The Official Charts Company won’t count ‘spam’ YouTube music video plays, so, tough luck, Chris Brown. The Official Charts Company (OCC) has announced it will now include music video plays from YouTube in its UK Singles chart. The move comes after the…
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Spotify Can Boost an Artist’s Royalties by $168,000 With One Playlist Add, Study Calculates
Spotify now has the power to make an artist famous — with one playlist add. It also can dramatically boost an artist’s earnings with a simple drag n’ drop. According to a study recently conducted by the University of Minnesota and the Euro…
Hip$ters: Merlin Is Hitting $500 Million In Annual Indie Label Payouts
Major labels are still almighty — but indie labels are bringing in some serious business. Like, $500 million+ in annual business. Major labels still dominate streaming platforms and boast the biggest artists. But indie labels are gaining incre…
Hartwig Masuch: ‘Spotify isn’t doing anything wrong.’
BMG boss isn’t bothered about direct artist licensing, as he’s confident his company can compete
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Latest Industry: Festival Harassment, Jimmy Wopo, Fyre Festival, Vkontakte, Jay-Z+Puma, More…
Nearly half of all female festivalgoers are sexually harassed. According to a new study from YouGov, nearly half of all female festivalgoers faced unwanted sexual behavior at events. Surveying 1,188 male and female festivalgoers in the UK, 22% faced a…
Latest Industry: Troy Carter, Spotify, Ozuna, UMG+All Def, Amoeba Music, Niall Horan, More…
Will Troy Carter jump ship to Epic Records? Following recent high-profile exits, rumors have circulated stating Troy Carter will soon leave Spotify. Sources speaking to Page Six say a shift to Epic Records (Sony Music) is ahead. Recent Spotify depart…
Artist managers applaud Sony’s Spotify equity payout policy
“This is a progressive move which we hope to see reflected more widely in the industry”
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The major labels could block Spotify’s expansion into India due to direct licensing fallout
Universal, Sony and Warner are “seriously considering” move in response to Spotify’s direct licensing
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Latest Industry: Parlophone, Columbia, Spotify Exodus, Apple Music, Mass Appeal, UMG, Alicia Keys, More…
A Danish court sentences anti-piracy lawyers to prison. A court in Denmark has sentenced three anti-piracy lawyers to more than ten years in prison. They had siphoned millions of dollars from the movie and TV industries while working at the Johan Schl…
Revealed: How Sony’s $750m Spotify equity cash will be shared with artists and indie labels
Sony Music has set out exactly how it will share profits from its Spotify equity with artists and distributed labels – and it’s better news than some might have expected. MBW can reveal all of the details – obtained in the past few hours fr…