REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

In this rummage back through a stack of music industry news stories from the past week, we revisit a rapper who spent $4 million on a company card to boost. Continue reading

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TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

Some of the most popular articles from the pages of Hypebot this week included an interview with Merck Mercuriadis on disrupting the music business, the reasoning behind Apple sending iTunes. Continue reading

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Indie Stores Are Being ‘Strangled’ By Major Label Distribution: ‘Things are a complete mess.’

Independent music stores are demanding action from all three major labels over repeated missing and incorrect shipments handled by their primary fulfillment partner Direct Shot Distributing. "We need help right. Continue reading

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Guide To Promoting Your Spotify Playlists

Spotify playlists have rapidly risen to become the Holy Grail of music coverage, and as the streaming platform becomes increasingly social, knowing how boost your particular Spotify playlist is becoming. Continue reading

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10 Best Cities For Full-Time Songwriters Worldwide

Brett Newski travels the world as an independent musician and teaches others how to do the same. Here Brett shares the best cities for full-time songwriters to live and work. Continue reading

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Stay Calm! Apple Did NOT Just Kill Music Downloads

For the many, the announcement that Apple is "killing" iTunes also meant that Apple was also killing its music download store. In fact, iTunes on the Mac is just being. Continue reading

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Measuring Music’s Timelessness: A Tricky Business

Whether expressed or not, a latent goal of most musicians is to create music that endures, and hopefully has life beyond its creator. But just how does one measure music's. Continue reading

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Copyright Office Set To Make Album Registration Easier

The US Copyright Office has been lagging behind the times for awhile now, but is finally beginning to catch up, with some exciting "innovations" such as online copyright registration system,. Continue reading

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FRI. BRIEF: Midem Wraps • RIAA Targets 14 New Sites • UMG Embraces AI Music • More

FRIDAY 6.7.19 Music Business News From Around The Web Updated continuously under the More News tab

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Why Physical Promotion, Release Formats Are Still Important

Living in the age we are, many musicians may be tempted to invest their time and money solely in digital promotion, but eschewing more archaic forms of promotion like vinyls,. Continue reading

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