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There is a friend that sticks closer than a brother. The “Blurred Lines” lawsuit has apparently touched a lot of nerves and is also worrying the entire music industry. So much so that 212 artists filed a court document with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday in order to aid Pharrell Williams and Robin […]
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Apple Music bankrolled an expensive Britney Spears ad campaign. Now, Spotify is reaping the benefits and rewarding a ‘non-exclusive’. Britney Spears is now getting double the promotion — and half the piracy — thanks to an escalating pissing match between Apple Music and Spotify. The drama started when Britney Spears backed out of an exclusive release arrangement with Apple […]
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Nearly two weeks after release, Frank Ocean’s ‘Blond’ — an Apple Music exclusive — remains one of the most illegally downloaded albums on the web. Britney Spears’ ‘Glory,’ available across all streaming services, is hardly registering on piracy channels. Any questions? After a last-minute shift away from an Apple Music exclusive, Britney Spears’ ‘Glory’ is enjoying a […]
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Twitter has opened up their Amplify program to all U.S.-based video creators in order to generate content, according to a Twitter blog post. But here’s the best news for content creators: the rates are definitely better than YouTube and Facebook, both of which give you around 55% of overall ad revenue. Under the Amplify Publisher […]
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Et tu, Spotify? First reported here by sources close to the company barely 1 year ago, the New York Post is now reporting that music streaming leader Spotify is now releasing brand new music, which is always a good thing, but not if you’re a free subscriber to the service. We first reported in 2015 […]
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Et tu, Spotify? First reported here by sources close to the company barely 1 year ago, the New York Post is now reporting that music streaming leader Spotify is now releasing brand new music, which is always a good thing, but not if you’re a free subscriber to the service. We first reported in 2015 […]
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I don’t listen to music much at the gym. It’s my time to catch up on the news and podcasts. As an LA resident, I’m one of the fortunate few who don’t have to spend much time in my car as my office is 40 feet from my bed. While others are audibly lip synching […]
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The following guest post comes from David Israelite, CEO of the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), a trade association representing American music publishers. It’s a response to an earlier guest post on Digital Music News from Jody Dunitz, a former executive at Sony/ATV who has been a sharp critic of ASCAP, BMI, and the NMPA […]
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Was it, or wasn’t it? According to Spears’s tweet, Glory would drop exclusively on Apple Music, marking yet another victory for up-and-rising streaming contender Apple Music. How did we know? Well, no other streaming service was named, like Tidal or Spotify. Yet, on Friday, Spears’s new album was available on Apple Music, Spotify, and Amazon […]
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It was a messy week for Apple Music, a mixed week for Spotify, and an expensive one for Coldplay fans. Here’s the music business weekly wrap-up… An escalating streaming music war took some strange twists-and-turns this past week, with Apple Music stepping into a gigantic pile. After debuting a pair of Frank Ocean albums the week earlier, […]
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