Want to work at a Major Label? You are competing for just 27K jobs worldwide

If you dream of working at a major record label or music publisher, you may find this new analysis both encouraging and incredibly daunting. The three major music groups –. Continue reading

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WMG leads UMG and Sony in music tech startup investments

All three major labels and some independents have made significant investments in music tech, but Warmer Music Group is clearly the most aggressive, at least in terms of the number. Continue reading

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Labels want to change how streamers pay: Find out if you’ll win or lose

A new study looks at how a shift from the current system of pro-rata music-streaming payments to user-centric payments would impact artists. Under pro-rata music calculations, artists are paid proportionate. Continue reading

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Study shows who wins and loses if music streamers adopt user-centric payments

An extensive new study examines how a shift to user-centric music-streaming payments will impact artists. While careful not to advocate for or against a shift from the current payment model,. Continue reading

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Your Morning Coffee Podcast

Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Labels cool on Viral Artists • $1.2B Vinyl boom • Music release strategies

Episode 147 of Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business podcast with hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart is available now. Episode 147 On this week’s edition. Continue reading

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Survey shows the Love/Hate relationship Music Producers have with AI

A new survey of 1,533 music producers dug into their perspectives and experiences with AI in music production Conducted by BPB, it offers a data-driven overview of the state of. Continue reading

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Positive Trends for Independent Musicians

120K tracks uploaded daily to Spotify & streamers, up 28.4% this year

120,000 new tracks are uploaded to music streaming services every day, according to Luminate data shared at last week’s Music Biz Conference. That’s up 28.4% from an average of 93,400. Continue reading

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Record Store Day 2025 date

Alliance distributed 800,000 vinyl records for Record Store Day sales

Alliance Entertainment shipped 800,000 vinyl units to independent record stores for last weekend’s Record Store Day. Related retail sales were expected to surpass $32 million. While Alliance is the largest. Continue reading

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Your Morning Coffee Podcast

Your Morning Coffee Podcast: End of the Music Business • Songwriters and Artists unite • Major Labels vs. AI

Episode 140 of the Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is live, this time including an intro from Hypebot’s Bruce. Continue reading

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Indie Artists, Labels thrive by focusing on off-center niches, new genres, and local music [Chartmetric]

The team at Chartmetirc analyzed 6,000 playlists to understand the relative power of major vs. indie catalogs in Spotify Recommendations across music genres. by Dmitry Pastukhov from the Chartmetric Blog. Continue reading

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