Business, Services And Guides For Music Labels
There’s a little known section in the US Copyright Act of 1976 enabling any copyright owner to get their rights back after 35 years. Meaning, if you wrote or released a song with a label or a publishing company after January 1st 1978, you can terminate your agreement and get all your rights back. It […]
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New records from Martin Luke Brown, Áine Cahill, Vistas, SHOR and VUKOVI on the way
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The following statement comes from Adrian Strain of global recording industry trade group IFPI, and specifically responds to Berklee School of Music and Rethink Music’s recent report that artists are routinely underpaid on royalties by an average of 20-50%. IFPI response to the Berklee College report The recent Rethink Music report contains useful information on the […]
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Radio used to make Grammy winners. Now they don’t even get mentioned. What’s going on? Is traditional radio dying? That depends on who you ask. Traditional, ‘terrestrial’ radio has been on death watch for more than a decade. And many teens and twenty-somethings report listening to zero hours of traditional broadcast. Yet there I am, sitting […]
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Warner Music Group has just acquired Spinnin’ Records, one of the largest indie EDM labels. This morning, word leaked that Warner Music Group was finalizing its renewal with Apple Music. Just a few hours later, the label confirmed its acquisition of indie dance label Spinnin’ Records. And both deals are somewhat related. These days of […]
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Recordings catalogue sold by CEO Eric Rushing to major group
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I found Lucy Rose backstage at Latitude Festival in Suffolk, UK. She is a modest, witty, and understated individual. Which is why she clearly did not want to discuss the private jet. Private jet? Oh yeah. While booking this episode it came out that she was riding on Mumford & Sons’ private jet to Ireland. […]
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Yesterday, a number of prominent artists donated funds to assist victims of Hurricane Harvey. Now, an entire record label is joining the effort. We didn’t expect Chris Brown to come forward with $100,000 to help Harvey victims. We also weren’t expecting an entire label to start donating its profits to the relief effort. But just […]
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Big, big news: Spotify has just signed an updated licensing deal with Warner Music Group. That puts the last major label license in the bag — and brings an IPO ever closer to reality. After months and months of arduous negotiations, Warner Music Group has renewed its licensing agreement with Spotify. The deal, announced this (Thursday) […]
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Black Box boss Jason Murray will head up operation
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