Digital Millennium Copyright Act safe harbor protections and lower than industry standard royalty rates allow YouTube to underpay musicians, songwriters, label and other rights holders between $650 million and $1 billion a year, according to a new analysis. _________________________________ Safe harbor provisions of the DMCA allow YouTube to underpay the…
Category archives: Music Tech
Pandora Under Pressure Even As Music Industry Warms To Westergren
Pandora used to be the company the music industry loved to hate. An aggressive campaign to lower royalty payments and a now ex-CEO who cared more about money than music earned the ire of many. But just as that image is changing, Pandora is feeling new pressures. __________________________________ When Tim…
THU. BRIEF: Pandora Pressured • $1B YouTube Problem • Native Buys Metapop • Slacker Goes Old School • More
Thursday 3.30.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Activist investors are pressuring Pandora CEO Westergren to make the streamer profitable quickly or sell. Updated continuously under our More News tab
Latin America And The Ascent Of Digital Music [Exclusive White Paper]
A region packed to the brim with an outstanding array of original music from great acts, Latin America has also long been plagued with piracy, although the quick adoption of digital media could well be providing a cure to this behavior. _____________________ Guest post by Juliana Koranteng of Midem When…
The Music Business And The Quest For Consumer Data [Bas Grasmayer]
In this edition of Projecting Trends, Bas Grasmayer delves into the ways in which the music industry has been working to obtain and analyze the data of its consumers over the past several years, and what purpose that data is serving. _______________________________ Guest post by Bas Grasmayer from Synchblog “Data…
Music Discover Platform TuneGo Launches A Record Label
TuneGO, a music discovery platform aimed at working musicians and industry professionals announced that they are launching their own record label aimed at helping to break artists. The TuneGo label launch coincides with the recent addition of Marcus Spence, Senior Vice President of Mosley Music Group, as Head of A&R…
Emoticast Raises $5 Million As Sean Parker, will.i.am, David Guetta Back Mobile Music Messenger
Emoticast believes it has found the best way make sure that music and music marketing take advantage of the current explosion in mobile messaging. Today, a group of all-star investors showed their belief the company with a $5 million investment in the startup. ___________________________ Mobile music messenger Emoticast has announced…
WED. BRIEF: Emoticast Raises $5M • WMG Adds Vinyl Only Label • Koba’t’s AWAL App • More
Wednesday 3.29.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Superstar investors are betting $5M on Emoticast’s combo of music and messaging. Updated continuously under our More News tab
Hacked Coachella, Stagecoach Account Holders Offered Free ID Protection By Promoter Goldenvoice
Almost 4 weeks after we reported that the Coachella and Stagecoach festival web sites were hacked, promoter Goldenvoice is letting a million plus fans know that their data has been compromised and offer a free year of identity theft protection. _______________________________ This week, festival promoters Goldenvoice acknowledged a 6 month…
SoundCloud Go, SoundCloud Go+ Launch In Netherlands
SoundCloud Go and Go+ have launched in the Netherlands. The announcement come fresh on the heels of $70 million in much needed debt funding for the music service. SoundCloud Go and SoundCloud Go+ is available in the Netherlands on web, iOS App Store and Google Play. SoundCloud Go is 5.99…