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Mexico City Has More Spotify Listeners Than London, New York Or Paris
By MBW, 21 Nov 2018
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Billboard
Country In the 'Shift Age': This Year's CMAs Reflected a Music Business in Transition
By Tom Roland, 21 Nov 2018
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Billboard
Aretha Franklin Earns First AC Entry Since 1994 as Holiday Hits Jingle Onto the Chart
By Gary Trust, 21 Nov 2018
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Billboard
Mexico City Is 'Streaming Music Capital,' According to Spotify
By Judy Cantor-Navas, 21 Nov 2018
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Hypebot
What Spotify Song Skip Rates Tell Us About Our Attention Span
By Guest Post, 21 Nov 2018
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Billboard
Mumford & Sons' 'Delta' Heading for No. 1 Debut on Billboard 200 Albums Chart
By Keith Caulfield, 21 Nov 2018
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Music 3.0
Universal Music Artists Might Get A Big Gift Thanks To Taylor Swift
By Bobby Owsinski, 21 Nov 2018
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Complete Music Update
Majors v Cox Communications will stay in the same court as the BMG case
By Chris Cooke, 21 Nov 2018
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Music Week
Jin Genius: Hitmaker Extraordinaire Jin Jin's Women In Music Winner's Speech
By Ben Homewood, 21 Nov 2018
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Billboard
Music Business Worldwide, Sound Royalties And Adrev Team Up To Pay Advances To Youtube Creators
By MBW, 21 Nov 2018
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Music Business Worldwide
Sound Royalties And Adrev Team Up To Pay Advances To Youtube Creators
By MBW, 21 Nov 2018
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Complete Music Update
Universal Sues Poker Podcast Over Uncleared Music Use
By Chris Cooke , 21 Nov 2018
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Music Ally
Songwriter Sam Barsh publishes ‘shocking’ royalty figures
By Stuart Dredge, 20 November 2018
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Music Week
'Emerging Artists Will Find It Harder To Be Discovered': Lyor Cohen Slams Article 13 – Again
By Andre Paine, 20 November 2018
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Digital Music News
Continuing on Its Downward Slide, Spotify Stock Reaches a New Low at $120
Daniel Sanchez, Nov 20 2018
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Rolling Stone
Watch Willie Nelson, Steven Tyler, Tom Morello Sing ‘All You Need Is Love’
By Ryan Reed, 20 Nov 2018
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Billboard
SiriusXM's Acquisition of Pandora Approved in Europe, Where Neither Service Is Available
By Dan Rys, Nov 20 2018
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Digital Music News
Multiple AMLC Board Members Quit as a Post-MMA Turf War Breaks Out
By Paul Resnikoff, 20 Nov 2018
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Billboard
How Taylor Swift Could Get Her First Six Albums Back - and Push Label Prices to New Heights (Analysis)
By Ed Christman, 20 Nov 2018
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Music Business Worldwide
SiriusXM’s Buyout Of Pandora Granted Approval In Europe, Island, More…
Daniel Sanchez, 20 Nov 2018
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Hypebot
Music Modernization Act: What’s In It, Why Is It In There, Is It A Good Thing?
Guest post by Stephen Carlisle, 20 Nov 2018
Opinion
Bloomberg
Taylor Swift's $300 Million Love Song Is Worth Every Penny
By Alex Webb, 20 November 2018
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Billboard
Snoop Dogg Accepts Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Gives Himself a Shout-Out: Watch
By Lars Brandle, 20 Nov 2018
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Complete Music Update
Taylor Swift Includes Demands On Spotify Equity In New Deal With Universal
By Andy Malt, 20 Nov 2018
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Digital Music News
The Latest Music Industry Hirings: Maverick, Spotify, Pandora, Big Label, AEG Presents, Island, More…
Daniel Sanchez, 19 Nov 2018
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Nashville Scene
Taylor Swift Leaves Big Machine, Inks a Deal With UMG
By Stephen Trageser, 19 November 2018
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Rolling Stone
Taylor Swift’s New Record Deal Affects Thousands of Other Musicians
By Amy X. Wang, 19 November 2018
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PYMNTS.com
Pandora Premium Subscribers Can Now Stream Music Via Alexa Devices
19 November 2018
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Billboard
With New Contract, Taylor Swift Secures Better Deal For All UMG Artists
By Melinda Newman , 19 Nov 2018
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Hypebot
Big Radio Payments To Artists, Producers, Labels Are Overdue
By James Burgess, 19 Nov 2018
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Digital Music News
Spotify Is Trialing Premium In South Africa for 42-Cents a Month — and $4.20 After That
Ashley King, 19 Nov 2018
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Music Business Worldwide
Why Did Warner Just Spend $180M To Buy A Merchandising Company?
