‘Festivals are developing talent. Don’t make us pay for declining income elsewhere.’

‘An inflexible tariff for all festivals and concerts is absurd and unworkable’

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The music industry must innovate to tackle secondary ticketing rip-offs

Alison Lamb’s blog explores the problem of fans being hurt by ticket resale platformsThe post The music industry must innovate to tackle secondary ticketing rip-offs appeared first on Music Business Worldwide.

YouTube risks doing ‘irreparable damage to the future of artists’

Nikki Sixx explains why he believes Google is not doing ‘the right thing’

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‘YouTube are under-paying and exploiting creators – and getting away with it’

Nelly Furtado weighs in on debate over Google payouts to the music business

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YouTube’s not scared of Universal – but it should be petrified of an artist revolt

If YouTube is the ‘devil’, who’s going to stand up to it?

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‘The music industry needs more innovators and fewer lawyers’

CD Baby CEO Tracy Maddux on class action lawsuits fired at streaming services

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Streaming is more than a wave – it’s now the sea in which the music biz swims

It’s now essential to embrace streaming services worldwide, says TuneGo’s John Kohl

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