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A2IM CEO Richard Burgess on the State of Indies: It Isn't Just the 'Skinny Kid With His Guitar Slung Low'
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US record industry shouts ‘value gap’ ahead of Donald Trump’s NAFTA review
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How a podcast is changing minds on songwriter pay and recognition in the streaming era
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How much did Taylor Swift earn from return to streaming on Spotify, Tidal?
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Indie Artist With 4.3 Million Spotify Plays Receives Check for $5,078
By Paul Resnikoff, 21 June 2017
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Apple Wants to Reduce the Royalty Rate It Pays for Music
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Now Apple Wants To Reduce Royalty Rate It Pays Record Labels
By Tim Ingham, 21 June 2017
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International Business Times
Are free Spotify playlists about to get a lot worse with this major change?
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A Journal of Musical Things
Payola No Longer Off the Table for Spotify
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Copyright Law Shouldn’t Pick Winners
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TuneIn Sues Pandora for Breach of Contract Over Failed Ad Sales Goals, Guaranteed Payments By Colin Stutz, 20 June 2017
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Royalty Exchange Raises $6.4M As Industry Veterans Join It's Board by MBW, 19 June 2017
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The Buzzword of The Music Industry is "Transparency"- Perhaps It Should Be " Simplicity"
by Robert Horsfall
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An Interview With A2IM CEO Richard Burgess: Challenges and Opportunities For Independent Music
By Bruce Houghton, 19 June 2017
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Opinion: The Turtles Finally Get Royalties, But Will It Hasten Their Extinction?
By James Sammataro, national head of Stroock's entertainment litigation practice group; John Marcoux, contract attorney for Stroock; Hans Hertell, associate at Stroock; and Christina Himmel, associate at Stroock, 20 June 2017
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Downtown Music CEO Justin Kalifowitz Talks International Expansion & New York Music Month
By Ed Christman, 16 June 2017
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Streaming Could Be More Lucrative for Artists Than Performing Live
By Maggie O’Brien, 16 June 2017
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Big Publishers Feeling Cheated After Spotify’s Small Publisher Deal
By Paul Resnikoff, 16 June 2017
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Local Radio Freedom Act Picks Up 2 More House Co-Sponsors, 8 June 2017
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Merlin Reveals $353 Million in Payments to Label Members, a 52 Percent Jump
By Ed Christman, 8 June 2017
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Swift’s music is returning to Spotify, Pandora, more
By Mesfin Fekady, 8 June 2017
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Spotify’s Troy Carter Talks Royalties, Songwriters, Streaming Business and More in Expansive Q&A
By Jem Aswad, 8 June 2017
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Spotify's 'Secret Genius' may help smooth things over with songwriters
By Mallory Locklear, 8 June 2017
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Mind the gap: Is Europe set to recalibrate the digital market?
By Helen Smith, Executive Chair of IMPALA and WIN Board Observer, 8 June 2017
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‘Fair Play’ Legislation Gains Steam In D.C.
By Adam Jacobson, 7 June 2017
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DC Circ. Won't Rethink Muzak Copyright Royalty Ruling
By Kelly Knaub, 7 June 2017
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CISAC cites value gap as biggest challenge facing the biz in annual report
By Daniel Gumble, 8 June 2017
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Fast Company
Spotify’s Plan To Win Over Anxious Artists–And Win The Streaming War
By John Paul Titlow, 8 June 2017
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Music Business Worldwide
‘Legislators must continue to acknowledge and protect the value of copyright’
By Matthew Rogers, General Manager, UNIFIED and Board Director of WIN, 7 June 2017
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'We're So F-cked!' Inside the Industry's Long, Slow Embrace of Streaming Music, 7 June 2017
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Who Is Music Mafia, the Hacker Group That Is Leaking Kanye West Songs For Bitcoins?
By Andy Cush, 5 June 2017
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‘Independent music companies are most at risk from dangers of safe harbour’
By Alison Wenham, CEO of the Worldwide Independent Network, 5 June 2017
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Techdirt
The Music Licensing Swamp: Spotify Settles Over Failure To Obtain Mechanical Licenses
By Mike Masnick, 5 June 2017
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Viacom, Google on Same Copyright Page in Appellate Fight Over Music Licensing
By Eriq Gardner, 2 June 2017
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DC Circ. Told Not To Alter Other Rates In Royalty Challenge
By Kelly Knaub, 2 June 2017
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Harvard Business Review
Blockchain Could Help Musicians Make Money Again
By Imogen Heep, musician, 5 June 2017
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How to Destroy YouTube & Save the Music Industry
By Paul Resnikoff, 4 June 2017
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Blog: Why Can’t Music be Used in Podcast? Here’s Why.
