Music Publishing News Weekly Roundup: January 24, 2014
Beats Music is now available for Apple, Android, and Windows devices. Tuesday's launch presents a digital interactive streaming service that will compete with Spotify and Rdio. Beats Music costs $9.99 per month. Continue reading
Music Publishing Weekly Roundup: BMI Publishers Explore Options, Pandora Faces a Setback & Beats to Launch
BMI publishers are exploring their options following last December's rate court ruling stating publishers that withdrew their catalog solely for digital licensing on Jan. 1, 2013 are no longer part of any licensing deals. Continue reading
SoundExchange Moves From Quarterly To Monthly Payments To Artists And Labels
(UPDATED) Starting this month, digital music performing rights organization SoundExchange moves from quarterly to monthly payments to artists, labels and rights owners signed up to receive electronic payments. SoundExchange is the. Continue reading
Pandora Co-founder Tim Westergren Opens Up On Topics Like: Who’s Really Screwing Artists?
Pandora Co-founders Tim Westergren and Tom Conrad recently sat down with PandoDaily's Sarah Lacy for a PandoMonthly Fireside Chat. The series is ongoing, featuring major figures in tech, and Lacy. Continue reading
Pandora Stock Hitting New Highs For Second Day On Listener Growth and Auto Audio Ads
Yesterday Pandora's stock [P] hit new highs, and today is more of the same. On Monday Pandora announced both strong annual user growth and the rollout of in-car advertising with. Continue reading
Music Tech Founders Consider Personal Recommendations and Music Marketing [VIDEO]
The Scion Music(less) Music Conference took place last Fall in Los Angeles. "What Music Startups Are Offering," a panel moderated by Eliot Van Buskirk, featured three startup founders from Distrokid/Fandalism,. Continue reading
The Top Music Business Stories Of 2013 [PODCAST]
In this episode of the Deep Dive podcast, we are joined by Darren Hemmings, who runs the digital consultancy Motive Unknown and curates the music industry newsletter the Daily Digest.. Continue reading
Music Publishing Weekly Roundup: Pandora Abandons IRFA, Beats Music to Launch in January
Pandora has officially abandoned the Internet Radio Fairness Act – a piece of legislation that would have effectively reduced the royalty rates it pays to songwriters and publishers, as well. Continue reading
Pandora Releases Latest Audience Metrics
Pandora today announced new metrics for the month of November 2013. Listener hours for Pandora during the month of November 2013 were 1.49 billion, an increase of 18% from 1.27 billion during. Continue reading
