As Musical.ly continues its growth, the platform is getting rid of its standalone live streaming application, Live.ly. For the uninitiated, Musical.ly is a social media platform that allows users to lip sync to their favorite tracks. Roughly speaking,…
Category archives: Music industry
Latest Industry: Parlophone, Columbia, Spotify Exodus, Apple Music, Mass Appeal, UMG, Alicia Keys, More…
A Danish court sentences anti-piracy lawyers to prison. A court in Denmark has sentenced three anti-piracy lawyers to more than ten years in prison. They had siphoned millions of dollars from the movie and TV industries while working at the Johan Schl…
Latest Industry: Ozuna, Apple, CIMA, Scooter Braun, Lede Company, More…
Ozuna crushes YouTube. Reggaeton artist Ozuna has become YouTube’s Top Artist of 2018. His channel has over 2.7 billion views. According to the company’s Artist Insights tool, Ozuna’s music videos have received 2.2 billion additional views. Nadine Sa…
Latest Industry: Arsenal+Tidal, Fleetwood Mac, OCL, SGAE, LiveXLive, ICMP, More…
Fleetwood Mac joins iHeartRadio Music Festival lineup. The iHeartRadio Music Festival has just added Fleetwood Mac — or what’s left of it — to its lineup. The group joins Justin Timberlake, Carrie Underwood, Mariah Carey, Imagine Dragons, Jason …
Canada’s Music Industry Proposes a $3.50 ‘Copying Tax’ on Every Smartphone
Any way you look at it, the Canadian Private Copying Collective’s ‘copying tax’ is nothing short of a selfish cash grab. Even worse, because of pressure from the music industry, the initiative may ultimately succeed. The Canadian music industry wants …
4 Myths Musicians Believe About Music Industry Success
Owing to a pervasive misconception of what music industry success is, and how it’s achieved, several prominent myths have emerged which many musicians take to heart that simply aren’t true.
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Songwriters got screwed by the Spotify equity bonanza
Over the past ten years, the three major music publishers – Universal Music Publishing, Warner/Chappell and Sony/ATV – did not receive any equity in Spotify as part of their numerous licensing agreements.
Music Business Worldwide
Yes, the Canadian music industry wants a fee on every smartphone sold in this country
The demand, which now forms part of the platform of demands from the Canadian music industry, is based on a $40 million annual handout.
A Journal of Musical Things
Sony forecasts slowdown in industry’s global recorded music growth in 2018
According to the IFPI, the global recorded music market grew by 8.1% in 2017, with $17.3bn in trade revenues making their way back to artists and labels.
Music Business Worldwide
Midem : l’Afrique, “nouvelle frontière” de l’industrie musicale
Cette année, le Midem s’est résolument tourné vers l’Afrique, un continent où les chiffres de l’industrie musicale donnent le vertige… mais où les chanteurs peinent à vivre de leur art.
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