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Second Stimulus Check Won’t Be Arriving In August After All (Thanks, Congress)

August 12, 2020

Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on second stimulus checks: "The Democrats aren't taking this as a serious issue." Just last week, estimates pointed to the arrival of a second stimulus check starting August 24t... Read More...

Amazon Music Getting Podcasts – Clause About Disparaging Amazon Removed

Ashley King

August 12, 2020

Photo Credit: Christian Wiediger Amazon plans to bring podcasts to Amazon Music. But Amazon's content restriction policy raised eyebrows in the industry. Buried in Amazon's terms and conditions for appearin... Read More...

Genius’ Stolen Lyrics Lawsuit Against Google Gets Tossed

Dylan Smith

August 12, 2020

Photo Credit: Genius Despite the introduction of evidence that seems to prove Genius’s stolen-lyrics accusations against Google and LyricFind, a judge has dismissed the lawsuit. Genius, a Brooklyn-headquartered platform that bills itself as the “world’s big... Read More...

Burning Man Launches a Crowdfunding Campaign to Stay Alive

Dylan Smith

August 11, 2020

Last month, Digital Music News was first to report that Burning Man was refusing to back down in its high-stakes legal battle with the U.S. government. Now, Burning Man Project (BMP), the non-profit organizat... Read More...

T.I. ‘Could and Would Testify’ in Travis Scott ‘Highest in the Room’ Infringement Case

Dylan Smith

August 11, 2020

T.I. performing in Pittsburgh in 2006. In June, we reported that Travis Scott was facing a copyright infringement lawsuit for allegedly lifting the guitar riff featured in “Highest in the Room” from Instagram... Read More...

Eventbrite Investors Settle With $1.9 Million Payout as Financial Plunge Continues

Ashley King

August 11, 2020

Photo Credit: Eventbrite Eventbrite investor's legal team has negotiated a $1.9 million settlement with the ticketing company over false statements. Investors sued Eventbrite last year over false or misleading statements ahead of its IPO in 2018. The lawsui... Read More...

Cox Communications Agrees to Hand Over the Personal Information of 2,795 Business Subscribers to the RIAA

Cox Tries to Shave $243 Million Off Its $1 Billion Copyright Infringement Ruling

Dylan Smith

August 11, 2020

Cox Communications has moved to trim $243 million off the $1 billion copyright infringement ruling levied against it late last year. The Atlanta-headquartered internet service giant and television provider r... Read More...

Smash Mouth Frontman Says ‘F–k That COVID S–t’ at Packed Sturgis Rally

Ashley King

August 11, 2020

Photo Credit: Eva Rinaldi / CC by 2.0 Smash Mouth frontman Steve Harwell is catching flak for comments he made during a packed concert. He told a packed crowd at the Sturgis Rally in South Dakota, "f--k that... Read More...

NAMM 2021 Cancelled Due to COVID-19 – But the Event Will Continue Online

Ashley King

August 11, 2020

Photo Credit: NAMM The NAMM 2021 show scheduled in January at the Anaheim Convention Center is canceled. Instead, an online event will take place. NAMM organizers announced yesterday that the in-person event would not take place next year. They said they'll... Read More...

Google Is Now Selling Audio Ads on Spotify, Pandora, TuneIn, and More

Ashley King

August 11, 2020

Photo Credit: Jesus ECA Google is beefing up its audio ads offering in an attempt to dominate streaming ad share. Google is building out its audio advertising business by securing deals with music streaming ... Read More...

After Shutting Down Vine in 2016, Twitter Wants to Buy TikTok

Ashley King

August 11, 2020

Photo Credit: Morning Brew Twitter shut down Vine in 2016, a year before Musical.ly became TikTok. Four years later, Twitter is vying against Microsoft to buy TikTok. The Wall Street Journal broke a report t... Read More...

As UMG Sale Talks Slow, Liberty Media, Apple, KKR, and Tencent Emerge as Frontrunners

What Trump Crackdown? UMG Inks Major Partnerships with Chinese Giants Tencent, NetEase

Dylan Smith

August 11, 2020

Despite the ongoing stateside crackdown on China-based tech companies – including TikTok and WeChat’s quickly approaching ban – Universal Music Group has inked major partnerships with Tencent and NetEase. Universal Music Group (UMG) recently announced the h... Read More...

What Is Sync Licensing? A Look at One of the Music Industry’s Fastest-Growing Sectors

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It Took Years for These Music Industry Experts to Learn These Monetization Pro-Tips

Working Through the Pandemic: Three Prominent Music Supervisors Discuss the Music Industry’s Way Forward

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Neil Young Says It Costs $20,000 to Decouple His Site from Facebook

Tool Is Officially Out of Their Record Deal — ‘We’re Free Agents’

TikTok Used Tactics Banned by Google to Permanently Track Android Users

Google Apologizes for General YouTube Music Crappiness

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Latest Posts

Second Stimulus Check Won’t Be Arriving In August After All (Thanks, Congress)

Amazon Music Getting Podcasts – Clause About Disparaging Amazon Removed

Genius’ Stolen Lyrics Lawsuit Against Google Gets Tossed

Burning Man Launches a Crowdfunding Campaign to Stay Alive

T.I. ‘Could and Would Testify’ in Travis Scott ‘Highest in the Room’ Infringement Case

Eventbrite Investors Settle With $1.9 Million Payout as Financial Plunge Continues

Cox Tries to Shave $243 Million Off Its $1 Billion Copyright Infringement Ruling

Smash Mouth Frontman Says ‘F–k That COVID S–t’ at Packed Sturgis Rally

NAMM 2021 Cancelled Due to COVID-19 – But the Event Will Continue Online

Google Is Now Selling Audio Ads on Spotify, Pandora, TuneIn, and More

After Shutting Down Vine in 2016, Twitter Wants to Buy TikTok

What Trump Crackdown? UMG Inks Major Partnerships with Chinese Giants Tencent, NetEase