The American Federation of Musicians (AFM) is effectively preventing as much as $25 million in royalties due musicians and background singers from being distributed allege Kobalt, Wixen, Sony and a growing group of organizations tasked with collecting royalties. The Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund was sitting on $25 million in…
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Grammy 2019 Deadlines and Dates: Submissions Now Open
Submissions for the 2019 61st Annual Grammy Awards are now open. To help navigate the process, we’ve created this quick guide and list of deadlines, dates and links new rules and more information. THE PROCESS RULE CHANGES The Recording Academy is increasing the number of nominees in the big “General…
Indie Stony Plain Records Partners With Linus Entertainment
Edmonton-based independent Stony Plain Records, one of Canada’s oldest indie roots labels, has struck an administration deal for their catalog with a new division of Canadian distributor Linus Entertainment. The deal, which went into effect on July 1st, covers a historically significant catalog of roots and blues music that covers…
1300 Musicians, Trade Groups Push For Article 13 Adoption Today, Big Tech Disagrees
UPDATE 2: 1300 recording artists including Sir Paul McCartney, Plácido Domingo, James Blunt and Max Martin, as well as most industry trade groups are urging the European Parliament to support the Article 13 EU Copyright Directive today. But big tech disagrees. The vote will take place on today, Thursday July…
Best Buy Just Killed The CD
Best Buy cut the number of music CD’s it carries dramatically this week. The electronics retailer operates more than 1100 stores in the United States and was the largest chain of stores there that carried CD titles beyond the Top 100. While earlier reports implied that Best Buy would stop…
A2IM Announces New Board Members
A2IM’s has elected four Board members and named six to its CEO Advisory Board. All were chosen from the independent trade group’s 590 active indie label members. The four incoming members are: Kris Gillespie (Managing Director, Domino Recording Co) Laura Ballance (President & Co-Founder, Merge Records) Rosie Lopez (President, Tommy…
Streaming Changes Everything For Music Catalogs
Most labels and many musicians thrive because of their hits, but survive over time because of their catalog. But as MIDiA analyst Mak Mulligan points out, streaming , which offers access to 35 million track library and a ‘small royalty income forever’ business model, changes the value of music catalogs…
A2IM Indie Week 2018 Recap: #RepresentationMatters
In this recap of the A2IM’s recent Indie Week music conference, Amy Hanna looks at the event’s focus on inclusivity and representation, as reflected in the conference’s panels discussing gender inequality and the music industry’s involvement in the #MeToo movement. ______________________________ By Amy Hanna, 6/8 Music Production/Radio Promotions Coordinator the…
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
In this careful look back on a full week of music industry news, we revisit Ticketmaster’s alleged scalping of its own tickets, hundreds of festivals’ pledge to tackle gender inequality in the music industry, the final conclusion to the Prince/dancing baby lawsuit, and more! Ticketmaster Accused Of Scalping Its Own…
Senate Markup Of Music Modernization Act Is Today: CONTACT CONGRESS NOW!
Efforts continue to gut portions of the Music Modernization Act in the Senate despite unanimous backing in the House Of Representatives and near unanimous backing from all sectors of the the music industry. Now is an essential time to get speak out. ____________________________ From SoundExchange Today, June 28, the Senate…