The Productisation of Music Rights; Netflix, BMG Strike Deal; De La Soul and a Return to Streaming Services

What constitutes success for one may not matter much for the other.

Hip-hop trio De La Soul's early music isn't available on streaming services due to legal issues, but new owner pledges to change that.

Spotify's Only You is a celebration of how you listen to music, with six shareable lists that showcase your personal music stats.

The deal, which comes after a competitive pitch against the world’s largest music companies, sees BMG become the exclusive music partner for Netflix-created hit movies and TV shows such as The Queen’s Gambit, The Crown, Extraction, Stranger Things and Emily In Paris.

The Rolling Stones have joined Tom Gray's #BrokenRecord campaign which is calling for better streaming revenues for artists.

SonoSuite is equipping indie record labels, aggregators, management agencies, and others with tools to roll their own distribution services. 

The Recording Academy has announced its newly elected national officers of the Board of Trustees, voted upon at the organization's annual spring Board of Trustees meeting in May, including Tammy Hurt, Rico Love, Om'Mas Keith, and Christine Albert.

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman’s blank-check company Pershing Square Tontine Holdings confirmed Friday it was in talks to buy 10% of Universal Music Group for around $4 billion. CNBC's "Squawk Box" crew discuss.

Counting Crows has hundreds of millions of streams on Spotify. But lead singer Adam Duritz says the money's not adding up for the band.

In that latest entry in Consequence's partnership with CREATV University, Clairo, Instagram's Head of Music, and other insiders give tips on how to make the most of streaming.

Stationhead's monthly active users grew last month from 125,000 to 1 million, thanks in part to a wave of streaming parties helping drive BTS' "Butter" to No. 1.

Chinese competition regulators are considering a crackdown on Tencent Music Entertainment, but it may already be losing its edge in the country’s music market.

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