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Major Scandal At The Copyright Office With $25 Million 'Fake Budget' Line Item
Documents were recently published exposing massive waste and incompetence at the Copyright Office. It seems the form Register of Copyrights, Maria Pallante, put in place a fake twenty-five million dollar budget line item, and then intentionally deceived congress about it. Guest post by Mike Masnick of Techdirt On Monday, we published documents we obtained that revealed a massive amount of ...
Artist vs Manager: Overcoming The Internal Struggle
As an independent self-managed musician, one may often find the need to be creative and express oneself at odds with the managerial desire to cultivate a financially stable career. Here we delve into how reconcile these two aspects of the job. Guest post by Leah Waldo from Take Note, an online magazine of Berklee Online Picture this: A scrappy ...
Universal, Spotify Deal Is Even Bigger Than It Looks [Mark Mulligan]
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Yesterday's announcement that Spotify had signed a multi-year licensing deal with UMG is a clearly a big deal, clearing the way for a Spotify IPO. But it's also much, much more than that, says respected industry analyst Mark Mulligan. Mark Mulligan of MIDiA and the Music Industry Blog Universal Music and Spotify have finally agreed on ...
5 Steps To Success For Every Emerging Artist
Starting out as an independent artist is a huge challenge, and positioning yourself for success requires careful planning. Here we look at five marketing and general business tactics that can help guide DIY artists in the right direction. Guest post by Brian Reitz of Max Previously MAX has outlined ways artists and their managers can prepare for brand ...
ASCAP Reports Record $1B Revenue Fueled By 41% Increase In Streaming Income
ASCAP has announced the collection of record-high revenues of $1.059 billion in 2016 and distributed more than $918 million to its songwriter, composer and music publisher members. Distributions were up 5.6% over the prior year. Revenues from ASCAP’s licensing efforts in the U.S. grew nearly 6% in 2016 to $759 million, up $42.2 million over 2015, fueled ...
New Fair Play, Fair Pay Act: What's Inside?
In a recent rare and purposeful show of bi-partisan support, the Fair Play Fair pay act was re-introduced, with the hopes of modernizing U.S. law as it relates to the regulations governing both digital and terrestrial radio broadcasts. Guest post by Chris Castle of Music Technology Policy Yesterday Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) (Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee ...
New Leaked Documents Expose Waste, Incompetence At U.S. Copyright Office
Access to new leaked documentation has revealed that Congress may be moving towards disaster for content creators as it progresses with altering how the head of the Copyright Office is appointed. By Mike Masnick of Techdirt Previously unreleased documents acquired by Techdirt show, fairly conclusively, that Congress will be making a huge and dangerous mistake if ...
2016 Was A Year Of Progress For Music, says RIAA's Cary Sherman
Cary Sherman, RIAA Chairman and CEO, analyzes their new report showing how much the music business grew and advanced in 2016. But is also highlights how far it has to go; with streaming paying too little to artists and a music business operating at half the size it once was. Guest post by Cary Sherman, Chairman & CEO, ...
Artist, Manager Relationship - Recording Industry Management Agreements [Part 1]
In the first of a series of articles exploring different music business agreements, Just M. Jacobson explores the agreement which dictates the relationship between the talent and the personal manager. Guest post by Justin M. Jacobson Esq. of the TuneCore Blog [Editors Note: This is a guest blog written by Justin M. Jacobson, Esq. Justin is an entertainment and media ...
How To Find Music Supervisors Using Tunefind [Hypebot's Music Biz Weekly Podcast]
Amanda Byers, the Managing Director of Tunefind, joins host Michael Brandvold this week for Hypebot's Music Biz Weekly Podcast. TuneFind helps fans find music from their favorite TV shows and Movies, and artists can use Tunefind to locate music supervisors and get a better understanding of the type of music they work with. Amanda explains how artists ...
