The Man Spending Billions on Rock Music Royalty; Spotify Canvas & the Impact on Album Artwork; Multiview Media's New Multi-Camera Angle Streaming Platform

Not a week seems to go by without some musician selling their songwriting catalog for big bucks. Although a handful of companies are buying them up, the driving force behind this trend is Merck Mercuriadis.

Spotify has made its Canvas feature available beyond their beta testers. What does this mean for the wider music community?

British startup Multiview Media has launched its multi-camera angle streaming platform.

Spotify confirmed it’s testing a new, synced lyrics feature in the U.S. market, following a report from Engadget.

Universal Music Group and TikTok have entered a new licensing deal and partnership for new initiatives involving digital marketing, A&R, user data and more.

Apple has finally offered the ability to set Spotify as your default music player for Siri commands.

We spoke to Tom Vek about his new music streaming device, which he hopes will revolutionize the way we listen to music.

The simulator shows different portions of music publishing deals and how much money a songwriter would get from millions of streams.

From a DJ in a hot air balloon to stars singing in streets, Covid has forced artists to be creative.

Joe Rogan's iconic JRE podcast could have been audio-only on Spotify, had he not convinced the platform to keep it on video.

At last week's indies session at the UK's parliamentary inquiry into music streaming, Aim boss Paul Pacifico suggested that major labels buying independent distributors wasn't necessarily a concern as long as new independent firms sprung up to keep that sector thriving.

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