Atlantic Records (WMG) is walking away from a once-promising label venture with hip hop tastemaker Adam ‘Adam22’ Grandmaison. A slew of sexual assault accusations have prompted Atlantic Records to cancel its venture deal with No Jumper Records. Centra… Continue Reading
Longtime indie label champion Alison Wenham is stepping down as CEO of the Worldwide Independent Music Industry Network (WIN). The departure marks the end of a 12-year reign at WIN, and a lot of positive improvements for the indie music space. The exi… Continue Reading
If you want to see the future of music software, take a look at what’s happening in music hardware. Is the winner in streaming music the winner in smart speaker adoption? In its initial phase, smart speakers are mostly associated with voice-activation … Continue Reading
Shares Spotify (SPOT) slid back into the 120s on Tuesday amidst a broader market downturn and softened price targets. Spotify’s ‘disruptive public offering’ is facing renewed turbulence amidst broader market malaise. While Britain careens towards the … Continue Reading
Good news for Japanese music fans who demand higher-end digital audio quality. But is this market big enough? Sony Music Entertainment and Rhapsody International are jointly launching Mora Qualitas, a hi-res streaming music service. According to detai… Continue Reading
The messy state of metadata is getting cleaned up — at least a little bit. Talk to artists, songwriters, indie labels, and publishers on the ground, and metadata and resulting PRO nightmares are easy to find. Which might explain why Max Martin — easil… Continue Reading
The FBI has just opened an investigation into millions of falsely-entered comments related to net neutrality. The move follows an avalanche of fake comments ahead of the FCC’s net neutrality repeal, with Russian accounts now confirmed to be a major con… Continue Reading
And if it’s not one of these companies — it’ll be one of their competitors. What’s wrong with the live music space? Before you answer that question, consider that the live concert industry has been absolutely exploding over the past decade. According… Continue Reading
Madison Square Garden’s Chairman and CEO has settled charges with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). More money, more problems — and a lot more fines for even the slightest of federal reporting errors. In this case, Madison Square Garden chairman… Continue Reading
A consortium of 18 organizations across the film, TV, and sports industries in Europe is now speaking out against Article 13. Google/Alphabet has a newfound ally in its war against Article 13: rights owners. In a recently-issued open letter, a consorti… Continue Reading
