Industry Calls For Gov’t Investigation Of PledgeMusic As Crowdfunder Enters Administration
UPDATED: UK Music CEO Michael Dugher is leading a music industry campaign demanding that Small Business and Consumer Minister Kelly Tolhurst refer PledgeMusic to watchdogs at the UK's Competition and. Continue reading
Copyright Terminations: What Rights Holders Must Know [Erin M. Jacobson]
With copyright terminations in the offing as a result of statutory terminations, there are plenty of authors and heirs out there hoping they can recapture their copyrights, but current rightsholders. Continue reading
Artists, Music Industry React To PledgeMusic Bankruptcy
As news that PledgeMusic was declaring the UK equivalent of bankruptcy, reaction was swift and almost universally negative. Many blamed PledgeMusic's management and board of directors. "I honestly don't know. Continue reading
UPDATE: Google Responds To Reports That YouTube, Google Music Services Have Just 16M Subscribers
UPDATE: YouTube Music and Google Play Music have a total of just 15-16 million subscribers and growth has plateaued, according to two new reports. The totals, which reportedly include customers. Continue reading
Facebook Alters Its Video Ranking System
In what looks like a move that could possibly be changing things for the better, Facebook is once again tailoring its video algorithm, giving preference to videos containing longer runtimes. Continue reading
8 Amazing Web Resources Designed For Musicians
As social media promotion becomes increasingly difficult for artists to to do for free, band websites have now become one the most important marketing resources you have. That said, maintaining. Continue reading
Fan Data Drives 5 New Bandsintown Big Break Artists
Concert discovery leader Bandsintown has named five new developing artists to its Big Break fan-driven emerging artists program. An early identifier of success, Bandsintown's live music insights identify acts who. Continue reading
Free SPLITS App Makes Songwriter Splits Super Simple
The new free SPLITS app from Create Music Group is designed to eliminate songwriting disputes between writers, producers and artists.by generating a free split agreement – the document music publishers. Continue reading
