Sources: Twitter explored licensing music rights from three major labels but negotiations stalled after Elon Musk's takeover and were abandoned due to costs
and refusal to immediately pay multiple bills — has raised the spectre … Tweets: Ben Sisario / @sisario : One of the odder stories of Elon-era Twitter chaos: the collapse of long-sought music licensin...
Twitch, where even niche artists can make thousands of dollars per month by cultivating fan tribes, is becoming increasingly attractive to musicians
and allows those connections to be efficiently monetized. https://www.nytimes.com/... @future_of_music : Ben's a great journalist and everyone should read everything he writes. But this piece leaves a...
Spotify hires Dawn Ostroff as chief content officer, to join in August; Ostroff had been president of Condé Nast Entertainment, the publisher's video studio
Ben Sisario / New York Times : Tweets: @nytimesmusic See also Mediagazer Tweets: New York / @nytimesmusic : Spotify has hired Dawn Ostroff, a veteran television and video executive, as its new chief ...
Sony says it sold 17% of its 5.7% stake in Spotify on Tuesday, the day Spotify went public, for $250M+; other big labels are thought to own 4% or less
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US Congress passes bill seeking to ban ticket-scalping bots by making it illegal to circumvent the security measures of ticketing websites
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YouTube reaches settlement with National Music Publishers' Association over unpaid royalties; sources say deal is worth $40M+
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Sources: Apple in exploratory talks to acquire Tidal, Jay Z's streaming music service; Tidal held similar talks with Rhapsody last year
it has only 3 million Jack Purcher / Patently Apple : Contrary to Tidal's Denial, Sources Say Apple is in Talks with Jay Z and Company Don Reisinger / Fortune : Here's Why Apple Should Buy Tidal Anna ...
Spotify and National Music Publishing Association reach settlement over unpaid mechanical rights royalties; sources say the payout pool is between $21M and $30M
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Pandora should pay 2.5% of revenue to BMI instead of 1.75%, court rules
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RIAA finds streaming services made $1.87B in 2014, eclipsing US CD sales for the first time
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