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Why Does Apple Want Shazam?
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The recent acquisition of Shazam by Apple for a relatively modest 400 million has left many wondering what the tech giant could want with the music identification service. Given that Apple has had similar infrastructure for some time, it seems the purchase was likely motivated more by interest in Shazam's historical user data. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Apple recently confirmed that it acquired the audio recognition app Shazam for a cool $400 million. The price actually surprised analysts at how low ...
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Unblocking Music's Blockchain: Berklee's Panos Panay On CNBC
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Berklee College of Music's Panos Panay recently explained to a CNBC panel how “blockchain,” the system behind Bitcoin, has vast revenue potential in the world of music. “The vision behind it is to create an open protocol that dramatically simplifies the way that rights owners are identified across the supply chain of the music industry,” Panay said. He noted that a global hit from the likes of Taylor Swift has 500,000 different ways of creating revenue. Panay, a former agent ...
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Disney, Netflix, And The Squeezed Middle: The True Story Behind Net Neutrality
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In this article Mark Mulligan explores how the recent overturning of net neutrality comes as the inevitable result of a gradual but pervasive shift in value from a focus on rights to a focus on distribution, and how this shift has bypassed infrastructure companies. Guest post by Mark Mulligan on his Music Industry Blog Unless you have been hiding under a rock this last couple of weeks you’ll have heard at least something about the build up to the decision ...
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Universal Music Group Signs "Unprecedented" Global Licensing Deal With Facebook, Instagram, Oculus
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Universal Music Group has signed a global licensing deal that will allow users of Facebook, Instagram and Oculus to use UMG music in uploaded videos and other user generated content. UMG becomes the first major music group to sign a deal with the social networking giant. According to the press release: ‘The partnership will facilitate deeper engagement between artists and fans, empowering users to express themselves through music, share the songs they love and build communities around music-fueled culture. Enabling ...
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Mixcloud Partners With Nielsen's Gracenote To ID Music In Tracks, Mixes
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Music streamer Mixcloud has partnered with Nielsen's Gracenote for advanced music recognition using Gracenote MusicID to more accurately identify copyrighted audio content and ensure proper royalty payments to rights holders. As the Mixcloud community of more than 1.2 million creators upload music mixes, radio shows and podcasts, Gracenote will automatically fingerprint each piece of content to identify copyrighted work and enable compliance. Once Gracenote MusicID identifies a song, Mixcloud maps it to its proprietary database of artist, label and ...
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"Massive Victory" For Songwriters, Publishers As Court Allows Fractional Licensing - BMI, ASCAP React
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In a major victory for songwriters and publishers, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled against the U.S. Department of Justice which had sought to end the practice of fractional music licensing. The U.S. Second Circuit agreed with Judge Louis L. Stanton’s September 16, 2016 decision that the BMI consent decree allows for the practice of fractional licensing. “This is a massive victory for songwriters, composers, music publishers and the entire industry
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Are Catalog Releases Making The Music Charts Inaccurate?
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When it comes to measuring album success, it has long been a practice to focus only on the 'frontline' releases, with music being relegated to a label's 'catalog' after eighteen month. Thanks to the age of streaming, however, music often sees increased increased spins in the years following its release, leading some to question if the charts are still accurate. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 It’s been a fact of life in the recorded music business that ...
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Leonardo Pavkovic's MoonJune Records Keeps Progressive Jazz & Fusion Alive
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
As legendary composer/musician Frank Zappa once said, “Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny.” That statement could still describe much of the “jazz” music being released today. However, it definitely does not apply to MoonJune Records! Brutally independent MoonJune Records, operated by no more and no less than one person only- multilingual globetrotter and renaissance man Leonardo Pavkovic (whose main activity consists in USA and international booking of artists not on MoonJune Records, in the genres of jazz, fusion, ...
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