Music industry
Japan jumps into the music stream
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- Tuesday, 23 July 2019
The biggest moment for streaming music in Japan this year came via a handwritten letter.
How to turn a $147 song into a $79 million tour
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- Tuesday, 23 July 2019
Or: how songwriters are getting stiffed on live music royalties.
Spotify, Deezer : la musique en « stream » soumise à la dictature du clic
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- Tuesday, 23 July 2019
Sur les plates-formes de streaming, les artistes cherchent à rester le plus longtemps possible sur la playlist la plus écoutée. Et pour cause : ils sont payés au « stream », et il en faut des millions pour bien gagner sa vie.
Surprise! Spotify Says They ‘Overpaid Most Publishers In 2018’
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- Tuesday, 09 July 2019
Not only is Spotify fighting a proposed increase songwriter and publisher royalties. They’re also demanding a refund, based on overpayments made in 2018 on family bundles and college plans.
Global Background Music Market 2019
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- Tuesday, 09 July 2019
Background music is an integral part of modern commercial space like malls, retail stores, transit, elevators and other public spaces.
Idagio-commissioned study explores classical streaming potential
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- Tuesday, 09 July 2019
A report claiming that classical music could be ‘streaming’s next genre’ comes with an important caveat – to its credit, one that’s openly stated – that it was commissioned by a classical-music streaming service.
Can hit songs be worth more than gold?
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- Tuesday, 09 July 2019
Ever wondered who gets paid when you hear a hit record played out loud?
Rififi dans le secteur des droits voisins de la musique
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- Monday, 08 July 2019
En France, la perception et la répartition de la juteuse rémunération des passages en radio et de la copie privée est éclatée en plusieurs organismes. Les fusionner aurait du sens mais s'avère difficile.
Soundgarden, Tupac, Hole and more sue Universal Music over recordings destroyed in 2008 fire
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- Monday, 24 June 2019
It’s the first legal action taken since news surfaced last week of the extent of damage from the June 1, 2008, blaze that decimated a storage facility on the lot at Universal Studios Hollywood that housed a trove of recordings in UMG’s possession.
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