One of independent music’s most vocal advocates, Charles Caldas will step down as CEO of Merlin at the end of 2019 after more than 12 years leading the global digital rights agency. Continuing his current duties until then, Charles will work with the Merlin board to ensure a smooth transition…
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NPR Launches Curated Music Playlists
National Public Radio’s NPR Music has launch a new series of curated playlists featuring music from the broadcaster’s radio programs such as Morning Edition or All Things Considered. The playlists, which will also feature ‘curated’ selections from NPR personalities, will include music from across a variety of genres, such as…
Spotify Dubbed Digital Predator By Top Radio Consultant
The potential disruptive impact of Spotify’s new "Your Daily Drive " playlist which mixes music, news and short podcasts, is starting to sink in at radio. Respected radio consultant Fred Jacobs of Jacobs Media has now dubbed "Your Daily Drive" and short daily podcasts like the New York Times produced…
LyricFind Disputes Genius Lyric Theft Claim, Challenges WSJ Reporting
The blockbuster Wall Street journal piece in which lyric site Genius offered some pretty convincing proof that Google and its primary lyric providers like LyricFind had been stealing its lyrics is being strongly disputed by LyricFind. Here is the full statement (bold added: LyricFind Offers Corrections to Inaccuracies in Wall…
Spotify Invests $10M In Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency
Spotify has officially joined Facebook’s new Libra global cryptocurrency initiative. Spotify stands out as the only music or media company among 28 A-list players ranging from Visa to Uber to Andreessen Horowitz that each invested $10 million. Here’s of Techcrunch describes Libra: "Facebook wants to make Libra the evolution of…
Veteran UMG Exec Jeremy Erlich Joins Spotify As Head Of Music Strategy
Veteran UMG exec Jeremy Erlich has joined Spotify as Head of Music Strategy. His most recent post was as Interscope CFO and EVP Business Development. View this post on Instagram I’m very happy to announce that I’m joining Spotify as the Head of Music Strategy. I’ll be responsible for the…
Artist’s Guide To Pandora AMP
While traditionally artists needed to use a distributor such as TuneCore or CD Baby in order to get their music on a major streaming network, more services are allowing artists to post directly on their platforms. Here, we look at one example, the Pandora AMP service. ___________________________ Guest post by…
Spotify To Back New Facebook Cryptocurrency [REPORT]
Labels, publishers and artists may soon have the option of receiving streaming royalties in cryptocurrency, as Spotify is reportedly one of the early backers of Facebook’s cryptocurrency initiative. Cryptocurrency could solve many of the issues that a company like Spotify has when paying tens of thousands of rights holders in…
KCRW MD and DJ Jason Bentley Is Exiting
Jason Bentley, the longtime Music Director of the influential Los Angeles radio station KRCW, announced that he was stepping down from the position and as host of the radio show Morning Becomes Eclectic. Bentley’s last show as host of Morning Becomes Eclectic will be August 30, 2019. KCRW will be…
5 Ways Fans Can Help Music Chart
Getting your music to rank on one of the Billboard charts can often be the big break that helps kick an artists career up to the next level, and if you have a single or new album headed for release, there are a few things your fans can do for…