Music technology provider Audible Magic has announced two new services, Rights Audit and Rights Rx, designed to verify rights ownership across more than 200 territories before new music is added to a catalog. Sony owned indie distributor The Or chard is among the first to sign on. The new service…
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Pandora ‘Stories’ Adds Creator Commentary To Playlists
Pandora has launched "Stories," a new tool that allows artists, songwriters and podcasters to add commentary to music and "combining the storytelling of podcasts with the musical power of playlists." Using Pandora Stories, creators can curate Playlists and Mixtapes comprised of tracks from Pandora’s catalog and then customize it with…
Warner Music Group Calls Spotify Comments ‘Appalling,’ Vows To Fight In India
The battle between Spotify and Warner Music Group’s Warner/Chappell Music publishing arm continues unabated, after the pair failed to reach an agreement to licence songs to the streamer in India. A Mumbai judge today failed to grant WMG an injunction stopping Spotify from launching in India, but it did also…
Court Denies WMG Injunction, Clears Spotify India Launch
[UPDATED] A Mumbai court has failed to grant Warner Music Group and it’s Warner/Chappell Music publishing subsidy an injunction that would stop Spotify’s launch in India. Unable to reach a direct deal with Warner/Chappell, Spotify is preparing to launch under a blanket license previously used only by TV and radio….
What Beatles 2018 Success Says About Streaming’s Future [Mark Mulligan]
Almost 50 years after The Beatles disbanded, the Fab Four remain Universal Music Group’s fourth best seller of the last year. MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan takes a fascinating dive into the numbers to discover what that implies for streaming’s future and the long term revenue that it may deliver to…
Full Text Of Spotify, WMG Dueling Statements On India Lawsuit and Launch
After WMG filed for an injunction to stop the launch of Spotify in India on Monday, both companies issued unusually strong statements that will resonate in the coming weeks, as the streamer continues global licencing re-negotiations with all three major music groups. From Warner Music Group (bold added) "After months…
Warner Music Files Suit To Stop Spotify India Launch, Streamer Claims ‘Abusive Behavior’
Warner Music Group and it’s Warner Chappell Music (WCM) publishing division filed an injunction in Mumbai on Monday to stop Spotify from launching its streaming service in India. WMG is alleging that the streamer has not obtained the proper publishing licenses. Warner’s court filing came after reports surfaced that Spotify…
Next Big Sound Adds Pandora Streams To Audience Map: Know Where Your Fans Are
Pandora owned analytics platform Next Big Sound has improved its Audience Map with adding an important metric – where an artist’s Pandora streams are coming from. Launched last last November, the chart had previously only highlighted the areas where an artist received Pandora Artist Station Adds over the last 28…
New Study By Goldman Sachs Forecasts Double-Digit Growth For Music Biz
[Updated] The music business has had a tough go of it over the past decade, but in recent years things have taken a turn for the better, with industry business booming. Thankfully, this trend shows no signs of waning, according to recently published research from a team at Goldman Sachs….
Major Labels Earn $800,000 A Hour From Streaming
The three major label groups, Universal, Sony and Warner, earned a combined $800,000 per hour or $19 million per day from streaming services in 2018. That’s up $1.6 billion from the $5.3 billion that they earned from streaming in 2017. The analysis and this graphic come via Music Business Worldwide.