By Alan Cross, 5 June 2017
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Forbes
Spotify Lawsuit Settlement Aims At Solving Music Industry Data Problems
By Bill Rosenblatt, founder of GiantSteps Media Technology Strategies, 3 June 2017
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Both sides get more vocal in European safe harbour debate
By Chris Cooke, 31 May 2017
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Irish music industry shares ‘safe harbour’ copyright concerns in Brussels
By Laura Slattery, 30 May 2017
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What Will Spotify's $43 Million Class Action Settlement Mean For Songwriters and Publishers?
By Robert Levine, 30 May 2017
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Google, Netflix Back DOJ In 2nd Circ. Music Licensing Fight
By Matthew Guarnaccia, 30 May 2017
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Forbes
Bob Seger Goes RIAA Diamond By Not Streaming His Hits
By Gary Suarez, freelance writer, music critic, content creator, and marketing professional, 30 May 2017
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Music Business Worldwide
YouTube must not be allowed to benefit from ‘legalised piracy on an unimaginable scale’
By Vick Bain, CEO of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA), 30 May 2017
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Here it Comes: Another Safe Harbor For Digital Services
By David Clowery, 28 May 2017
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Lexology
The revolution will be blockchained: Blockchains and the future of digital music
By Shawn Duguay and Matthew Estabrooks, Gowling WLG, 31 May 2017
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Spotify settles its big mechanical rights dispute Stateside
By Chris Cooke, 30 May 2017
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The Guardian
Spotify hopes going public will cement streaming as music's future
By Edward Helmore, 27 May 2017
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How New Musicians Can Protect Their Music’s Intellectual Property
By Amanda G. Ciccatelli, 29 May 2017
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Louisiana Record
Anthony Barre heir says music sampling industry crumbles if judge dismisses case against Beyoncé
By Melissa Busch, 28 May 2017
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Music Technology Policy
Spotify Settlement Points a Finger At Facebook
By Chris Castle, 27 May 2017
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Are ‘Fair Play’ And ‘PROMOTE’ Plans DOA In Congress?
By Adam Jacobson, 25 May 2017
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Local Radio Freedom Act Picks Up 5 More House Co-Sponsors, 25 May 2017
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It's Not If Artists Deserve "Moral Rights" Recognition, But How Music Industry Should Achieve It, says RIAA
By Bruce Houghton, 25 May 2017
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The Shreveport Times
How do Louisiana artists survive free streaming?
By Tiana Kennell and Herman Fuselier, 25 May 2017
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Radio World
ITU Supports Activating FM Chips in Smartphones
By Deborah D. McAdams, 25 May 2017
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Muzak Asks DC Circ. To Rethink Copyright Royalty Ruling
By Bill Donahue, 25 May 2017
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How Radio Can Survive in an Era of Podcasts and Streamers
By Paul Bond, 25 May 2017
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Atlanta Magazine
Mixtape mix-up: Why the RIAA is taking Spinrilla to court
By Gavin Godfrey, 25 May 2017
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CNBC
Streaming can attract the broadest audience ever to music, Edgar Bronfman says
By Matthew J. Belvedere, 25 Ma7 2017
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Music Business Worldwide
Meet the streaming service with 20M users… that’s also a record label
By Rhian Jones, 24 May 2017
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Variety
Column: Variety Introduces ‘Synch This!’ — New Music Column Spotlighting Songs Ripe for Licensing
By Andrew Hampp, vice president at New York-based music sponsorship and experiential agency MAC Presents, 25 May 2017
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Senate Should Either Fix Or Get Off The Pot On Copyright Office Bill
By Sasha Moss, R Street, 24 May 2017
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JD Supra
Music Performing Rights Organizations and the “Full-Work” vs. “Fractional” Licensing Dispute: Government Seeks to Overturn Fractional Licensing Decision
By Coe Ramsey, Brooks Pierce, 24 May 2017
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City & State New York
Is New York City finally ready to invest in its $20 billion music industry?
By Gabe Ponce De Léon, 23 May 2017
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What Retailers Can Learn From the Music Industry’s Meltdown
By Larry Getlen, 23 May 2017
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Hypebot
Major Labels Oppose "Moral Rights" That Guarantee Artists Recording Credits (A Right They Have In Most Other Countries)
By Bruce Houghton, 23 May 2017
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The Daily Record
Legal Bytes: The Turtles’ fight for public performance fees in pre-1972 recordings
By Mark Costello, 23 May 2017
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Don't Worry, Your MP3s Are Safe: A Frank Discussion On The Future Of A Format
By Andrew Flanagan, 22 May 2017
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Mixmag
Now anyone can own a royalty share of Fatboy Slim’s ‘Ya Mama’
By Harrison Williams, 22 May 2017
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Sacem scores record royalty distributions of €1.2 billion and collections of €1.4bn in 2016
By Daniel Gumble, 22 May 2017
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The MP3 is dead: long live the MP3!
By Gary Eastwood, science and technology journalist, editor and copywriter, 22 May 2017
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Creating a global social community for songwriters, By Andre Bourque, freelance journalist covering high-growth industries, 22 May 2017
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