Warner Music Group has adopted SoundCloud's Fan-Powered Royalties (FPR) system for streams. The major label, home to the likes of David Guetta, Gorillaz, and Lizzo...
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Streaming services have 30 days to challenge the ruling...
The US Copyright Royalty Board has officially approved a 44% increase in streaming royalty rates following a campaign last year led by songwriters and publishers...
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The streaming giants have filed a 92-page appeal...
Spotify, Google, Amazon and Pandora have launched an appeal to overturn increase in songwriter royalties.
The four industry leaders in music streaming have filed a...
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The streaming service have demanded refunds...
Spotify are reportedly collecting refunds after overpayments were made to songwriters and publishers from the streaming service in 2018.
The music streaming service have revealed...
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They're up against the likes of The Neptunes and R.E.M.
Outkast have been nominated for the 2020 Songwriters Hall of Fame.
The Atlanta hip-hop duo, who formed in 1992 and comprises of members André 3000 and...
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Apple Music is the only streaming service not to contest it...
The US Copyright Board (CRB) ruled last month there should be an increase in music royalties for songwriters and publishers - Spotify, Amazon, Google and...
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Warner is the first major label to adopt the user-centric payout system
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A lack of data, information, and will has left electronic music producers lagging way behind their commercial counterparts. DJ Mag outlines how that happened, how...
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The scheme is one of Spotify's new attempts at improving on slow-growing revenue
Spotify has revealed plans to charge labels and artists for advertising services in a bid to raise revenue.
Despite reporting a total revenue of $7.44 billion...
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First-half recording revenues of the year grew 18% to $5.4 billion
The U.S. music industry is expected to generate $10 billion this year.
Taken from the same report that found that vinyl sales are to take...
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The streaming services hopes to court new users...
Apple Music has long been a thorne in Spotify’s side. While Spotify has twice the subscribers than its main competitor, Spotify is now extending free...
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The 44% increase to songwriter and publisher payouts will go ahead despite a 2019 appeal by Spotify, Google, Amazon and Pandora
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2,069 British adults took part in the recent poll
The majority of streaming listeners want musicians to be paid more by their respective platforms, a survey says.
In a recent survey conducted by YouGov...
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The service allows artists and engineers to buy and sell services
Spotify has acquired music talent marketplace SoundBetter.
Set up in 2012, the company is described as the "de facto LinkedIn for music professionals" and allows...
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It's being expanded to include eligible unrecouped artists and songwriters globally who have been with Sony for over 20 years
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The platform's entire library is now available in CD-quality audio...
Amazon music has launched a high-definition streaming service, making 50million songs available in CD-quality audio.
Subscribers to the new offering will have access to the...