By Murray Stassen, 19 Nov 2018
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Billboard
iHeartMedia Buys Tech Firm Behind Its Ad Buying Platform
By Billboard Staff, 19 Nov 2018
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Digital Music News
Taylor Swift Bids Farewell to Big Machine Label Group, Joining Universal Music Group
Daniel Sanchez, 19 Nov 2018
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Music Business Worldwide
Universal Will Ignore Artists’ Unrecouped Balances When It Pays Out Spotify Share Money… Thanks To Taylor Swift
By Tim Ingham, 19 Nov 2018
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Complete Music Update
More Article Thirteen Sparring, While Google Threatens To Bail On News In Europe
By Chris Cooke , 19 Nov 2018
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Music 3.0
Spotify Song Skip Rates Tell Us A Lot About Our Attention Span
By Bobby Owsinski, 19 Nov 2018
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Billboard
Sound Royalties Pairs With AdRev to Provide Advances for YouTube Creators
By Billboard Staff
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Music Week
Taylor Swift Unveils Historic New Deal With Republic/Universal
By Mark Sutherland, 19 Nov 2018
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The Wall Street Journal
Spotify, Pandora Turn to Podcasts for Listeners, Profits
By Anne Steele, 18 November 2018
Opinion
Forbes
Beyond 'The Hunger Games', The Disruptive Music Business Model Of AWAL
By Oisin Lunny, 18 November 2018
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Android Headlines
Tidal Music Service Reaches For Larger Audience Via Amazon Alexa
By Daniel Golightly, 18 November 2018
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Billboard
The Beatles' White Album Returns to Top 10 on Billboard 200 Chart
By Keith Caulfield, 19 Nov 2018
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Rolling Stone
Who’s Telling the Truth: YouTube, or the Music Industry? We’re About to Find Out
16 Nov 2018
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Billboard
Muse Lands Their Sixth U.K. No. 1 Album With 'Simulation Theory'
By Paul Sexton, 16 Nov 2018
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Digital Music News
A SoundCloud Troll Successfully Rips Down Artists’ Works Using DMCA ‘Hacks’
Daniel Sanchez, 16 Nov 2018
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Billboard
Sonos Reports $273 Million in Q4 Revenue
By Associated Press / Billboard Staff, 16 Nov 2018
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Digital Music News
Crosley Is Now Releasing Retro Cassette Players Starting at $60
Ashley King, 16 Nov 2018
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Hypebot
Ethical Streaming Royalties: More For Few Or Fewer For More
By Chris Castle, 16 Nov 2018
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Complete Music Update
IMPALA Responds To YouTube’s Latest Article Thirteen Griping
By Chris Cooke, 16 Nov 2018
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Billboard
IFPI Refutes Claim YouTube Paid Music Industry $1.8B, Says Figures 'Don't Match Our Own'
By Colin Stutz , 16 2018
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Hypebot
Spotify Alums Create Canopy App Offering Recommendations Without Stealing Your Data
Bruce Houghton, 16 Nov 2018
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Billboard
Are Asian Fan Armies Going to Keep Invading the Charts? (Column)
By Fred Hwang, 16 2018
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Hypebot
Universal Music Revenue Up 13% As Sale Plans Acceleratel
Bruce Houghton, 16 Nov 2018
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Digital Music News
At Least Two Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) Contenders Have Emerged — Here’s the First One
Paul Resnikoff, 16 Nov 2018
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Forbes
What 'A Star Is Born' Gets Right About The Modern Music Business
By Danny Ross, 15 November 2018
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Digital Music News
Sony Has Officially Acquired EMI Music Publishing. Officially.
