Pandora Has Stopped Paying Artists Over 50% of Their Money

At Canadian Music Week this past Friday I attended the Questions with Mike Huppe (SoundExchange President and CEO) conversation. After a 20 minute humble brag about how SoundExchange has seen double digit growth every year for the past decade and that SoundExchange paid out $890 million last year to artists and labels, I raised my […]

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Drake’s More Life tops 250m streams across Apple Music and Spotify in two-and-a-half days

Playlist reaches nearly 600m streams over two days

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It’s Simple. Accurate Song Data = More Music Royalties

Attention artists, labels, publishers, and music management companies! Ever wonder why you’re not receiving the music royalties you deserve for your music?  Here are a few tips to from the pros. Last month, the Association of Independent Publishers (AIMP) hosted a luncheon featuring three experts from leading music administration companies.  The discussion, which happened in Los […]

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It’s Simple. Accurate Song Data = More Music Royalties

Attention artists, labels, publishers, and music management companies! Ever wonder why you’re not receiving the music royalties you deserve for your music?  Here are a few tips to from the pros. Last month, the Association of Independent Publishers (AIMP) hosted a luncheon featuring three experts from leading music administration companies.  The discussion, which happened in Los […]

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Are Hundreds of Thousands of People Using Spotify Premium for Free?

Millions have watched tutorials on how to get Spotify Premium for free.  Google and YouTube are fueling the fire.  So how much money is being lost here? Please note: the following is a developing story.  We’ll continue to update with information from Spotify and other sources. Last week, we wrote about a potentially disturbing development. […]

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Sacem teams with IBM to build ‘transparent’ online royalty system

URights will be open-source so other CMO’s worldwide can integrate their catalogues

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DMN Interviews Internet Celebrity and Millionaire KSI

KSI reached out to DMN to let us know about his new album. With nearly 15 million subscribers on YouTube and billions of views, he is one of the most successful rappers on the web.  We wanted to pick his brain about his career and current events in the industry. DMN: Do you see more ad revenue from gaming, […]

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YouTube’s Per-Stream Royalty Rate Halved Last Year

YouTube and Vevo streams increased 132%, but revenue only inclined 15%. Ok, so the argument over YouTube paying labels and artists fairly has been ongoing for some time. But, that argument is about to heat up, as Midia Research has concluded based on solid information that the revenue paid to music labels and artists halved last year […]

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