As the conversation about how artists can best navigate the streaming economy develops, many musicians and labels are moving towards more independent platforms, selling their music and growing their fanbase with greater control over their output and finances.
As TV's center of gravity pivots to direct-to-consumer platforms like Netflix and, soon, Disney+, a lack of residuals is having a huge impact on below-the-line workers who create the scores and instrumentals for programming.
Spotify’s much-heralded 2018 program to elevate music from outside of Western markets suddenly changed direction, leading to confusion.
When it comes to pitching for sync opportunities, it’s critical to make sure your music has accurate, complete metadata. A big part of getting music licensed is building relationships with…
Music publishing catalogues are gaining momentum fast as an asset class for institutional investments, with transactions ranging from large catalogue mergers and acquisitions (M&A) through to investment vehicles for songwriters’ shares such as the Hipgnosis Fund and Royalty Exchange.
What was originally a cute, streamlined piece of software became a bloated victim of its own ambition.
Legal & General is the commissioner of the latest report from music consultancy Sound Diplomacy, which is arguing the case once again for music to play a more-prominent role in the process of planning ‘future cities’.
This was wholly predictable, of course. Back in 2015, we released a detailed analytical report showing that the absolute easiest and most effective way to reduce piracy was to to enable more and better licensed services that actually gave users what...
Steven Stone looks at how Amazon HD will affect his, and possibly your, listening patterns...
A proposed new music streaming payment system may change this and ensure the acts you actually listen to get paid more
The turntable needle drops and the reverbs of the obscure band The Motifs ring out, bouncing off mountains of records lining the musty warehouse housing America's largest pop music collection.
Talks are said to be at an early stage between Apple and the labels and a pricing formula has yet to be discussed.
The first new podcast is launching on November 12.
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