Business, Services And Guides For Music Labels
There are hundreds of record labels in the world. Three of them sell most of the music. An astounding 62.4 percent of all music sold, downloaded, and streamed worldwide comes from just three major labels, according to data released by independent label group WIN. The three major labels — Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and Universal Music […]
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When thinking about top home furnishings specialty retailer Crate and Barrel, one usually thinks about what to put for the wedding registry or what to get for your kitchen or bedroom to have your home looking sleek. Music is probably the furthest thing from one’s mind. Now, in an attempt to appeal to the music […]
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According to court documents obtained exclusively by Digital Music News, a man by the name of Frank Johnson Jr., or Frank Blair, has filed a lawsuit in the United States District against Universal Music Group and Eagle Rock Entertainment, specifically naming Lucian Grange, CEO of UMG, and Eagle Rock Entertainment co-founder Terry Shand. In […]
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Don’t want your music videos on YouTube? Then take them down. This morning, Warner Music Group officially licensed their content to Vevo, the YouTube-embedded music video service (we first reported on the deal here). The move comes amidst growing plans to diversify Vevo beyond YouTube, which currently accounts for nearly every music video viewed on […]
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Spotify, despite beating out Apple Music and other competitors with 30 million paid subscribers, is actually bleeding money. While the company boasts high annual salaries for full-time workers, reported at over $168,000, the company reported last year a loss of over $194 million, way up from just $28 million in 2010. This might show that […]
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According to the 6 page court document filed at the Supreme Court of New York available online, Atlantic Records, a subsidiary of Warner Music Group, has filed an ex parte petition in an attempt to get San Francisco based, user-driven news site Reddit to hand over the IP address of the user who leaked the […]
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What are streaming services like Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube paying artists? Here’s what one indie label found out. Sadly, most artists and labels have no idea what they should be getting paid by streaming platforms like Spotify and Apple Music, and none of these services are offering any guidance. So, we started publishing whatever […]
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According to Brian Fan, CEO and founder of Magic Instruments, only 12% of the population plays a musical instrument, but 80% of them wish they could. Liz Stinson over at Wired adds that most people who try to play the guitar end up quitting less than a year after they start. That’s why Magic […]
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Going on another one of his all-too-common signature rants on Twitter, Kanye West sent out a tweet storm, calling on Apple and Tidal executives, along with several other big-names in the music industry to hold a meeting and calm down the “beef” between both companies. Kanye West posted on Saturday: “I need Tim Cook Jay […]
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Here in the United States, it’s difficult to ignore that gun-related shootings are reported on an increasing and almost daily basis, whether it be innocent civilians caught in the crossfire, angry ex-employees exacting revenge, or police officers, who have lately become the victims after apparently being accused of being the victimizers. While gun-related violence as […]
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