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Should We Believe All The Negative Hype Surrounding New DOJ Rules on PROs?

In this article Dave Brooks of Amplify offers an alternative perspective on the recent Department of Justice ruling, suggesting that the rules may in fact help rather than harm venues and. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/24/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Broadcast Music, consent decree, Inc., music industry, Music licensing, Never Miss a Beat, Performance rights organisation, SESAC, United States, United States Department of Justice

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UPDATE: Deezer Responds To Exit Of North American CEO

On Tuesday Deezer responded to yesterday's story that the CEO of its Deezer's North American division had exited for another startup. The music streamer officially launched its $9.99 per month. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/23/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Aluminium, American Honda Motor Company, Apple Inc., Canada, Europe, North America, North American Industry Classification System, Rhapsody (online music service), Spotify, United States

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Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Talent And Success • Staying Inspired • Musical Inventions • More

This week on MusicThinkTank, we looked at the difference between talent and success, how to work a 9-5 but still be an inspired musician, musical inventions of the 21st century, and more

admin on 08/20/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 21st century, Actor, Almost all, Apple Inc., Around the Horn, BLACKsummers'night, music industry, Spotify, United States, United States Constitution

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Pandora Nears Launch Of On Demand Streaming Service, Overseas Expansion

Pandora could launch their promised on demand streaming music service as early as next month, according to multiple sources. But with Apple, Spotify, Tidal, Rhapsody, Slacker, Soundcloud, Deezer and others fighting for. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/19/2016 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Abu Dhabi, Apple Inc., Goldman Sachs, Pandora Radio, record label, Spotify, The Verge, The Wall Street Journal, Twitter, United States

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ASCAP , BMI And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad DOJ Decision That’s Creating Chaos In The Music Industry

In this article, Stephen Carlisle dives back into the controversial decision handed down by the Department of Justice, breaking it down piece by piece and looking both at why the decision is. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/19/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Barack Obama, Broadcast Music, consent decree, Inc., music industry, Music licensing, Performance rights organisation, songwriter, United States, United States Department of Justice

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UK Vinyl Buyers Different From Those In The US

Although vinyl's new popularity boom spans overseas to the UK, the demographic of vinyl consumers there is significantly different, with UK listeners averaging much older than those in the US, although there. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/19/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Buyer, Compact disc, Demographic profile, Disc jockey, DVD, Gramophone record, Middle age, United Kingdom, United States, YouGov

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Infringement Or Fair Use: Knowing The Difference

Copyright is complicated, particularly in the music industry. With the recent rash of lawsuits which has been cropping up of late, we're taking a minute to breakdown the difference between fair use. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/18/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (4)

Tags: " copyright infringement, American University, Artist, ArtsBoston, copyright, Copyright Act of 1976, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Fair use, United States, YouTube

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AM BRIEF: Live365 To Relaunch • Bieber Deletes Instagram • PA Streaming Tax • Sonos Mystery Event • More

TUESDAY 8.16.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Details are thin, but a Live365 relaunch should be great news for small webcasters and broadcast diversity. Updated continuously under our More. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/16/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Abraham Lincoln High School (Brooklyn), Alarm clock, Alcohol intoxication, Alcoholism, Allies of World War II, America Coming Together, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, India, United States

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MON. BRIEF: “Get Down” Premiers • Prince’s Dancing Baby To Supreme Court • Triller Pivots • Pirate Bay Turns 13 • More

MONDAY 8.15.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Finally a show about music that fully appreciates its many roots and branches. Updated continuously under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 08/15/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Abraham Lincoln High School (Brooklyn), Alarm clock, Alcohol intoxication, Alcoholism, American Society of Composers, Angelfire, Anita Brookner, Apple Inc., Authors and Publishers, Streaming media, United States

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This Week In Music Commentary

This week music commentators take to their soap boxes to share their thoughts on why surprise album releases are terrible, the importance of having physical music for sale at your show, and. Continue reading

admin on 08/14/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Society of Composers, Associated Press, Authors and Publishers, Barack Obama, Broadcast Music, Callinectes sapidus, Chris Castle, Google, Ho Ching, Inc., Lee Hsien Loong, United States

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