By Daniel Sanchez, 16 Nov 2018
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Billboard
John Mayer Receives Legend of Live Award; Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift & More Win at Billboard Live Music Awards
By Josh Glicksman, 15 Nov 2018
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The Federalist
‘The White Album’ Hits Its 50th In The Perfect Moment To Recall Its Release
By Samuel Buntz, 15 Nov 2018
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Billboard
It's All About the Music at 2018 Latin Grammys Person of the Year Maná Tribute
By Leila Cobo, 15 Nov 2018
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Variety
Roy Clark, Legendary Country Guitarist and ‘Hee Haw’ Star, Dies at 85
By Variety Staff, 15 Nov 2018
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Hypebot
Music Modernization Act A 'Countdown to Modernity' - Progress Chart For Mechanical Licensing Collective
By Guest Post, 15 Nov 2018
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Music Business Worldwide
Vivendi Launches Bank Sellection Process To Find Buter For Stake In Universal Music Group
By MBW, 15 Nov 2018
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Digital Music News
Liberty Media ‘Absolutely’ Interested in UMG Stake
Daniel Sanchez, 15 Nov 2018
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Billboard
Janelle Monae's 'I Like That' Hits No. 1 On Adult R&B Songs
By Trevor Anderson, 15 Nov 2018
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Billboard
Chris Stapleton Triumphs, Garth Brooks Holds Back the Tears at 2018 CMA Awards: Recap
By Chuck Dauphin, 15 Nov 2018
Opinion
Variety
It’s Long Past Time for Big Radio to Pay Artists, Producers and Labels
By Richard James Burgess, CEO of A2IM, 15 November 2018
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Hypebot
Country Music Awards Winners 2018 - The Complete List: Chris Stapleton, Kacey Musgraves, More
Bruce Houghton, 15 Nov 2018
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Pacific Standard
Does Vezt Provide Songwriters With Their Business Model Of The Future?
By Jack Denton, 15 November 2018
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Complete Music Update
Sony completes acquisition of EMI Music Publishing
By Chris Cooke, 15 Nov 2018
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Billboard
Ticket Sellers, Promoters & Streaming Giants Discuss How Consumer Data Boosts Ticket Sales at Billboard Live Music Summit
By Chris Eggertsen, 14 Nov 2018
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Complete Music Update
Ed Sheeran’s Promoter Declares AMA Award Winning Anti-Tout Strategy A Success
By Chris Cooke, 15 Nov 2018
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The New York Times
Who Rules YouTube? Swift? Bieber? Nope. It’s T-Series, a Record Label in India.
By Andrew R. Chow, 14 November 2018
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Digital Music News
‘YouTube Burnout’ Claims Another Victim: Lilly Singh. Sadly, the Music Industry Can Relate
Ashley King, 14 Nov 2018
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Billboard
Here Are All the Winners From the 2018 CMA Awards
By Katie Atkinson, 14 Nov 2018
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Hypebot
I Legally Purchased 16,000 SoundCloud Plays
Guest Post By Brian Hazard, 14 Nov 2018
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Billboard
SiriusXM to Participate in WhyHunger's Hungerthon for 10th Straight Year
By Josh Glicksman, 14 Nov 2018
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Digital Music News
With a $5 Price Tag (Or Lower), Spotify Officially Launches in the UAE and MENA Region
14 Nov 2018
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Music Week
Ariana Grande Sails Towards A Second Week At No.1 For Thank U, Next
By Ben Homewood, 14 Nov 2018
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Hypebot
Pandora, Spotify Podcast Moves Good News For Musicians and Record Labels
Bruce Houghton, 14 Nov 2018
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Digital Music News
Dismissing the Singer’s Sales as ‘Unverified,’ Kris Wu Lands at No. 100 on the Billboard 200
Daniel Sanchez, 14 Nov 2018
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Music Business Worldwide
Sony Completes $2.3BN Deal To Acquire EMI Music Publishing
By Murry Stassen, 14 Nov 2018
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Hypebot
Facebook Outage Reveals People Still Read News Other Ways, Would YouTube Outage Reveal Something Similar About Music?
