Business, Services And Guides For Music Labels
Yesterday, Justin Bieber announced that he will not be doing any more ‘meet and greets’ during his Purpose World Tour. The news was announced via an Instagram post, which read: ‘I enjoy meeting such incredible people…but I leave feeling mentally and emotionally exhausted to the point of depression.” In the post, Bieber also says, ”I […]
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Apple and Vice have joined forces to bring an exclusive docu-series called ‘The Score’ to Apple Music subscribers. The Score is a six-part series which looks at local music scenes across the world. The first episode is called ‘Reservation Rap’ and focuses in on the music found on the Red Lake reservation in Minnesota. The […]
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Phife Dawg, a founding member of the rap group A Tribe Called Quest, died yesterday (March 22nd) aged 45. According to reports, the rap artist (real name Malik Taylor), had been battling ill-health for some years. The cause of this death is still unannounced, but it is known that he suffered from type 1 diabetes and […]
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We’re not gonna solve the Spotify debate overnight… A handful of artists — major artists — are choosing to withhold their music from Spotify whilst opting for competing streaming services, like Apple Music and Tidal. But why? It always seems to boil down to the fact that the platform offers a free tier. Artists simply disagree […]
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Streaming gets you exposure. Vinyl makes you money. Any questions? According to US-based revenue data released by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on Tuesday, vinyl revenues trumped the combined earnings of YouTube music videos, VEVO, free Spotify, SoundCloud, and every other free streaming music service combined, by a healthy margin. In total, the ad-supported, free […]
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Today, the RIAA released data confirming that streaming is the U.S. music industry’s single largest revenue-generator. For the first ever, streaming made up the largest component of the total U.S music industry revenue in 2015, which marks a major milestone for the format. The revenue mix in 2015 displays the ”most balanced revenue mix in […]
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And the comedy of errors continues at Tidal. After promising an extra, free month to trialling subscribers, Tidal has now mistakenly charged a number of credit cards held on file. A smattering of mishaps were shared with Digital Music News on Monday, including a charge on a DMN account itself. In response to an inquiry this morning, Tidal […]
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A list of executive shuffles across the music business… Deezer hires Aurélien Hérault as Vice President, Product. Hérault, who is currently head of research and development, will take on the new role to help place personalization at the core of the streaming service. Red Distribution hires Trina Tombrink as Vice President, Promotion and Artist Development. Tombrink will […]
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The western media needs to smarten up when talking about Chinese music. Recent coverage of the industry specifically, or even articles that reference the music business tangentially, have taken to recycling the same clichés, images and names.
The settlement concerns mechanical licensing rights, which refer to a copyright holder’s control over the ability to reproduce a musical work. The rule goes back to the days of player-piano rolls, but in the digital era mechanical rights have joined the tangle of licensing deals that streaming services need to operate legally.