Universal Music Wins Bidding War To Manage Prince Catalog Just Ahead Of Streaming Launch
With multiple sources reporting that Prince's extensive catalog will become available on most streaming music services this weekend, Universal Music Group has won the much sought after right to manage. Continue reading
Purple Spotify Billboards Point To Prince Streaming Release
Purple Spotify billboards have been spotted in the New York subways. While they include no specific message, they likely signal the anticipated release of the Prince catalog to steaming services.. Continue reading
RESOLVED: Day Long DDOS Attack That Brought Down Spotify, SoundCloud, Others Ends, Homeland Security Investigating
UPDATE 2: Spotify, SoundCloud, Twitter and other major sites were down or loading slowly all day on Friday thanks to a massive Distributed Denial Of Services (DD0S) attack. By Friday evening the. Continue reading
Skip, Replay, Repeat, Hip Hop + Donald Trump, and #SaveNelly: Liv Buli’s Week in Music and More
Another Friday, another Liv Buli Weekend Reading List. Buli, the data journalist for Pandora's Next Big Sound, often sees what matters before the rest of us do and shares it. Continue reading
Rapper’s Fans Launch Streaming Campaign To #SaveNelly
Rapper Nelly's fans are turning to streaming in order to help him with his $2.4 million tax lien. If the campaign reaches critical mass, it will be interesting to see. Continue reading
Why Music Labels and Publishers Chronically Miss Out On Licensing Opportunities
By music licensing expert Andy Lykens. The C-levels at a music publisher I used to work at would drop by my cube once every few days. All nice people, they. Continue reading