Business, Services And Guides For Music Labels
Who’s side is Google on, anyway? On July 20th, the US Departments of Justice and Homeland Security, as well as the IRS, jointly seized and shut down Kickasstorrents, the largest torrent site in the world (that is, until last week). The abrupt shutdown also involved a number of other Kickasstorrents (or ‘KAT’) domains, with a […]
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Thank you, China. With more and more images showing up online seemingly confirming that the iPhone 7 will not have a 3.5 mm headphones jack, manufacturers are scrambling to accommodate a Lightning port that will allegedly ship with the iPhone 7. One such manufacturer is Chinese company, BeSound, who is promising iPhone 7 users the […]
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Three months ago, Apple said they had no plans to drop music downloads. Now, it’s happening in one of the largest markets in the world. In May of this year, sources to Digital Music News pointed to plans by Apple to drop music downloads from the iTunes Store within 2-3 years. That information was flatly denied by […]
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There’s apparently a new way to invest in the music industry: finance concerts and recordings by emerging artists. Similar to top online funding platform Kickstarter, instead of having go through major record labels in order to secure gains, The Unison Fund, a brand-new investment fund, aims to help financial investors with the purpose of financing […]
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Spotify is now being threatened with another major lawsuit, this time from a totally different group of publishers. The following is a developing story exclusive to Digital Music News. Please check back for ongoing updates. Spotify is now being threatened with yet another major lawsuit, this time from a group of indie music publishers demanding unpaid mechanical […]
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In its battle with online music streaming giant Spotify, Apple Music appears to have gotten the upper-hand this time around. After The New York Times reported Apple Music scored an exclusive deal with R&B singer Frank Ocean to distribute his highly-anticipated album, Boys Don’t Cry, exclusively through Apple Music for two weeks, Britney Spears took […]
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In its battle with online music streaming giant Spotify, Apple Music appears to have gotten the upper-hand this time around. After The New York Times reported Apple Music scored an exclusive deal with R&B singer Frank Ocean to distribute his highly-anticipated album, Boys Don’t Cry, exclusively through Apple Music for two weeks, Britney Spears took […]
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The takedown follows a refusal by US Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys to budge on its earlier licensing mandate. Music publishers were dealt a heavy blow this morning, as the US Department of Justice refused to modify a range of earlier licensing decisions. Those decisions, considered extremely unfriendly to entrenched publishing interests, include the continuation […]
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Los Angeles based Clare Means has been street performing for the past 8 years on the Santa Monica Pier and Promenade. As two of the biggest tourist traps in LA, street performers can earn a substantial amount. Some average $100 an hour or more. And some average $5 an hour. It all depends on the the location, […]
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Do you have that in color? Barneys New York is now drastically marking up a number of iconic band t-shirts, perhaps proving the extreme prices that legendary musicians can fetch. The selection includes a range of mega-artists, including the late David Bowie, whose two-color t-shirt retails for a ‘discounted’ $175. Others are also […]
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