As major companies like Amazon, Spotify, Google, and Pandora continue to take advantage the compulsory license loophole which allows them to do mass filings of ‘address unknown’ notices of intent, the sheer scale of these filings has made it cumbersome for those around the world negatively affected to combat the…
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Spotify Has A New Deal With Sony [Report]
Spotify has scored its second new major label deal. according to a new report. Sources tell Billboard that the second largest music group has joined Universal Music Group and indie licensor Merlin in completing new multi-year agreements with the top music streamer. No details of the reported new Sony Spotify…
Jay-Z’s New Album "4.44" Still Not On Spotify [UPDATE]
[UPDATE 3] More than a week ago, Jay-Z’s new album "4.44" became available on Apple Music, Amazon and most other streaming platforms, after a week as a TIDAL and Sprint exclusive. As of Monday 7/17, q0 days later, there remains one notable exception, market leader Spotify. _____________________________________ LOver a week…
Why The Music Industry Needs Computer Coders
Here Samuel Potts unpacks how the music industry has expanded to include tech companies, meaning that it’s now part of the tech sector, as well as why it needs to remain so and some the obstacles this newly enlarged industry will likely face down the road. ___________________________ Guest post by…
5 Streaming Trends To Keep An Eye On This Summer
As the development of the streaming music industry continues to bring out more questions surrounding issues of ownership and income, we’re looking at five important numbers to watch, and what they might imply for the industry as a whole. ________________________ Guest post by Melina Druga on MidemBlog In this series…
Two Major Mid-Year Reports Show A Growing Music Industry
Two new studies by leading music industry data and analytics firms BuzzAngle and Nielsen offer a deep dive into music consumption in the first half of 2017. Statistics from both show a growing music industry driven by impressive gains in streaming. Two new reports chronicle a growing recording industry. Weekly…
Spotify Updates US Terms And Conditions
Spotify rolled out a few major changes to their US terms and conditions last week and to avoid confusion the music streamer offered a summary. The biggest changes came in ruled affecting third party subscriptions and arbitration. _____________________________________________ Spotify’s summary of key updates to its US terms and conditions: We’ve…
CD Baby Extends Pro Publishing Services To Australia, New Zealand, Expands In Brazil
CD Baby has expanded the reach of its Pro Publishing administration service for songwriters to Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji. Australia is the 4th biggest national demographic of CD Baby artists. Pro Publishing has also expanded availability to Brazilian songwriters affiliated with any of the country’s many performing rights organizations….
Spotify Has A Big Fake Artists Problem, But Did It Pay To Create It?
Spotify is being accused of paying producers a flat fee to create tracks under fake names, saving the music streamer significant royalty payments. But, while artists with misleading names and tracks do appear on the Spotify and other music services, is the streamer’s involvement in creating these tracks a true…
FAKE HITS: Millions Of Streams vs. A True Fan Connection [David Emery]
In this article, David Emery explores the industry wide issue of "fake hits" tracks which, although they may amass a host of plays on platforms like SoundCloud, generate little to no appreciable revenue for artists or any label with which said artist may be associated. _____________________________ Guest by David Emery…