YouTube has long been a target for the music industry due to what it considers the platform’s low royalty payments despite the vast amount of…
ScoopAugust 12, 2017
Lyor Cohen’s blog defending YouTube’s approach to music copyright has been met with outcry across the entertainment industry – and nowhere more stridently than in…
ScoopAugust 5, 2017
In advance of speaking at a panel on the issue, Benji rogers here speaks with Midemblog about blockchain technology's potential for solving industry copyright issues,…
ScoopJune 18, 2017
Today, Spotify announced a new multi-year licensing deal with Merlin, the “global music rights agency” at the helm of independent music.Read the full story here.
ScoopApril 23, 2017
Much has been made of Spotify’s imminent IPO, but a new report suggests the streaming service is instead considering a different approach – through a…
ScoopApril 18, 2017
The MBW Review gives our take on some of the music biz’s biggest recent goings-on. This time, we drill down into exciting new stats from…
ScoopApril 2, 2017
Spotify has signed a lease for a huge New York office at Four World Trade Center – where it will create over 1,000 jobs. The streaming…
ScoopFebruary 26, 2017
Musician Kate Nash has sparked a discussion about Snapchat’s music-licensing strategy, after she claimed that the company was using her song ‘Foundations’ in one of…
ScoopFebruary 26, 2017
SoundCloud’s losses grew faster than its revenues in 2015 – with the company now admitting that, should its subscription service flop, its funding may run…
ScoopJanuary 16, 2017