Ariana Grande Breaks Apple Music Day-One Streaming Records
After a very-public row with the organisers of the Grammys, it’s back to business as usual for Ariana Grande: breaking records on music-streaming services. Apple Music announced that Grande’s new
Article 13 Comes to the Boil Amid Final Negotiations
Friday was a bad day for the music industry in Europe, it’s fair to say, as a fissure emerged between label and publisher bodies on one side, and organisations representing
Spotify’s Music Boss Warns Artists Off Top Playlists Too Early
Spotify’s global head of music Nick Holmsten has given a pre-Grammys interview to The Hollywood Reporter. While the headlines are being made by his comments on Spotify’s hateful-conduct controversy last
Nas and Mass Appeal Team Up With LiveXLive To Create Original Urban-Focused Content
Live entertainment company LiveXLive has signed a deal with rapper Nas and music company Mass Appeal (which is home to Nas’ label) for ‘a 360 degree partnership’ to create, produce, and distribute Article 13 Disaster for Music Biz, Joy for YouTube, as Labels Call for EU Copyright Bill to be Cancelled
A group of organizations representing European creatives and rightsholders in the music, audio-visual, broadcasting and sports industries have called on European negotiators to cancel the Copyright Directive. In an open
Spotify Hints At Further Podcast Acquisitions In Near Future
There’s an important point to realise about Spotify’s announcement yesterday that it has “line of sight” on $400m-$500m to spend on acquiring podcasting companies: that figure *includes* the amount spent
Franco-German Compromise Brings Article 13 Agreement Nearer
The negotiations around the new EU copyright directive, and its Article 13 section focusing on user-uploaded-content sites, continue. The key dates to be aware of: final discussions between ministers of