REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

The Wild West of playlist creation, China cracks down on songs about farting, and we offer an explanation for why your social media channels aren't growing plus more as we. Continue reading

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Pandora’s Tim Westergren: Bringing Music Into The Light

Although some claim that now is the best time in history to be a musician, many artists have great difficulty in accessing information regarding the rights and usage of their. Continue reading

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SoundExchange Launches PLAYS Search Engine: Who’s Claiming Your Recordings?

Money earned from digital plays often, for one reason or another, ends up in the wrong hands, and even services like SoudExchange can misdirect funds. Enter the PLAYS Search Engine,. Continue reading

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SoundExchange Passes $3 Billion In Payments To Artists, Labels

SoundExchange, which collects royalties for artists and rights owners from satellite and net radio, cable music channels and others that stream recordings, has passed $3 billion in payments. 

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NPR Exits Anti-Artist Mic Coalition

Last month, after Amazon exited the Google and Pandora backed anti-artist MIC Coalition,  pro-artist advocates set their sights on NPR. Why NPR "who artists have worked so closely with over. Continue reading

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Hypebot Readers Split On Apple Music, Beats 1

Late last week, we asked our savvy Hypebot readers to vote and share what they thought of the new Apple Music service and Beats 1 online radio.  The results were. Continue reading

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Google Play Versus Apple Music: Who Will Win?

Eager to beat Apple Music's June 30th launch to the punch, Google recently announced its newly-launched free music streaming service. Beginning this Tuesday, the search engine giant is introducing a. Continue reading

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Apple Music’s Beats 1 Radio Is Live

Apple's Beats 1 live online radio station is on the air with Zane Lowe behind the mic.  Listen via the Apple Music app and tell us what you think.  Still. Continue reading

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Pandora Is Out Of Tune With Songwriters, Says CD Baby Founder Derek Sivers

As Pandora shareholders convened their annual meeting this week, the streaming music giant’s executives predictably omitted an ongoing battle with songwriters over royalty rates in the hopes of focusing attention on the. Continue reading

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Apple Music Targets The Mainstream Market

In this episode of Music Biz Podcast, Cortney Harding and Kyle Bylin discuss the launch of Apple Music. How is Apple Music different from Spotify Now? How can Apple improve its. Continue reading

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