Spotify's launched RISE and Apple Music's UP NEXT both promote emerging artists. As the race to predict streaming stardom accelerates, two trademarks filings offer hints…
ScoopFebruary 4, 2018
A few weeks after the release of Kendrick Lamar’s “Humble,” the hard-charging lead single on his fourth album Damn., the song landed at No. 1…
ScoopSeptember 12, 2017
When it comes to making music time is one of the most valuable (and most misused) resources available. Here Jesse Cannon describes how "phased check-ins"…
ScoopSeptember 1, 2017
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
The three major labels – Universal Music, Sony Music and Warner Music – saw their collective recorded-music revenue from streaming grow to just under $1.3bn in…
ScoopAugust 11, 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
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 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
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