[UPDATED] Next-generation record label and music distributor Amuse has raised a $15.5 million Series A round co-led by Lakestar and Raine.The company was founded in Stockholm by execs from Spotify, Universal Music and Warner Music. Using Amuse, artists can distribute their music for free to major services including Apple Music,…
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TuneGo Raises $7.7M For Music Industry Data Platform
TuneGO, a data driven music A&R startup has completed a Series B financing totaling more than $7.7 million. Private equity firm Falcon Capital led the round. TuneGO will use the funds to enhance its technology platform and global infrastructure, which is already being used by many leading music and entertainment…
Spotify, Apple, Google, Amazon, Orchard, Deezer, Others Sued For Copyright Infringement
Sony, Apple, Amazon, Spotify, Google, Microsoft, Orchard, Deezer, Shazam, MediaNet, CD Universe and Saavn are being sued for copyright infringement by a South African musician. A new lawsuit alleges that major digital music distributors and streaming services allegedly sold or streamed tracks from South African gospel singer Seugne Botha aka…
TIDAL Denies Streaming Fraud, But Not Late Payments
Just days after it was reported that Beyoncé and Kanye West’s TIDAL streaming stats had been manipulated with hundreds of millions of false plays, the music streamer denied the claim and launched an investigation into the data breach. TIDAL did not, however, address multiple reports that it was months behind…
Kickstarter Names Perfect Pussy’s Meredith Graves New Director Of Music
Meredith Graves has joined Kickstarter as their new Director of Music. Graves is an outspoken writer, former MTV News anchor, indie label founder and frontwoman for the hardcore punk band Perfect Pussy. Users have funded more music projects than any other category on Kickstarter including 27,488 albums, performances, independent music…
Guide To Independently Selling 25,000 Albums
In this piece Sunny Stuart Winter chats with UK based ‘ninja rapper’ Shaodow, a highly motivated musical entrepreneur who has found remarkable success in selling his album to fans, all on his own steam. _____________________________ Guest post by Sunny Stuart Winter With thousands of new music releases every week, tens…
BET Awards Nominees 2018: Khaled, Lamar Dominate
DJ Khaled and Kendrick Lamar lead the nominations for the 2018 BET Awards. Khaled is up for six awards and Lamar follows with five. The annual BET telecast celebrates excellence in music, film, TV, sports and philanthropy and airs live on June 24th. Complete list of nominees for the 2018…
Americana Music Awards Names 2018 Nominees: Isbell, Price, Carlisle Lead Eclectic Pack
The Americana Music Association has announced its 2018 nominees. Jason Isbell led the nominees with four nods, including for his album "The Nashville Sound," which earned two Grammys last year. Margo Price and Brandi Carlile, each received three nods for artist, song and album of the year. Yesterday’s live-streamed event…
QUICK HITS: The Orchard • Symphonic • Warner Music • Spotify
The Orchard has named Jessica Phelps as General Manager, Nashville. As head of The Orchard’s Nashville team. Phelps joins from Q Prime Management, where she acted as Head of Sales in the Label Services Department. • Symphonic has hired former Orchard executive Nick Gordon as Chief Client Officer and former…
Indies Beat Majors To Grab Biggest Share Of Global Record, Music Publishing Market
The annual Music & Copyright survey of recorded music and publishing companies shows Universal Music Group maintaining its position as the world’s biggest record company and Sony topping music publishing. But the collective strength of indie labels and publishers again beat both. __________________________ Source: Music & Copyright market share report…