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SoundCloud Adds Free Distribution To Spotify, Apple Music To All Pro Accounts
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SoundCloud has added free digital distribution to its SoundCloud Premier monetization toolset. With the new feature, creators monetizing music on SoundCloud can distribute to Amazon Music, Apple Music, Instagram, Spotify, Tencent, YouTube Music and other music services directly from their SoundCloud account. Creators using the SoundCloud Premier distribution feature keep 100% of their rights and 100% of distribution royalties from third-party services at no additional cost. The SoundCloud Premier monetization toolset is available only to Soundcloud Pro and ProUnlimited members. ...
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Article 13 Finalized And It Will Change The Music Industry
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EU negotiators have agreed on the final text of the new sweeping Copyright Directive in the Digital Single Market, including language on the contentious Article 13 clause. The finalization of the text was one of the last roadblocks to the approval of the directive by the European Parliament and presaged the commencement of the final stages of negotiation after EU member states voted to use a deal between France and Germany as the basis of the agreement. Safe Harbor Is ...
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Shazam's Hidden Tool
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Most people are familiar with Shazam as the go-to music identification app, but in addition to it's powers of clarification, Shazam also has the ability to show the user top tracks being Shazam'd the world over. Guest post by Jake Udell of Art of Manager You’re already familiar with Shazam. The reason I’m writing about them today is because they have a tool I enjoy that is a bit hidden in their app so I am bringing it to the ...
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UMG Acquires Independent Music Distributor Ingrooves
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Universal Music Group is acquiring independent music distributor Ingrooves Music Group. Ingrooves will continue to operate as a standalone company led by CEO Bob Roback. UMG has been a minority investor in Ingrooves since 2006. The acquisition of Ingrooves is expected to close before the end of the current quarter and complements UMG’s existing distribution and marketing relationships with the global independent music community. UMG will aslo form a strategic partnership between its Caroline International division and Ingrooves to form ...
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YouTube's ContentID System Being Repurposed By Blackmailers Thanks To Its Failings
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YouTube's content ID system has long been maligned by the music industry for its multifaceted failings. The minimal staffing YouTube provides regarding copyright claims has left the system vulnerable to misuse and, most recently, outright extortion. Guest post by Timothy Geigner of Techdirt By now, we should all be aware that YouTube's ContentID system is not great. What was supposed to be an efficient way for content owners to report when their content is being used without permission instead represents ...
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Identity Theft New Trend In Music Piracy
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Music piracy has existed as long the music industry itself, but like every thing else in the biz, it's constantly changing and adapting. The most recent trend appears be impersonation, and has digital buccaneers pinging labels and publicists, claiming to be an artist or manager in order to access their music. Guest post by James Shotwell of Haulix Digital thieves are pirating music by pretending to be everyone from musicians to industry professionals. Music piracy is as old as the music business. ...
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Birth of American Bossa Nova
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
One of America's first champions of Brazilian bossa nova was Felix Grant. A jazz disc jockey in Washington D.C., Grant hosted The Album Sound on WMAL. His voice had a soft, sophisticated on-air sound that caught the ear of listeners. Among those tuning into his show in 1960 was Dr. João Oliveira Santos, an economist and head of the International Coffee Agreement, a Brazilian trade group. A fan of Grant's show, he introduced Grant to his brother, Paulo Santos, a ...
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Classical Music Listeners Still Favor CDs
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While CDs are certainly in decline, they haven't vanished from shelves quite as quickly as anticipated. Indeed, when it comes to consumers of classical music, there remains a good deal of interest in this physical music format. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Sales for CDs keep on falling, but predictions of the format’s total demise are still premature as it continues to hang around. While download sales have fallen off the cliff, the CD sales decline has ...
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