A Chinese regulator has issued a strongly-worded notice to music streamers about signing music exclusives.
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La blockchain permet à l’industrie musicale de rééquilibrer son modèle économique
On voit donc qu’à l’heure où l’industrie musicale tente de se réinventer, la blockchain permet de rétablir l’équilibre entre d’une part les artistes et compositeurs, et d’autre part les consommateurs finaux.
Gene Simmons: Name One Superstar Artist Created After 1988
Superstars created between 1958-1988: Elvis, the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Madonna, Prince, Jackson, U2, AC/DC, Kiss. Superstars created after 1988: ___________________. Last week, KISS bassist Gene Simmons boldly declared that streaming and piracy had killed the next Beatles. But this is a lot more serious than Simmons first outlined. In fact, the modern music industry — or lack […]
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The Easiest Way to Fix the Streaming Mechanical is to Get Rid of It
More than 500 songwriters and publishers are seeking punitive damages for Spotify’s failure to pay mechanical royalties. How did we get here? Interactive ‘streaming mechanicals’ were invented by stakeholders in 2008 to address the concern that streaming would cannibalize record sales which would, in turn, vanquish mechanical royalties. So they imposed a replacement that mollified […]
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Nearly $2.8 Billion Invested In the Music Industry — This Week
New investors have brought life to multiple start-up companies and entertainment projects. When a music company is forced to close its doors, it often leaves behind a very bitter lesson. Rising music tech companies Ricall and Blin.gy were no exception. Ricall offered music pre-licensed for use in advertising, film, and TV. Founded in 1998, the […]
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Band Gets Accidentally Pressed onto Beyonce’s Record – and Dropped by Their Label – In the Same Week
Canadian punk band Zex is still reeling from the past few days. Yes, you could make this stuff up. But it would be a really weird story. Last week, the band Zex woke up to a strange development. Their album was accidentally pressed onto Beyonce’s vinyl release of Lemonade. So, thousands of Beyonce fans were […]
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7 Startling Facts About the Music Industry in 2017
According to the IFPI, did you know that YouTube pays the music industry less than a $1 for each user on the platform? Earlier today, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) released the 2017 Music Consumer Insight Report. Titled Connecting with Music, the report examines how fans engaged with recorded music across thirteen […]
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‘Cash Me Outside’ Girl Signing Marks The Official Split of the Music Industry
There are now two completely separate music industries. And most don’t even realize this. It has been a long time coming. One, you have the traditional music industry. I call it the Superstar Business. And it’s run by the major labels. For a while now, of course, they have been solely focused on how to […]
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Tech advances alter hierarchy of music industry
Streaming allows small record labels to reach global listeners without the hefty costs of pressing and shipping CDs, a roadblock that has helped keep the big three labels — Universal Music, Sony and Warner — in command of the world’s popular music.
Spotify questions whether mechanical royalties are even due on a stream
The ongoing debacle around the payment of mechanical royalties on streams in the US has taken a very interesting turn indeed, as Spotify responds to the latest litigation filed on this dispute by asking: what if no mechanical royalties are due on strea…