Ditto Debuts Blockchain-Powered Finance Solution; Sony Music Acquires Kobalt Label; SiriusXM Preps Aretha, Motown, Miles Davis Channels for Black History Month

The four new channels are part of a platform-wide celebration of Black History Month at the digital music service, running through March 2.

AWAL and Neighbouring Rights will become a new division within SME’s suite of independent artist and label services offerings and will be enhanced by the technology and network of SME’s independent music distribution company, The Orchard.

From Spotify payouts to YouTube’s global user base, the music industry is rife with misinformation. Let’s set the record straight.

Ditto has announced Opulous, a peer-to-peer platform to help increase artists’ access to capital without the need for traditional institutions such as banks.

Hear from Chris Read, the Head of Content at WhoSampled, as he discusses the art of sampling and the leading database for sample-based music.

Spotify offered the promise that, in the age of digital downloads, all artists would get paid for their music, and some would get paid a lot.

Primary Wave will gain ownership of all Sun records, with the exception of those made by Elvis Presley, which are owned by Sony Music. Those include Johnny Cash’s ‘Folsom Prison Blues’ and Jerry Lewis’s ‘Great Balls Of Fire’.

For 15 years, DIY distributor TuneCore has provided independent musicians the tools they need to release their music, grow their fan base and stay in control of their careers.

Downtown Music Holdings likes buying interesting music/tech firms like Hipgnosis Songs Fund likes buying catalogues. The latest to join Downtown's family is marketing platform Found·ee.

Chris Milk, CEO of Within and VR fitness app Supernatural, was the keynote speaker in NY:LON Connect's fitness and wellbeing track yesterday.

Labels are looking for the next big thing.

Partnership will operate under the Easy Eye Sound label name.

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