Royalty advances are typically an unpredictable shot in the dark about what an artist is worth, with publishers seeking to keep it as low as possible, while artists work to squeeze as much money out as possible. In hopes to remove some of the polarizing ambiguity from this process, Swedish…
Category archives: Music Tech
WED. BRIEF: UMG Acquires Ingrooves – The TikTok Music Scam – Tidal Adds Artist, Song Blocking – More
WEDNESDAY 2.13.19
Music Business News From Around The Web
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Identity Theft New Trend In Music Piracy
Music piracy has existed as long the music industry itself, but like every thing else in the biz, it’s constantly changing and adapting. The most recent trend appears be impersonation, and has digital buccaneers pinging labels and publicists, claiming to be an artist or manager in order to access their…
PledgeMusic Shutdown Continues
The suspension of all music crowdfunding campaigns on PledgeMusic continued Tuesday, six days after they began. The company has been silent since last week, leaving thousands of musicians in the dark and in many cases, owed tens of thousands of dollars in funds pledged by fans. Attempts to contribute to…
16 Best New Gear Releases Featured At NAMM 2019
Following the National Association of Music Merchants 2019 gathering, Michael Hahn highlights some the most exciting music tech releases/announcements from this years event, and wheat they suggest about music tech trends moving forward. ___________________________ Guest post by Michael Hahn of Landr It’s the most wonderful time of the year—for gear…
MON. BRIEF: Grammy Hits and Misses ~ Music Industry Splits On Article 13 ~ Spotify vs Ad Blockers ~ More
Monday 2.11.19
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This Week In Music Commentary
This week in music commentary, we heard concerns about just how much Spotify’s podcast play will work out, rumors that the streaming giant will ‘declare war’ on songwriters following a royalty rate increase, a dire warning that your role (yes, yours) in the music industry could be replaced, and more….
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
Climbing to the top of Hypebot’s ‘Most Read’ charts this week, we had articles covering the disparities in 2018’s streaming rates, a dire warning on how your role in the music industry could soon be replaced, a look at how to build your music management dream team, and more! Orchard…
Sprint Is Suing AT&T Over ‘Fake’ 5G Advertising Claims
Sprint has filed a lawsuit against AT&T for its 5G Evolution branding. AT&T rolled out the branding on phones that still use 4G LTE Advanced technology, which is not true 5G. Both T-Mobile and Verizon have mocked the branding through social med…
Streaming Music Revenue Up, But Per Song Rates May Have Dropped In 2018
In this piece, Bobby Owsinski breaks down some complex recent streaming data, which highlights the disparity between the royalty rates paid out by major streamers (with YouTube coming up particularly short) as well as the contextual challenge of drawing accurate information from these kinds of data sets. __________________________ Guest post…