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Can Streaming Music Innovation Be Supported by the Industry Without Reducing Licensing Fees?
CB Insights, a relatively new site that's building a database of startup and VC investment information, recently took a look at music startups and noted that, though the kinds of deals they're tracking have risen in the last couple of years, a smaller percentage of them have been for U.S.-based companies. Unfortunately they seem to be ...
Look What Disc Makers is Reintroducing This Week [video]
We'll have more after the official announcemnet. Until then, here is what they put on YouTube: “Everything old is new again. Disc Makers was a pioneer in the vinyl business way back in 1940s and was synonymous with the highest quality record pressing for independent artists and labels in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. After a ...
Fania Records Celebrates 50 Years from NYC Street Sales to Global Digital Distribution
I have to say I was delighted to discover that Fania Records is not only back in business but is again going strong. Last time I checked their CDs were in short supply and the company was in probate court. Acquired in 2005 by Emusica and then sold to Codigo Music in 2008, a revived Fania ...
Ticketmaster Affirms Settlement, Will Return $400 Million to Fans
Ticketmaster has agreed to a tentative settlement in a class action suit that stretches back more than a decade. If approved, the deal would issue about $400 million in credit to 50 million ticket buyers. The lawsuit, originally filed in 2003, alleges that Ticketmaster, now owned by Live Nation, but then part of IAC/InterActive Corp., misled consumers ...
U.S. Justice Department to Review Music Streaming Royalties
In the wake of a series of court cases involving music streaming service Pandora, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Justice Department has announced that it plans a review of the agreements that govern songwriting royalties. The DOJ said it would review the consent decrees, which in some cases date back to 1941, between two major performing ...
3 Undiscussed Game Changing Elements of the Merger of Apple and Beats
By Jay Frank of Owner/CEO of DigSin, a digital singles label; DigMark, a data-driven entertainment marketing company and author of FutureHit.DNA. 1) IN APP SUBSCRIPTION CAPABILITIES The biggest hurdle to the adoption of subscription services by the masses is the difficulty in subscribing. Third party players would have to give up 30% of their subscription fee to ...
15 Years Ago Yesterday the Music Industry Changed Forever
Napster launched 15 years ago yesterday on June 1, 1999. Love it or hate it, Napster changed the music industry and how music is consumed, forever. Napster was co-founded by Shawn Fanning, John Fanning, and Sean Parker. Envisioned as a peer-to-peer file sharing service, it operated between June '99 and July '01. For those too young to ...
Tim Cook's Memo to Team Apple on Beats Deal
As CEOs often do, Apple's Tom Cook reached out to his team minutes after the deal was announced. In this wide ranging and revealing memo, Cook shares why he bought Beats, how the companies will work together and how important he thinks music is to the future of Apple. First published by 9to5 Mac: Team, This ...
Jazz Journalist Association Presents Talking Jazz 8: Big Jazz Publications
From the Big Guns: What Lies Ahead? Thursday, May 29, 2014 | 8pm EDT JOIN THE GOOGLE HANGOUT STARTING AT 8PM EDT Frank Alkyer, publisher of DownBeat magazine, and Michael Ricci, founder of AllAboutJazz.com, All About Jazz magazine and Jazz Near You, discuss jazz in print and online as they produce it now, and ...
Full Text of Apple's Official Beats Acquisition Announcement
Apple to Acquire Beats Music & Beats Electronics CUPERTINO, California - Apple today announced it has agreed to acquire the critically acclaimed subscription streaming music service Beats Music, and Beats Electronics, which makes the popular Beats headphones, speakers and audio software. As part of the acquisition, Beats co-founders Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre will join Apple. ...
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