Once again, despite licensing issues with Spotify, music streaming pushes industry revenue way, way up. Universal Music Group reported $1.1 billion in music streaming revenue alone between January and September of this year. This marks […]
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Pandora Wants 45% of Its Workforce to be ‘Employees of Color’ by 2020
by Paul Resnikoff Pandora is vowing to hire more ’employees of color’ over the next few years.  But what exactly is an ’employee of color’? Pandora has just announced a sweeping affirmative action program, one designed to […]
9 Ways To Make Money From Cover Songs (Even Though Facebook Is Ripping Them Down)
You’ve probably heard by now that major publishers and Facebook are in a battle for legitimacy. The major publishers (namely UMG) have been getting Facebook to remove all cover videos using their songs. Publishers want […]
Rolling Stone Magazine Faces Shutdown Over Fake Gang-Rape Story; $7.5 Million Defamation Ruling
by Paul Resnikoff It was a shocking story of rape and victim brutality from Rolling Stone Magazine.  And it was all made up.  Now, the magazine and its author are paying the price, and potentially facing […]
Sirius XM Posts Strong Q3, Aims for 2 Million New Subscribers for 2016
Sirius XM subscription numbers keep going up, and up, and up. Sirius XM posted their 3Q 2016 earnings today. As expected, and in great news for the company, Sirius XM posted stronger-than-expected subscriber growth for […]
Beats by Dre – Earbuds Don’t Work With The iPhone 7
by Paul Resnikoff The iPhone 7 doesn’t have a 3.5mm standard headphone jack.  So why does Apple-owned Beats by Dre keep releasing headphones and earbuds with 3.5mm jacks? Late last month, something strange happened.  Beats by […]
An Unsigned Artist Makes 4X More from Streaming Than A Major Label Artist
by Paul Resnikoff Signing to a major label used to be the only way to succeed.  Now, in a world dominated by streaming music, it can cost an artist dearly. Perhaps the number one question we […]
Is SoundCloud Worth An Investment of $1 billion?
by Paul Resnikoff Bloomberg says SoundCloud wants $1 billion.  The Financial Times says that Spotify is making an offer.  But is this company worth it? So, SoundCloud is now considering an acquisition offer from Spotify, […]