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Royalty Exchange Launches “Pay It Forward” with MusiCares and Music For Relief, Will Match Donations
Royalty Exchange has introduced “Pay It Forward," which offers rightsholders selling royalties through the Royalty Exchange marketplace the opportunity to donate a portion of their proceeds to select charities. With Pay it Forward, any songwriter, performer, or publisher conducting royalty auctions on Royalty Exchange can opt to donate 1%, 5%, or 10% of their sales profits ...
Is CES The New SXSW?
Or is it the new Advertising Week? Or is there just a cabal of brand managers who live on jets and touch down at these events once every few weeks, making them all essentially the same? Cortney Harding was less than impressed, but from this sea of homogeneity did come announcements on hi-res music and VR. By ...
Blockchain For Music: The Promise and Problems
Know who owns rights to what is one of the greatest challenges currently faced by the music industry as well as those involved in it. Many believe Blockchain technology could be the answer to this issue by making royalty payments faster and more efficient whenever a song is consumed. Guest post by Alexander Stewart from Berklee's ...
Obama On Post-Election Plans: "I'm waiting for my job at Spotify"
As President Obama ends his 8 years in office, he's hinted that he'll be working to rebuild the Democratic party, bringing more millennials into the fold as activists and candidates. But at a White House event for outgoing U.S. ambassadors, he jokingly shared his aspirations to get a job creating playlists for Spotify. At a White ...
A Label, A Magazine And Band On The Value Of Email Marketing
Email marketing is often touted as one of the most effective ways of targeting consumers in the digital age, but how effective is it really? Here representatives of label, music magazine, and band weigh in on the value of email marketing in the music industry. Guest post by Robert Lanterman on Soundfly's Flypaper This summer, Dan Oshinsky, ...
Merlin Works To Make Independents Equal With Majors On Streaming Services [INTERVIEW]
Charles Caldas discusses Merlin, an organization which works to help the independent label community battle for maximum compensation from digital streaming services like YouTube and Spotify, as well as combat online music piracy. Guest Post from Pias Charles Caldas has to be many things to the independent label community—a valuable mix of diplomat, mediator, champion, dealmaker ...
SESAC Sold To Blackstone, A Private Equity Firm Known For Leveraged Buyouts, Credit Default Swaps
U.S. music performing rights and rights management organization SESAC has been acquired by one the country's biggest private equity and investment groups, Blackstone. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. SESAC, the only one of the three top U.S. performing rights organizations to operate as a for profit privately owned business, has been acquired from Rizvi ...
2016: A Look Back At Deaths In Music
In this mournful but important look back at a tragedy filled 2016, the Soundfly Team take a moment to remember and reflect on the all to numerous contributors to the music industry who passed away during the year and the legacy which they left behind. Guest Post by the Soundfly Team on Flypaper Well, it’s that ...
Google Rumored To Be Interested In Acquiring SoundCloud, Pandora Seeking Alternative Suitors To Sirius XM
Spotfify is prepping a major IPO. But on day 3 of 2017, that's already looking unlikely to be the year's biggest story in music streaming. Google is reportedly sniffing around SoundCloud, even as Pandora's money folks search for a buyer. Google is interested in buying SoundCloud, according to multiple sources. While we can't measure the accuracy ...
Spotify’s Acquisition Of SoundCloud No Longer Likely
Although rumors have been flying about Spotify's potential purchase of SoundCloud for quite some time, it looks as though any hopes of such an acquisition have been dashed. Here we look at why. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 It looks like all of those rumors about Spotify buying SoundCloud have turned into nothing ...
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