Guest Post, 14 Nov 2018
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Billboard
CMA Entertainers In The Stadium Era: How Big Venues Changed The Music
By Tom Roland, 14 Nov 2018
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Complete Music Update
Tencent Rival NetEase Secures New Funding For Music Service
By Chris Cooke, 14 Nov 2018
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Billboard
BMI Country Awards: Jesse Frasure Wins Top Songwriter Honors, Steve Cropper Honored as an 'Icon'
By Tom Roland, 14 Nov 2018
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Hypebot
iHeartMedia Announces Post-Bankruptcy Board of Directors
Bruce Houghton, 14 Nov 2018
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Music Week
"It's Important To Give Electronic Music The Limelight It Deserves": Deezer Launch Second Series Of Trailblazers Podcast
By George Garner, 14 Nov 2018
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Complete Music Update
Prince Estate Seeks Final Ruling On $4 Million Damages In Unauthorized EP Case
By Andy Malt, 14 Nov 2018
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Music Week
Spotify Launches In The Middle East and North Africa, Increases Global Footprint To 78 Markets
By George Garner, 14 Nov 2018
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Complete Music Update
Spotify Expands Into Middle East And North Africa
By Chris Cooke, 14 Nov 2018
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The Hollywood Reporter
Foo Fighters Set for Chris Cornell Tribute Concert
By the Associated Press, 14 Nov 2018
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Billboard
Ashley Gorley and Warner/Chappell Win Big (Again), Lee Ann Womack Honored at ASCAP Country Music Awards
By Tom Roland, 13 November 2018
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USA Today
After a Long Wait, Spotify Finally Arrives on the Apple Watch
By Eli Blumenthal, 13 November 2018
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Fortune
Spotify Is Rolling Out Its Official Apple Watch App This Week
By Kevin Kelleher, 13 November 2018
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Billboard
Queen Rules Billboard Artist 100, Ariana Grande Rises to No. 2 & EXO Hits Top 10
By Xander Zellner, 13 Nov 2018
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Digital Music News
Pandora Unveils Its ‘Podcast Genome Project’ In a Bid for Differentiation
Ashley King, 13 Nov 2018
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Music Business Worldwide
One Reason Why Spotify's Deals With The Major Labels Are Balanced On A Knife-Edge
By Tim Ingham, 13 Nov 2018
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Hypebot
YouTube Music Charts 11.2 - 8, 2018: Ariana Grande Is #1, Linkin Park Passes 1B Views
Bruce Houghton, 13 Nov 2018
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Digital Music News
NetEase Cloud Music Raises $600 Million; Counts More Than 600 Million Total Users
Daniel Sanchez, 13 Nov 2018
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Billboard
Podcast Choices Got Your Head Spinning? Pandora Launches 'Genome Project' for a Crowded Medium
By Grant Rindner, 13 Nov 2018
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Complete Music Update
YouTube boss takes her article thirteen griping to the FT
By Chris Cooke, 13 Nov 2018
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Tech Crunch
China’s NetEase Raises $600M for its Music Streaming Business
By Jon Russell, 13 November 2018
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Rolling Stone
See Midland Perform ‘Burn Out’ on ‘Jimmy Kimmel’
By Joseph Hudak, 13 Nov 2018
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Houston Press
Streaming Ushers in a New Golden Age of Music Box Sets
By Cory Garcia, 12 November 2018
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Digital Music News
0 for 3: YouTube Once Again Begs Users to Turn Against Article 13
Daniel Sanchez, 12 Nov 2018
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Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwide And Rolling Stone Ink Global Content Partnership
By MBW, 12 Nov 2018
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Music 3.0
I Thought CDs Were Supposed To Be Dying, But Maybe I Got It All Wrong
By Bobby Owsinski, 21 Nov 2018
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Billboard
BTS Hits Landmark 100th Week at No. 1 on Social 50 Chart
By Trevor Anderson, 12 Nov 2018
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Digital Music News
Spotify’s Stock Plunges to $126 as JPMorgan Chase, Evercore, Nomura, Wells Fargo Lower Targets
Daniel Sanchez, 12 Nov 2018
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Music Business Worldwide
Spotify Share Price Falls To Another All-Time Low, As Market Cap Drops Under $24BN
By Tim Ingham, 12 Nov 2018
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The Verge
YouTube CEO Calls EU’s Proposed Copyright Regulation Financially Impossible
By Julia Alexander, 12 November 2018
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Rolling Stone
Spotify’s New Show Lives Inside Its Playlists
By Amy X. Wang, 12 November 2018
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Digital Music News
Bankrupt iHeartMedia Reports a Slightly Better Q3 Though 2018 Is Down
By Ashley King, 12 November 2018
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Billboard
Wanna Chat With Migos? Why Artists Are Using 'Stashimi' Chatbots to Bond With Fans on Facebook Messenger
By Hannah Karp, 9 Nov 2018
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Hypebot
Why Is Spotify Charging Half Price In Some Of The World's Richest Countries?
