Business, Services And Guides For Music Labels
Spotify may have an ally in its newfound war against music publishers. Spotify’s decision to battle back against hundreds of millions in mechanical license liabilities isn’t going unnoticed. In fact, it may be drawing substantial support from streaming rivals. That now includes one very massive rival, depending on how this shakes out. In confidential conversations […]
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Nobody said becoming a Wall Street billionaire would be easy. Now, the largest music publishers in the world are preparing for a major fight against Spotify. Last week, Spotify’s attorneys decided that the reproductive ‘mechanical’ license doesn’t apply to streaming services. But that’s definitely the wrong answer for major music publishers. + Surprise! Spotify Says They […]
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Goldman Sachs is about to go Greek on a certain Spotify head of licensing and business affairs. Did Spotify just f—k up their entire IPO? That might be going too far, but this seriously complicates things. Unfortunately, the streaming giant just handed opposing attorneys a bombshell contradiction — in the form of a federal filing. And […]
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Is the criticism about Len Blavatnik’s donation fair? An Oxford professor resigned after discovering that Warner Music Group owner Len Blavatnik donated money to Donald Trump. Len Blavatnik often makes charitable donations in the United Kingdom. To set up the Blavatnik School of Government, the Ukrainian-born billionaire donated £75m ($97m) to Oxford University. This marks […]
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I found Lucy Rose backstage at Latitude Festival in Suffolk, UK. She is a modest, witty, and understated individual. Which is why she clearly did not want to discuss the private jet. Private jet? Oh yeah. While booking this episode it came out that she was riding on Mumford & Sons’ private jet to Ireland. […]
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Yesterday, a number of prominent artists donated funds to assist victims of Hurricane Harvey. Now, an entire record label is joining the effort. We didn’t expect Chris Brown to come forward with $100,000 to help Harvey victims. We also weren’t expecting an entire label to start donating its profits to the relief effort. But just […]
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BTS has just given Amazon a huge pre-release exclusive on their upcoming album, Love Yourself: “Her”. The only catch? It’s a $22 CD that most fans will probably never play. If you thought the CD was dead, you probably haven’t been to Japan or South Korea recently. That’s where Jpop and Kpop bands are smartly […]
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Selena Gomez has the single largest Instagram account in the world. So how did it just get hacked? Selena Gomez’s Instagram account suffered a major breach today (Monday), raising fresh questions about internet security for artists. Within minutes, the compromised account was spilling naked pictures of Justin Bieber, complemented by snarky comments about the singer’s […]
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The music industry: it all depends on how you look at it! Here’s an animated look at the massive transformations witnessed over the past 10 years. It’s been a pretty wild transformation for the music industry — and this is just the past 10 years. The methodology. The above breakdown reflects the sales of every type […]
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Big, big news: Spotify has just signed an updated licensing deal with Warner Music Group. That puts the last major label license in the bag — and brings an IPO ever closer to reality. After months and months of arduous negotiations, Warner Music Group has renewed its licensing agreement with Spotify. The deal, announced this (Thursday) […]
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