REWIND: The new music industry’s week in review

A busy week by any definition, the music industry was no exception, with Taylor Swift’s new album taking over the charts, Instagram quick to clean a tech mess, and much more.

• Instagram fixes bizarre outage that locked accounts, cut follower counts
• Fan, stan & scam Make Kanye A Billionaire Again Go Fund Me’s multiply
• Taylor Swift’s Midnights release offers a music marketing masterclass
• Amazon Music’s full 100M track catalog is now free for Prime members
• The Supreme Court gets involved in fair use rights
• How much Apple Music pays artists vs. Spotify: side-by-side comparison