AM BRIEF: Billboard Adjusts Streaming Chart Weight • Spotify Adds Emerging Artists Program • Deezer To Russia • More
10.20.17 Music Biz News From Around The Web Billboard will give more chart weight to paid streams over free. It may be a more accurate reflection of income, but does. Continue reading
Tunecore Passes $1 Billion In Revenue To Artists
Tunecore has passed the $1 billion milestone in revenue paid to artists from streaming and sales. That impressive number does not include revenue from other TuneCore offerings, such as Publishing Administration. Continue reading
The Music Business Has Its Own Weinstein Problem
As accuser after accuser joins the chorus revealing movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's decades of misogyny, women around the world are stepping forward to share their own stories of harassment and. Continue reading
A7X Lawsuit Bears Potential To Forever Change Label Contracts
Huntington Beach, CA based band Avenged Sevenfold is trying a legal maneuver new to the music industry as they challenge the "7 year rule," which bars the personal services of. Continue reading
Facebook Buys 3 Month Old TBH App, As It Battles For Teens
Facebook announced that it has acquired TBH, a positive-focused anonymous polling app that has become an overnight success with teens. Facebook and its Instagram app are fighting for teen engagement. Continue reading
3 Reason’s To Use YouTube’s Artist Hub
As an artist, your success is not only in your own best interest, but also YouTube's, as the success of artists using it also benefits their bottom line. Here we. Continue reading
Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Relationship On Tour • Real Entrepreneurs • Advertise On Facebook • More
On MusicThinkTank this week, we looked at how to maintain a relationship while on tour, the way in which entrepreneurs maintain their venues, how to promote your music on Facebook,. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
In this cycle back through major music industry news from the past week, we revisit Spotify's kicked up revenue but continual losses, how Radiohead's In Rainbows is fairing ten years. Continue reading
