Category archives: Music industry

Facebook Strikes a Major Licensing Deal with APRA AMCOS

Facebook scores yet another major licensing deal. Australian performance and mechanical rights society APRA AMCOS has signed a major licensing agreement with Facebook. Under terms of the agreement, Facebook has licensed millions of songs from APRA AMCO…

Latest Industry: House of Blues, YouTube vs. Twitch/Patreon, UBS Group AG, Bucks Music Group, More…

Live Nation continues The War on Straws. 50 House of Blues Entertainment venues have implemented a straw-by-request policy.  The Live Nation-owned venues have made plastic straws and other “accessible alternatives” available upon demand.  Live Nation h…

IMPALA Urges European Commission to Block Sony’s EMI Music Publishing Acquisition

If Sony’s acquisition for EMI Music Publishing goes through, will it really harm the music market? The Independent Music Companies Association (IMPALA) has filed two complaints with the European Commission.  The organization, which represents the indie…

Latest Industry: Martin Garrix, The RIAA, Amazon Music Brazil, Danny Wimmer Presents, LiveXLive Media, More…

Martin Garrix launches Apple Music mix featuring music from his label. Dutch DJ and producer Martin Garrix has released his STMPD RCRDS mix on Apple Music featuring music from his label. In an interview on Beats 1 with Zane Lowe, the Dutch DJ said, “I’…

Latest Industry: Eazy-E Trademark Lawsuit, Madonna, iKON, Eventbrite, Peermusic, UMPG, Republic Records, More…

Eazy-E’s widow reaches agreement with his son. Eric Darnel Wright, son of rapper Eazy-E – Eric Lynn Wright – has reached an agreement with his late father’s widow, Tomica Woods-Wright.  She had sued Eazy-E’s son for illegally monetizing the NWA tradema…

Latest Industry: Facebook, Spotify & Samsung, Drake, Ticketfly, MelodyVR, Pussy Riot, Downtown, More…

Mass exodus of Facebook users jumping ship to…YouTube? Online market research firm SimilarWeb has found Facebook will soon become the third-largest site in the US.  In the past 2 years, Facebook’s monthly visits have fallen from 8.5 million to 4.5 bill…

Latest Industry: Bob Dylan, Pink, Pandora, Fourth XXXTentacion Murder Arrest, Patreon, Ingrooves, More…

Bob Dylan announces US tour dates. The American leg of Bob Dylan’s Neverending Tour will kick off in Midland, Texas on October 9th.  The 25-stop US tour will wrap up in Richmond, Kentucky on November 11th. Pink postpones yet another performance in Aust…

Does Spotify Dehumanize Music?

Is Spotify’s over-emphasis on algorithm playlists ultimately de-humanizing artists’ work? Apple CEO Tim Cook recently revealed the company’s streaming music service, Apple Music, has clearly surpassed Spotify in subscribers in the US, Canada, and Spoti…