Tag: The New York Times

Why Is The New York Times Coverage On Artist Rights So Oddly Inconsistent?

While a recent article in the New York Times used fuzzy math and selective reporting to paint a rather sunny picture of artist rights and the direction of the new music economy,. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/25/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Barack Obama, Dave Mustaine, Lars Ulrich, Letter to the editor, Metallica, music industry, NBC News, Sunday magazine, The New York Times

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Does The Reddit Revolt Foretell A Similar Uprising For The Music Industry?

Reddit has recently been in trouble owing to the discontent of the site's moderators, who feel that their contributions are being under-valued. Are artists beginning to feel the same way. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/03/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: American Motorcyclist Association, Barack Obama, Company, Ellen (TV series), Ellen Pao, Internet forum, Online community, Op-ed, Reddit, The New York Times

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Apple Music’s Beats 1 Radio Unveils Expanded Celebrity DJ Lineup

Apple Music's live global net radio station Beats 1 will launch at 8AM PT on Tuesday June 30th, according to a tweet by Apple Music Senior Director and former Beats. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/26/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., BBC Radio 1, Disc jockey, Dr Dre, Elton John, Eminem, Jaden Smith, Josh Homme, The New York Times, Zane Lowe

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Music Publishing News Roundup 5.25.2015: Downtown • Sony Music • BMI vs. Pandora • More

Downtown Music Publishing's acquisition of Eagle i-Music, the battle with The Verge over Sony Music's leaked contract with Spotify and BMI's win over Pandora dominate the music publishing news this. Continue reading

Bob Baker on 05/25/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Contract, Los Angeles Times, New York City, RSS feed, Social Profiles, Spotify, Streaming media, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal

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Spotify Revenues Top $1 Billion, Losses Widen As Music Streamer Plans Video Launch

With an Apple music relaunch right around the corner, Spotify has been busy shoring up $400 million in new funding, deep discounting paid subscriptions and now, according to multiple reports,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/08/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: A+E Networks, Abu Dhabi, Address space, Amazon.com, Apple Inc., Baltimore, MTV, New York City, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal

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Apple’s New Streaming Service May Be Facing A Rough Start In Europe

Regulators in the European Union may throw a roadblock into Apple’s upcoming launch of its new streaming music service. The computer giant is increasingly under examination over its dealings with record. Continue reading

Guest Post on 04/20/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Competition law, Europe, European Union, Forbes, Google, record label, Spotify, Streaming media, The New York Times

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Will Vessel Video Make The Same Mistake As Tidal?

Even though many in music hate to acknowledge it, YouTube really runs the music business these days. Multiple studies have found that most discovery of new music online is the result of. Continue reading

Guest Post on 04/09/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Forbes list of billionaires, Google, Hulu, Jason Kilar, Jeff Bezos, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, YouTube

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Why Competition In The Music Space Is Great And Fragmentation In The Music Space Is Dangerous

As you may have heard, Jay-Z bought himself a music streaming service, called Tidal, which is now being relaunched with lots of high profile musicians onboard — in fact as partial equity owners.

Guest Post on 04/02/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (4)

Tags: Apple Inc., Dr Dre, IOS, iTunes, Jimmy Iovine, Nine Inch Nails, Spotify, Streaming media, The New York Times, Trent Reznor

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Broadcasters Ask FCC For Payola Waiver And It’s Time To Fight Back

Broadcast radio is asking the FCC to be allowed to accept payments to play songs with minimal disclosure. If you find that as abhorrent as we do, its time to speak. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/24/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Barista, David Lowery, Federal Communications Commission, Forbes, Getty Images, Howard Schultz, iHeartRadio, payola, Sociology of race and ethnic relations, The New York Times

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Song Catalog Finances – The Future Of Music Publishing

By Luiz Augusto Buff from Berklee College of Music's Music Business Journal. After the music industry was shocked in the early 2000s by the growth of piracy and file sharing, many investors were. Continue reading

Guest Post on 01/26/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: BuzzFeed, EMI, internet, Justin Bieber, Michael Jackson, Peppa Pig, Play-Doh, The New York Times, WWE, YouTube

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