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
The rapper Killa Sin didn’t think he was contributing verses to a Wu-Tang Clan record a few years ago when he stood before a microphone…
ScoopJuly 10, 2017
Sonic treasure troves. Vinyl might have a rep for being a notoriously expensive endeavour, but right now hundreds of thousands of records are sitting, waiting…
ScoopJuly 7, 2017
The Grammys have a hard-earned reputation for being out-of-touch with the modern music listener. But they’re working incredibly hard to fix that image.Read the full…
ScoopJune 20, 2017
The MBW Review gives our take on some of the music biz’s biggest recent goings-on. This time, we consider the power of new music makers…
ScoopJune 18, 2017
Musicians aren't likely to get rich from selling records today, unlike their 20th Century predecessors - and one man saw it all coming a long…
ScoopJune 18, 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
Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook speaks about the perils of social media during an address at MIT's graduation ceremonies in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Read the full…
ScoopJune 10, 2017