Bruce Houghton, 9 Nov 2018
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Digital Music News
SoundCloud Is Doubling Down on Pre-Release Collaboration With Expanded Private Sharing
Paul Resnikoff, 9 Nov 2018
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Billboard
BMG Parent Bertelsmann Posts Highest 9-Month Revenue in a Decade, By Wolfgang Spahrr
By Hannah Karp, 9 Nov 2018
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Hypebot
Music Has More To Gain From The Future Of Transportation Than You Might Think
By Cherie Hu, 9 Nov 2018
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Billboard
What Today's Fast-Rising Streaming Stars Are Missing: Practice on Stage
By Steve Knopper, Nov 9 2018
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Complete Music Update
Spotify Launches New Analytics Tools For Music Publishers
By Chris Cooke, Nov 9 2018
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Music Week
'It is a huge opportunity': Universal's Orla Lee-Fisher On The Beatles' White Album reissue
By James Hanley, Nov 9 2018
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Bloomberg Businessweek
Spotify to Musicians: Let Us Be Your Label
By Lucas Shaw, 9 November 2018
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Complete Music Update
Google reckons its anti-piracy efforts are working, while bragging about Its YouTube Pay-Outs
By Chris Cooke , Nov 9 2018
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Music Week
Positiva teams up with YouTube channel Selected to release Jay Pryor EP
By MusicWeek Staff, Nov 9 2018
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FYI Music News
Miranda Mulholland Interviews RIAA Chair Cary Sherman
By Karen Bliss, 9 November 2018
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Engadget
iHeartRadio's app now supports direct control of Sonos speakers
By Jon Fingas, 8 November 2018
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Billboard
Netflix & Warner Bros. Records Bet on Unscripted Music Reality Show 'Westside'
By Melinda Newman, Nov 8 2018
Blog
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
Passage of the Music Modernization Act
By Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, 8 November 2018
Blog
Lexology
Music Modernization Act Signed Into Law
By David S. Gold & Emily I. Park of Cole Schotz PC, 8 November 2018
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Billboard
SiriusXM Parent Liberty Media Posts $2.3 Billion in Q3 Revenue, By Georg Szalai
By Gordon Murray, 8 Nov 2018
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Digital Music News
Lambasting YouTube, CISAC Posts $11 Billion in Global Royalty Collections
Daniel Sanchez, 8 Nov 2018
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Billboard
Lenny Kravitz Goes Highest With First Dance Chart No. 1 'Low,' Calls It 'An Honor'
By Gordon Murray
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Digital Music News
Google Says They’re Passing the Industry’s Anti-Piracy Tests ‘With Flying Colors’
Paul Resnikoff, 8 Nov 2018
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Billboard
The Struts Debut On Emerging Artists Chart, Billie Eilish Returns to No. 1
By Xander Zellner, 8 Nov 2018
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Billboard
YouTube Reports $1.8B Paid to Music Industry in Past Year
By Colin Stutz, 8 Nov 2018
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Music Week
Digital Royalties Top €1 Billion For The First Time According To 2018 CISAC report
By MW Staff, 8 Nov 2018
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Variety
CISAC Reports Nearly $11 Billion in Royalties, Slams YouTube Over ‘Distortion’ of Digital Market
By Jem Aswad, 8 November 2018
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Complete Music Update
Song right collections top 8.3 billion euros, says CISAC
By Chris Cooke, 8 Nov 2018
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Music Business Worldwide
Global Music Collections Rise 6% To €8.34BN, Digital Royalties Top €1BN
By MBW, 8 Nov 2018
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Forbes
Artists Earn Record $10.8 Billion, Battle For More Royalties
By Mark Beech, 8 November 2018
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Billboard
Apple Music Taps CD Baby, The Orchard and Kontor For 'Apple Preferred Distribution Program'
By Grant Rindner, 8 Nov 2018
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Complete Music Update
Google Reckons Its Anti-Piracy Efforts Are Working, While Bragging About Its YouTube Pay-Outs
By Chris Cooke , 8 Nov 2018
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Music Week
Data With Destiny: Spotify Launches Publishing Analytics Tool
By MW Staff, 8 Nov 2018
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Music Business Worldwide
SPOTIFY LAUNCHES PUBLISHING Analytics Platform In Beta
By Murray Stassen, 8 Nov 2018
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Billboard
Spotify Releases Analytics Tool For Music Publishers
By Billboard Staff, 8 Nov 2018
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Complete Music Update
Apple Music Launches Preferred Distributor Programme
By Andy Malt , 8 Nov 2018
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Digital Music News
AT&T Starts Cracking Down on Infringement on Its Network — With Actual Account Terminations
Daniel Sanchez, 7 Nov 2018
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Billboard
Greta Van Fleet and the Value of the Pan: Can a Bad Review Be a Good Thing in the Streaming Age?
