr for partnering with DMN to break this news. Sur…
Spotify Is Sitting On an Advertising Gold Mine, Barclays Says
Consumers hate intrusive advertising — which is a major reason why they upgrade. But according to one Wall Street analyst, Spotify’s advertising revenue could become a big growth area. Social media sites like Facebook, Snapchat, and YouTube are …
Latest Industry: J. Balvin, CAA, the Grammys, Since ’93, AEG, UTA, More…
J. Balvin becomes Spotify’s most streamed artist. Spotify has announced that Colombian singer J. Balvin has become the No. 1 artist on the platform. Thanks to the success of his fifth album, Vibras, he has over 48 million monthly listeners on Spotify,…
Metallica’s Kirk Hammett on the Guitar: ‘Like all instruments, there’s a time when it goes out of fashion.’
Metallica will never die, but will the guitar? Now, another guitar god is commenting on the 6-string’s demise. By now, it’s a tired cliché. But if ‘rock is dead,’ then by default, so is its most revered symbol. But maybe the …
The BBC Fumbles the Launch of its Spotify and Apple Music Competitor
With the launch of BBC Sounds, the archaic British broadcaster has only shown one thing – it clearly doesn’t understand its audience, nor even streaming technology for that matter. A month ago, Bob Shennan made a stunning confession. According to the b…
Etisalat Is Giving Every New Subscriber 6 Free Months of Apple Music
Apple Music is now attacking Spotify where they don’t yet exist. The streaming giant has teamed up with mobile giant Etisalat to court millions of new subscribers in United Arab Emirates — and potentially the broader Middle East and North Africa…
Childish Gambino Accused of Plagiarizing ‘This Is America’ — His Manager Responds
Is Childish Gambino’s ‘This Is America’ a rip-off? Sorry — I’m having a hard time writing this off as plagiarism. The tracks just don’t sound similar enough. But the runaway train that is the internet is talking these a…