It’s estimated that tens of thousands of people have been impacted by the Ticketmaster UK breach. So why didn’t they know earlier? It’s another nightmare breach of personal data, seemingly the latest in an endless […]
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Spotify Is Hitting Labels Where It Hurts the Most: Brand-New Talent
Spotify says they’re not signing artists, therefore they’re not a label. That’s pretty funny. If you want to know Spotify’s biggest problem, just look at their latest quarterly financial report. Sure, Spotify may have renegotiated […]
Sony Music Entertainment Partners with A&R/Marketing Entrepreneur Jonathan Master for New Joint Venture
Sony Music Entertainment Partners with A&R/Marketing Entrepreneur Jonathan Master for New Joint Venture Label Sony Music Entertainment has entered into a strategic partnership with Jonathan Master, the innovative A&R and marketing entrepreneur who has worked […]
Adrian Swish – Creates A Collaborative Music Community Providing Resources Through Blockchain Technology
Digital Currensy, Inc., a blockchain-based technology company focused on the music economy, plans to revolutionize the way artists distribute music and manage their own careers. Since announcing their intentions via the release of their whitepaper […]
Universal Music Group Is Now Toying With a $40 Billion IPO – Among Other Possibilities
Universal Music Group (UMG) parent Vivendi is now considering a behemoth Wall Street public offering. But that’s just one of several tasty possibilities ahead. Universal Music Group (UMG) could potentially fetch a $40 billion valuation […]
Merlin Just Cashed 100% of Its Spotify Shares – And Is Giving 100% to Its Members
Guess it pays to stay indie! According to Merlin CEO Charles Caldas, the independent has cashed all of its Spotify shares, with all of it passing through to its members. Sony Music Entertainment and Warner […]
Warner Music Dumped 75% of Their Spotify Shares – A $400 Million Payday
Warner Music Group pulls a Sony and sells a huge chunk of Spotify shares. Warner Music Group Corp. (WMG) has announced that it has sold around 75% of its shares in Spotify.  The sell-off translates into […]
Sony Never Paid a Piece of Their Spotify Advances
It’s not that Sony wants to give you the money. It’s that they simply can’t afford not to. Once upon a time, Sony Music Entertainment charged their artists a fee for every CD sold. Why? Because Sony, along […]