REWIND: The new music industry’s week in review

In this flip back through the past week’s music industry news, we revisit the massive pent up demand for live music, what exactly third-party playlisting is all about and why not everyone is happy that YouTube has made all uploaded music available on Shorts, and more.

• There is ‘massive pent-up demand for concerts’
• Using Spotify follower ratio to measure artist growth and fan engagement
• Dueling Turntables: Rival ttFM goes live as TurntableFM raises $7.5M
• Women lead RIAA Gold & Platinum Awards May 2021
• MusicBrainz: Organizing music in the public interest
• musicFIRST taps former Congressman Joe Crowley to be new Chairman
• Third-party playlisting: What is it?
• YouTube makes all uploaded music available to Shorts and not everyone is happy