Warner/Chappell Launches Copyright Claim Over YouTube Video Deliberately Featuring None Of Its Music

Taking proactive takedowns to soaring new heights, Warner/Chappell recently issued a copyright claim over a doctored Star Wars clip containing precisely none of  J. Williams' music – the absence of. Continue reading

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This Week In Music Commentary

Commentators inside the industry this week shared their opinions on why so much modern music sounds the same, why a new bill put before congress will be harmful to infringers. Continue reading

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TUE BRIEF: Feds Fund Arts, PBS • Twitter, Live Nation To Stream Concerts • Indies Talk Music Tech • More

TUESDAY 5.2.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Twitter's live streaming are an extension of it's "now" brand, but is this how we want to watch concerts? Updated under. Continue reading

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Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music

Our tips and advice for independent, self-starter artists this week covered how to make the best use of YouTube Analytics, how to make the touring process easier, why you don't. Continue reading

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5 Simple Ways To Drive More Video Views On YouTube

For artists with a song and video they've worked hard on and are eager to share with fans, there are several ways to optimize content on YouTube in such a. Continue reading

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Spotify Acquires MightyTV, Names New VP Of Technology

Spotify continues to up its bet on data analysis with today's acquisition of MightyTV.  The startup's team will be joining Spotify, including Founder/CEO Brian Adams, who will has been named. Continue reading

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15% Of Pandora’s 100M Users ‘Intend’ To Upgrade To Paid Premium

Pandora has told shareholders that it projected signing up 6 – 9 million paid subscribers to its newly launched Premium on-demand streaming service in 2017.  But a survey of users. Continue reading

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Slacker Radio Is “On The Cusp Of Profitability,” says CEO

“We are comfortable with the idea of being at a smaller scale,” said Slacker CEO Duncan Orrell-Jones commenting on the unsustainable losses of his larger competitors. “We are on the. Continue reading

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Spotify Says It Can’t Find The Owners of 217,112 Songs

Spotify recently filed 217,112 "address unknown" NOIs with the U.S. Copyright Office saying that they were unable to locate any owner of these copyrighted songs anywhere in public records.

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CD Baby Adds Free Marketing Tools via Show.co Acquisition

Last year when CD Baby aquired Show.co, it said that it had "big plans" for the digital music marketing platform. Now we know what they are – free integration into. Continue reading

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