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Apple Music Cuts New Warner Music Group Licensing Deal At Lower Rate, Sony Reportedly Next

Apple Music has followed Spotify's lead in pushing for lower payments to artists and labels. Warner Music Group has become the first major label to agree to the lower rates. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/07/2017 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: album, Apple Inc., Apple Music, Big Machine Records, Diss, Fridays (TV series), IPhone, Spotify, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group

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Apple Music Cuts New Warner Music Group Licensing Deal At Lower Rate, Sony Reportedly Next

Apple Music has followed Spotify's lead in pushing for lower payments to artists and labels. Warner Music Group has become the first major label to agree to the lower rates. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/01/2017 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: album, Apple Inc., Apple Music, Big Machine Records, Diss, Fridays (TV series), IPhone, Spotify, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group

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Spotify Shifts Gears On Video, Podcasts As Division Head Tom Calderone Exits

Spotify's much publicized move into video and podcasts never really gained traction. Now division chief Tom Calderone, the former head of cable network VH1, is out and the music streamer. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/01/2017 in Streaming | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Music, Apple Pay, Charlottesville, Digital Music News, Hate group, IMessage, IOS, IPhone, Spotify, Virginia

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FRI. BRIEF: Calderone Out As Spotify Refocuses Video • UMG Streams $1.5B Q2 • Tencent Music Valued At $10B • More

Friday 9.1.17 Music Business News From Around The Web After gaining little traction, Spotify is shifting it's video strategy to look more like Apple Music's. Updated continuously under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 09/01/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Music, Bluetooth, Comparison of on-demand streaming music services, Google Play, Initial public offering, IOS, IPhone, Loudspeaker, music, music business, musicians, Spotify

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Is Music Streaming Really Worth $28 Billion? [Mark Mulligan]

A new Goldman Sachs report claims that Universal Music is worth $23.5 billion and that the paid streaming market will be worth $28 billion in 2030. That's almost double the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/31/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: Access Industries, Apple Inc., Apple Music, Business Insider, IPhone, Lehman Brothers, Spotify, Universal Music Group, Universal Music Latin Entertainment, YouTube

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To Survive, Spotify Must Follow Apple’s Example

In the final lap of its race to go public, Spotify plans to hit the NYSE by year's end, but a number of uncertainties about the company's future remain, with. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/30/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Business Insider, Goldman Sachs, Initial public offering, IPhone, NASDAQ, New York, New York Stock Exchange, Public company, S&P 500 Index, Wall Street

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

In this scroll back through the week's important industry news, we revisit California's Dems potential drafting of Bieb's manager for Governer, celebrate the King of Pop's 59th, Spotify's journey to. Continue reading

admin on 08/26/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 4 Minutes, A Lively Mind, Access Industries, Apple Inc., Apple Music, California, IPhone, Spotify, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group

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Spotify Finalizes Deal With Warner Music Group Clearing Path To Stock Exchange Listing

Spotify has closed its third and final major label deal, signing a new multi-year global pact with Warner Music Group. Sony, Universal and Merlin had previously announced new deals with. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/25/2017 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Music, Charlottesville, Facebook, Goldman Sachs, Initial public offering, IPhone, Microsoft, New York Stock Exchange, Personal computer, Spotify, TechCrunch, The Wall Street Journal, Universal Music Group, Virginia

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Lyor Cohen Drinks The YouTube Kool-Aid: The money will come, but for now “fans not being exposed to new music is death. “

When former WMG CEO Lyor Cohen joined YouTube, the music industry wondered if this often brash insider could change prevailing opinions of the video behemoth: great for promotion, but the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/17/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: A Lively Mind, Access Industries, Australia, Bluetooth, Business Insider, Google Play Music, IPhone, Spotify, Streaming media, Warner Music Group

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The State of Unclaimed U.S. Music Royalties and Licenses

Here we share a presentation by Royalty Claim's founder Dae Bogan at the recent MIRA Conference where he offered a preview of Royalty Claim's currently in progress State of Unclaimed. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/17/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Daddy Yankee, IPhone, Justin Bieber, Luis Fonsi, music, New York City, Spotify, Universal Music Group, Universal Music Latin Entertainment, YouTube

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