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by Charlotte Hassan According to the author of the book Unity Incorporated: The Mastermind, it was… The novelist Timothy J. Levi has filed a $1.5 billion lawsuit against Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Lee Daniels, Danny Strong, and Robert Walker for […]
by Paul Resnikoff Yes, this is actually a check mailed by the Harry Fox Agency for mechanical publishing royalties.  No, it’s not on behalf of Spotify (yet…). When will songwriters and publishers start to receive back-payments […]
by Paul Resnikoff Apple is preparing to abandon music downloads. Apple is now preparing to completely terminate music download offerings on the iTunes Store, with an aggressive, two-year termination timetable actively being considered and gaining favor.  According […]
by Paul Resnikoff This is how you can hack your streaming royalties. Earlier this year, DMN starting asking artists and labels to share their streaming royalty statements, which unearthed a pile of incredible per-stream statistics.  That’s […]
by Charlotte Hassan Streaming surge drives double-digit revenues at Warner Music Group. Today, (May 6th) Warner Music Group released their Q2 financials showing double-digit revenue growth.  The company’s revenue increased by a massive 10% — or […]
by Charlotte Hassan Spotify is now securing a billion dollar loan.  But is an acquisition spree a smart idea? Spotify has announced the acquisition of CrowdAlbum, a San Francisco-based photo aggregator.  The company aggregates photos and videos […]
by Paul Resnikoff The most difficult part about the debate over streaming royalties is that nobody seems to know what streaming services actually pay.  Which is why Digital Music News started an initiative to collect streaming […]
by Charlotte Hassan An activist artist demands transparency in a Spotify case… Back in December of last year, Spotify faced a lawsuit brought forward by musician David Lowery, frontman of bands Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker.  Lowery, who […]