by Paul Resnikoff $5 million later, Spotify seems to be walking away clean. It now looks like Spotify is soundly defeating a $200 million class action lawsuit from songwriters and publishers.  Initially, Spotify faced a scary, $150 […]
Corporate Corner
Breaking: Apple (Not Google) In Discussions to Purchase Tidal
by Paul Resnikoff But will regulators approve the acquisition? Apple is now considering a purchase of Tidal, according to details just published by the Wall Street Journal.  Citing ‘people familiar with the matter,’ the Journal pointed […]
Streaming Beef: Spotify Says Apple Abuses iOS to ‘Squash Competition in Music’
by Charlotte Hassan Spotify has had enough of Apple’s anti-competitive, profit-milking, iOS abuse… Spotify has previously thanked Apple for increasing the rate of growth in their subscriber numbers, and for helping the service reach 100 million […]
Google and LyricFind Partner To Bring More Lyrics and Administer Rights
by Charlotte Hassan LyricFind+Google = a lot of lyrics. Today, LyricFind has joined forces with Google to bring more lyrics to the search engine, as well as administer rights. LyricFind is the world’s largest lyric licensing […]
Investigations Are Underway Over Fake DMCA Takedown Notices
by Charlotte Hassan The scammers were so good they fooled Cox… According to TorrentFreak, scammers are using anti-piracy tracking company – IP-Echelon and rights holders like Lionsgate to send false DMCA notices and settlement agreements to internet […]
Yes, Streaming Music Will Have 500 Million Paying Subscribers by 2019
by Paul Resnikoff The following is an interview with ONErpm founder and CEO Emmanuel Zunz, one of the most bullish executives on streaming music’s growth potential. Zunz is all blue sky, though he’s also backing his […]
TuneCore: In Q1 We Paid $42 Million To Artists
by Charlotte Hassan That’s a 16% year-over-year increase… But, what’s more interesting, is that TuneCore reports that their growth in revenue was fuelled by a 126% increase in gross revenue from YouTube, which includes a 730% increase in […]
SoundExchange Will Have Paid $4.3 Billion In Digital Royalties By End Of 2016.
by Charlotte Hassan SoundExchange is paying more money year-on-year to artists and rights owners… According to a report by Billboard, SoundExchange is set to pay out $860 million in digital royalties this year. SoundExchange also reportedly paid out […]