Anghami Launching Entertainment Venues Worldwide; Qwest TV, AJF Team for Livestream; How Europe’s New Copyright Laws Will Change the Creator Economy

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The first Anghami Lab venue will open in Dubai in early 2022.

Qwest TV, a premium video streaming service focused on music-related content, is joining forces with the 43rd annual Atlanta Jazz Festival as its exclusive broadcast partner.

Amadea Choplin, Chief Operating Officer of digital rights technology platform Pex, on how Europe’s copyright directive is influencing legislation worldwide…

The landmark Music Modernization Act changed the landscape of the music industry in myriad ways, including by creating the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), a government-designated nonprofit led by representatives of music publishers and songwriters that distributes royalties from digital music services to composition copyright owners.

To map the future, you need to know the past.

Round was led by Third Prime with participation from LightShed Ventures, Operator Partners, and Dash Fund.

OPINION — The American Music Fairness Act would ensure that artists are fairly compensated for the use of their music on radio stations. 

A transatlantic project sees cryptocurrency trading data turned into analog synth sounds.

Sony Music posted a strong second quarter for 2021 as streaming revenue rose 56%.

Festivals, DJs and musicians are all using new tech to entertain fans and make money during Covid.

Vevo, the music video network, has released data to celebrate the 40th anniversary of music videos hitting the mainstream on August 1st 1981. This data, based on lifetime views across Vevo’s network, demonstrates the most popular music videos of each decade, both in the UK and globally.

The COVID-19 pandemic was expected to change how people consume media.

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