Orchard co-founder Scott Cohen is headed to Warner Music Group, according to multiple sources. Hypebot recently published a stern warning from Cohen to the music industry to change or risk obsolescence. An internal WMG memo called Cohen a pioneer and a maverick entrepreneur… constantly envisioning what’s beyond the horizon for…
Category archives: Major Labels
Identity Theft New Trend In Music Piracy
Music piracy has existed as long the music industry itself, but like every thing else in the biz, it’s constantly changing and adapting. The most recent trend appears be impersonation, and has digital buccaneers pinging labels and publicists, claiming to be an artist or manager in order to access their…
Inaugural Music Business Power 10 List [Glenn Peoples]
As a kind of response to Billboard’s most recent ‘Powe 100’ list, Glenn Peoples has here assembled a power list of individuals in the music industry who hold a significant of power and influence in the respective positions, but for one reason or another may have been passed up by…
5 Artists Sue Sony, Universal, For Copyright Infringement
Historically, record labels have made every effort too keep as much revenue as they could for themselves, and paid artist the minimum amount possible, but as the music industry has shifted, many had hoped this practice would lessened. This is not so, at least according to five artists bringing down…
Streaming Music Revenue Up, But Per Song Rates May Have Dropped In 2018
In this piece, Bobby Owsinski breaks down some complex recent streaming data, which highlights the disparity between the royalty rates paid out by major streamers (with YouTube coming up particularly short) as well as the contextual challenge of drawing accurate information from these kinds of data sets. __________________________ Guest post…
Music Supervision and Sync News: Lady Gaga • Bohemian Rhapsody • Red Dead Redemption • BMG • More
This month’s music supervision roundup from Emma Griffiths at Synchtank surveys the world of film, tv, advertising, gaming, business and more for the best and most interesting synch placements and news. ___________________________________ By Emma Griffiths of SynchTank Film and TV 10 Great Movie Music Moments by Michel Legrand (Variety) From…
Orchard Co-Founder Issues Warning To Music Industry: ‘You’re Probably Going To Be Replaced’
In this article, Oisin Lunny shares a dire warning from Scott Cohen, the enigmatic music tech pioneer affiliated with company’s like, Spotify, The Orchard, and the British Phonographic Industry. In a recent keynote presentation, Cohen warned a massive industry sea change would likely soon reshape the music business entirely. _________________________________…
WMG Names Eliah Seton As President of Independent Music and Creator Services
Warner Music Group has named Eliah Seton has been named its first President of Independent Music & Creator Services. Seton is bing promoted from his post as President of ADA Worldwide as of WMG’s effort grow its footprint in independent music. Seton’s portfolio will include WMG owned indie distributor ADA…
Musicians File Class Action Suit Against UMG And Sony To Reclaim Copyrights
Five musicians filed class action lawsuits against Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group earlier this week in an attempt to recapture ownership to the copyrights of their hit songs and recordings. The class actions filed in Manhattan federal court claim that U.S. copyright law ‘permits recording artists to terminate…
Classical Music Listeners Still Favor CDs
While CDs are certainly in decline, they haven’t vanished from shelves quite as quickly as anticipated. Indeed, when it comes to consumers of classical music, there remains a good deal of interest in this physical music format. ________________________ Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Sales for CDs keep…