By Bobby Olivier, 7 Nov 2018
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Hypebot
Amazon Music Adds Mexico As Anderson.Paak, Future Kick Off Major US, UK Marketing Campaign [VIDEO]
By Bruce Houghton, 7 Nov 2018
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Digital Music News
Despite YouTube Music’s Relaunch, YouTube Premium Falls Out of the Top 10 Streaming Services In the U.S.
Paul Resnikoff, 7 Nov 2018
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Billboard
MelodyVR CEO On Building a Global Music Business Out Of Virtual Reality
By Starr Bowenbank, 7 Nov 2018
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Hypebot
Insta-Albums and Why It (Sort Of) Pays To Be Social
Guest post from AWAL, 7 Nov 2018
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Digital Music News
YouTube Has Allegedly Paid $6 Billion to the Music Industry
Daniel Sanchez, 7 Nov 2018
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Hypebot
If You Want To Live Stream, Twitch Dwarfs YouTube [CHART]
By Bruce Houghton, 7 Nov 2018
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Music Week
Taylor Made: How Taylor Swift's Next Deal Could Change The Game For The Music Business...
By Mark Sutherland, 7 Nov 2018
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Billboard
Shania Twain's USA Show 'Real Country' Seeks Uniqueness
By Tom Roland, 7 Nov 2018
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Quartz
A Chinese Phone Maker Is Building One Of The World’s Biggest Music Streaming Services In Africa
By Yomu Kazeem, 7 November 2018
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Music Business Worldwide
Spotify Allows Free Tier Streaming On Connect-Enabled Speakers
7 Nov 2018
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Billboard
Marshmello & Bastille's 'Happier' Makes History Atop Alternative Songs Chart
By Kevin Rutherford, 7 Nov 2018
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Music Week
"The Release Will Change The Game": Spotify Free Is Coming To A Connected Speaker Near You
By George Garner, 7 Nov 2018
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Digital Music News
Spotify for Artists Will Charge for Certain Services, Daniel Ek Says
Daniel Sanchez, 6 Nov 2018
Opinion
The Wilson Post
New Law Will Finally Show Songwriters the Money
By Sen. Lamar Alexander, 6 November 2018
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Billboard
Pandora Active Users Dip Under 70 Million, But Paid Subscribers and Revenue Were Up in Q3
By Marc Schneider, 6 Nov 2018
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Digital Music News
Amazon Music Reveals Another Voice-Enabled Trick: Alexa-Powered New Release Notifications
Ashley King, 6 Nov 2018
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Billboard
Panic! at the Disco Scores First Hot Rock Songs No. 1 With 'High Hopes'
By Kevin Rutherford, 6 Nov 2018
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Hypebot
Apple Rewards 3 'Preferred Plus' Music Distribution Partners With Advanced Features, Analytics
By Bruce Houghton, 6 Nov 2018
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Digital Music News
Pandora’s Q3 2018 – 6.8 Million Subscribers, Plummeting Active Users and Listening Hours
Daniel Sanchez, 6 Nov 2018
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Hypebot
Music Modernization Act Was Verse One, Rest Of The Song Yet to Be Written
Guest Post By Michael Huppe, 6 Nov 2018
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Billboard
BTS Becomes First Korean Act to Surpass 1 Billion Streams on Apple Music
By Tamar Herman, 6 Nov 2018
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Digital Trends
As Amazon Turns Up the Volume on Streaming, Spotify Should Shudder
By Tamir Koch, 6 November 2018
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Music Week
IAFAR Organization Set Up To Protect Neighboring Rights Sector
By Ben Homewood, 6 Nov 2018
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Complete Music Update
One Liners: Jake Gosling, Sony Music, MusicTank, more
By Andy Malt, 6 Nov 2018
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Billboard
Guitar Center Unveils Remodeled Hollywood Store and How It Plans to Come Back From the Brink
By Andy Hermann, 6 Nov 2018
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Complete Music Update
New Neighboring Rights Trade Body Launches
By Chris Cooke, 6 Nov 2018
Blog
Consequence of Sound
The Failed MP3 Player That Changed the Music Industry Forever
By Ryan Bray, 5 November 2018
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Digital Music News
Musical Biopic ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Soars to a $51.1 Million Opening Weekend in North America
Daniel Sanchez, 5 Nov 2018
