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Sony Artists, Songwriters Can Now Get Paid More Quickly
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Despite many technological advances, getting major labels and publishers to pay out quickly has remained a challenge. It seems that Sony Music and Sony/ATV, however, are making an effort to expedite things for artists and songwriters, offering real-time processing, and a new “cash out" service. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 You would think in this age of digital music consumption that it would be easy to calculate royalties, and as a result, pay them out quickly. That ...
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Best Best Industry Reads Of 2019, So Far (That Aren't On Hybebot)
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With 2019 barely reaching the halfway point, the year has already delivered some outstanding pieces of music journalism, with scoops and hard-hitting data on music consumption, metrics, metadata and more. Guest post from AWAL 2019’s hardly half over and it’s already delivered some of the best music journalism in recent memory. We’ve got deep data divers uncovering new patterns in the global music consumption chain, M&A analysts breaking down one of the year’s biggest business deals from all angles, interactive ...
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46 Concerts In 46 Cities To Elect The 46th President
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46 For 46 was created to use the power of music to unseat President Trump in the next election. Launched by former music manager Kyle Frenette, the campaign has already attracted artists like Bon Iver, Patty Griffen, Sylvan Esso and Dashboard Confessional. The 46 for 46 campaign is partnering with musicians across the country to present rally concerts in each artist's home-state during the lead up to the 2020 election. “Music has an unmatched ability to bring people together, says ...
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Why We All Need To Make Live Experiences Our Go To Form Of Self-Care
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As most by now know, excessive screen time has been closely linked to stress and feelings of isolation, making the need to “digitally detox" all the more pressing. Here we look at how making lived experiences (looking at you concerts) your go-to form of self-care can drastically improve your well-being Guest post by Tamara Mendelsohn of Eventbrite Mobile devices are making us feel lonelier–at least according to one-third (33%) of Americans who reported feeling that way in a recent survey ...
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Sher Music's 40th Anniversary Sale runs from August 15th to September 1st
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Sher Music Co.
Thank you for making Sher Music Co., the most widely respected publisher of Jazz and Latin books in the world! Can you believe we are celebrating our 40th anniversary of Sher Music Co. this year?! As a thank you to our customers we are offering all of our digital books at an all-time discounted price. Please enjoy this 40th anniversary sale where all of our digital books will be 50% off! The sale runs from August 15th to September 1st, ...
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FTC Announces $5B Facebook Fine, Revamped Privacy Controls
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has officially announced the terms of its $5 billion settlement with Facebook. The social giant has also promised improved privacy oversight within the company. It is the largest fine imposed on any company for violating consumers’ privacy and almost 20 times greater than the largest privacy or data security penalty ever imposed worldwide. Facebook assessed $5 billion penalty, subjected to sweeping new restrictions on user privacy decisions to settle FTC charges the company violated a ...
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Music Physical Product Issues Signals Upheaval Ahead
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Although the sale of physical music is still a large part of the revenue pulled in by major labels, their whole-hearted embrace of streaming has caused them to neglect traditional retail sales, with some fairly disastrous results. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 The U.S. recorded music industry has now totally bought into streaming, but the revenue from physical product like CDs and vinyl is still a significant part of the major label’s bottom lines. You wouldn’t know ...
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Come Together: Why The Music Industry Must Break Down Data Silos
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In this article, Jeppe Faurfelt breaks down the different data silos which industry artists should be keeping track of, why the distinction between them is so important, and why everyone on an artist's team should have access to all of them. Guest post by Jeppe Faurfelt, Co-Founder & CCO at Linkfire Recently, I had the opportunity to moderate a panel at Music Ally’s Sandbox Summit in New York City, where I was able to ask representatives from the label, artist ...
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