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THU. BRIEF: Spotify Readies IPO • U2’s Edge Invests In Coras • Spotify UMG Deal Secrecy Criticized • More

4.5.17 Music Business News From Around The Web The Spotify UMG deal is still dominating the headlines, but will it really change anything? Updated continuously under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 04/06/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

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ASCAP Reports Record $1B Revenue Fueled By 41% Increase In Streaming Income

ASCAP has announced the collection of record-high revenues of $1.059 billion in 2016 and distributed more than $918 million to its songwriter, composer and music publisher members. Distributions were up 5.6%. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/05/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

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Are UMG, Labels Encouraging Spotify’s 50 Million Free Users To Become Pirates? [UPDATED]

[UPDATED] With today's news of a Spotify, Universal Music Group deal that includes two week windows that make some album releases available only to paid subscribers, this article which we. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/04/2017 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (3)

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TUE. BRIEF: Spotify Inks UMG Deal • Social Media Sameness • Sillerman Is Back • More

TUESDAY 4.4.17 Music Business News From Around The Web With the Spotify UMG deal done, the other majors – and then an IPO – will soon follow. Updated continuously under. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/04/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Mitch Glazer To Helm RIAA When Cary Sherman Retires Next Year

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has announced that Mitch Glazier will helm the major label trade association after current Chairman and CEO Cary Sherman retires in January 2019. Glazier,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/03/2017 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

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AM BRIEF: Spotify Nears UMG Deal • Social Media Sameness • Sillerman Is Back • More

TUESDAY 4.4.17 Music Business News From Around The Web If the Spotify UMG deal is done, the other majors – and then an IPO – will follow. Updated continuously under. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/02/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Artists Are Humans And Mental Health Care Is A Human Right

Here Katie Alice Greer unpacks the complexities surrounding mental healthcare, recounting her own struggles with mental illness and the need for artists to have an accessible, well developed mental healthcare. Continue reading

Guest Post on 03/30/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

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How The Web Screws Artists… By Allowing Them A Normal Life

In this piece, Ross Pruden of Techdirt works to dispell the myth that the internet is destroying art and culture, making it impossible for artists to make a living via. Continue reading

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THU. BRIEF: Pandora Pressured • $1B YouTube Problem • Native Buys Metapop • Slacker Goes Old School • More

Thursday 3.30.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Activist investors are pressuring Pandora CEO Westergren to make the streamer profitable quickly or sell. Updated continuously under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 03/30/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

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My Song Stories: John Raso of Harry Fox Agency and Rumblefish [INTERVIEW]

Music shapes our identities and changes our lives. It brings back our memories and stirs up our emotions. My Song Stories asks music professionals and indie artists questions about the songs in their libraries. Today,. Continue reading

admin on 03/29/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

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