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Music Business Worldwide
Profits, Payments And Podcasts: 5 Takeaways From Spotify's Q3 Earnings Call
By Tin Ingham, 6 Nov 2018
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Digital Music News
A FLVTO.biz Clone Is Already Popping Up — With Half-a-Million Monthly Page views
Paul Resnikoff, 5 Nov 2018
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Billboard
How the MMA Could Shift Music's Wealth From Labels to Publishers -- and Impact Companies That Own Both
By Ed Christman, 5 Nov 2018
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Hypebot
Spotify For Artists Has Plan To Charge For Some Services
Says CEO Daniel Elk, 5 Nov 2018
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Digital Music News
Spotify Unveils $1 Billion Stock Repurchase Program
Daniel Sanchez, 5 Nov 2018
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Billboard
Joji's 'Ballads 1' Debuts at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart
By Trevor Anderson, 5 Nov 2018
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Billboard
Prince Estate Releasing Rare Videos From 1995-2010 Era
By Gil Kaufman, 5 Nov 2018
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Complete Music Update
Following Yandex Stand-Off, Russian Watchdog To Launch New Anti-Piracy Database
By Chris Cooke, 5 Nov 2018
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Hypebot
Spotify [NYSE:SPOT] Announces $1 Billion Stock Buy Back
Bruce Houghton, 5 Nov 2018
Opinion
The Hill
Congress Should Pass Bill To Prevent Stacked Taxation Of Digital Purchases
By Liam Sigaud, 5 November 2018
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Music Business Worldwide
Universal Becomes First Major To Licence Africa's Biggest Streaming Platform, Boomplay
By MBW, 5 Nov 2018
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Music Week
International Charts Analysis: A Star Is Born Continues Global Ascent
By Alan Jones, 5 Nov 2018
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Billboard
Engineer Al Schmitt on Winning 23 Grammys and Working With Frank Sinatra, Paul McCartney & Steely Dan
By Melinda Newman, 5 Nov 2018
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Complete Music Update
Universal Allies With LadBible On New Emerging Talent Series
By Chris Cooke, 5 Nov 2018
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Billboard
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's 'A Star Is Born' Lights up Australia's Charts
By Lars Brandle, 5 Nov 2018
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Hypebot
Cabello Wins Big, Grande Shut Out At MTV EMAs 2019
Posted By Bruce Houghton, 5 Nov 2018
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Billboard
Andrea Bocelli Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Si'
By Keith Caulfield, 5 Nov 2018
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Tech Radar
YouTube Could Be Arriving on the Nintendo Switch this Month
By David Nield, 4 November 2018
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Celebrity Access
Bohemian Rhapsody Takes The Box Office By Storm
Posted By , Ian Courtney, 4 Nov 2018
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Billboard
Publisher's Quarterly: Sony/ATV Widens Lead as Nearest Competitors Lose Ground in Q3
By Ed Chrisman, 1 Nov 2018
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Digital Music News
Remasters Aren’t Brand-New Copyrights, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Reaffirms
Paul Resnikoff, 1 Nov 2018
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Music Business World Wide
Lyor Cohen Warns Music Industry Over ‘Unintended Consequences’ Of Article 13
By Murry Stassen, 1 Nov 2018
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Hypebot
ASCAP Opens Registration For 'I Create Music' EXPO 2019
By Bruce Houghton, 1 Nov 2018
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Complete Music Update
UK Music Is Booming Says UK Music – But It Still Needs Help
By Andy Malt, 1 Nov 2018
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Digital Music News
In Full Panic Mode, YouTube’s Lyor Cohen Warns Article 13 Will Have “Severe Unintended Consequences”
Daniel Sanchez, 1 Nov 2018
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Music Business World Wide
Spoyify Subscriber Growth Slows As Paying Customer Base Hits 87M
By MBW, 1 Nov 2018
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Billboard
YouTube's Lyor Cohen Warns Article 13 Will Have 'Severe Unintended Consequences' For Music Biz
By Richard Smirke, 1 November 2018
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CNBC
Apple is Reportedly Considering A Tie-Up With US Radio Group iHeartMedia
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