Battle Over US Radio Royalties Gets Underway (Again)
The US radio and music industries are set for another skirmish over the lack of performance royalties paid by traditional radio stations in that country. This time round, the spark
US iPhone Owners’ Music Spending Grew by 22% Last Year
Mobile-analytics firm Sensor Tower is publishing a new report this week that quantifies app-spending in 2018 by iPhone owners in the US. The headline is that this spending increased by 36% year-on-year
Class Action Lawsuits Filed in New York Against Sony and Universal
Five musicians brought proposed class actions against Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York yesterday (February 5). The
Music Modernization Act: Labels and Publishers Back NMPA’s Bid to Run New Mechanical Rights Society
The United States is about to get an important new collection society, which is expected to oversee hundreds of millions of dollars in royalty payments each year. When President Donald
Done Deal: SiriusXM Completes $3.5bn Acquisition of Pandora
It’s a done deal. Sirius XM Holdings Inc. has confirmed today (February 1) that it has completed its $3.5bn all-stock acquisition of Pandora Media. With the transaction complete, SiriusXM says
Campaign for Producer and Engineering Inclusion Launches in US
This time last year, the US Recording Academy was facing strong (and deserved) criticism for poorly-worded comments by its boss Neil Portnow about how women needed to “step up” in
English-Language Music is Losing its Stranglehold on Global Pop Charts – and YouTube is Driving the Change
On Friday, July 10, 2015, the worldwide music business broadly agreed on something. Having consulted on behalf of 1,300 record labels, worldwide trade body IFPI launched Global Release Day (GRD),
TikTok is testing advertisements in the UK and US
Social-video app TikTok is finally ready to turn on some monetisation features, in the form of in-app advertisements and branded content. Digiday has the story: it spotted an adfor food-delivery app