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July 16, 2018

Smart Speaker Installations Will Cross 100 Million This Year Alone — and Amazon Music Can’t Wait

July 16, 2018

Maroon 5 Singer Adam Levine Is Now a YouTube Executive Producer

July 16, 2018

Australia Wants to Impose ‘Culture Quotas’ on Streaming Music Services

July 16, 2018

Fired Billboard CEO John Amato Was Paid $18 Million to Leave, Report Claims

July 16, 2018

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“November Rain” by Guns N’ Roses is Oldest Music Video to Reach One Billion YouTube Views

Lennon Cihak

July 16, 2018

Ed Vill (CC by 2.0) Guns N' Roses' "November Rain" makes YouTube history with one billion views... decades later. Gun... Read More...

Music Industry Latest - Pussy Riot, Vivendi, Spotify Ad Studio, Imani Media Group, Mandy More, Odunsi, More...

Latest Industry: Pussy Riot, Vivendi, Spotify Ad Studio, Imani Media Group, Mandy Moore, Odunsi, More…

July 16, 2018

Pussy Riot activists run onto the field at the World Cup. Controversial Russian punk rock/activist band Pussy Riot ha... Read More...

Vinyl Sales Have Grown 66.6% In Canada This Year Alone — Among Other Huge Gains

July 15, 2018

When it comes to the music consumption habits of Canada, some interesting trends have emerged during the first half of... Read More...

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“November Rain” by Guns N’ Roses is Oldest Music Video to Reach One Billion YouTube Views

Lennon Cihak

July 16, 2018

Ed Vill (CC by 2.0) Guns N' Roses' "November Rain" makes YouTube history with one billion views... decades later. Guns N' Roses' "November Rain" came out in 1992, 13 years before YouTube launched. The nine-... Read More...

UnitedMasters, Alphabet’s $70 Million Bet, Releases a Limited Distribution Service

July 16, 2018

One of the most heavily-hyped startups to emerge in the past year has been UnitedMasters. UnitedMasters blasted out of the gate with a $70 million funding tranche, powered by the likes of Alphabet and Andree... Read More...

Smart Speaker Installations Will Cross 100 Million This Year Alone — and Amazon Music Can’t Wait

July 16, 2018

A new report from Canalys analytics suggests that the number of smart speakers installed in homes across the world could surpass 100 million by the end of 2018. That's a remarkable period of growth, considering less than 50 million smart speakers were insta... Read More...

Maroon 5 Singer Adam Levine Is Now a YouTube Executive Producer

July 16, 2018

Maroon 5's Adam Levine in 'Sugar' Those who enjoyed Maroon 5's video for "Sugar" will soon have a lot more to enjoy. Think 'Sugar' + The Wedding Crashers on steroids, directed by Adam Levine. Maroon 5's fro... Read More...

Latest Industry: Pussy Riot, Vivendi, Spotify Ad Studio, Imani Media Group, Mandy Moore, Odunsi, More…

July 16, 2018

Pussy Riot activists run onto the field at the World Cup. Controversial Russian punk rock/activist band Pussy Riot has claimed responsibility for people running onto Luzhniki Stadium during the final match o... Read More...

Australia Wants to Impose ‘Culture Quotas’ on Streaming Music Services

July 16, 2018

Kylie Minogue Quotas, according to APRA AMCOS and SPA, will help develop local Australian artists. But why are they forcing streaming services to spend money to do it? Australia’s music, TV, and film industries have teamed up to lobby the Commonwealth gove... Read More...

Fired Billboard CEO John Amato Was Paid $18 Million to Leave, Report Claims

July 16, 2018

Despite rampant issues of sexual misconduct and mismanagement, ousted Billboard CEO John Amato was apparently paid $18 million to leave. What started out as whiff of smoke is threatening to engulf the entire... Read More...

Vinyl Sales Have Grown 66.6% In Canada This Year Alone — Among Other Huge Gains

July 15, 2018

When it comes to the music consumption habits of Canada, some interesting trends have emerged during the first half of 2018. In particular, vinyl records enjoyed a surge of 66.6 percent, according to Nielsen... Read More...

Dirty Allegations Surround Ousted Billboard CEO John Amato

July 15, 2018

Former Billboard/The Hollywood Reporter CEO John Amato. Billboard is a magazine, music-ranking authority, and entertainment brand that was founded way, way back in 1894. Which means that Billboard — along with The Hollywood Reporter — will probably weather ... Read More...

Streaming Exclusives Are Back! — Thanks to Amazon Music

July 14, 2018

Back in 2016, Universal Music Group chairman Lucian Grainge banned streaming music exclusives. But that decree only goes so far... As of Thursday (July 12th), alternative/rock group Awolnation has released ... Read More...

ASCAP and BMI Just Made the Biggest Commitment Yet to a Shared Licensing Database

ASCAP Wins a $1.5 Million Ruling Against Three California Radio Stations

July 14, 2018

ASCAP CEO Elizabeth Matthews US-based radio stations already get a free pass on recording performances. But that's where the freebie ends. Federal courts in New York and Los Angeles have ruled in separate b... Read More...

Music Industry Latest - Lady Gaga, Spotify, Duran Duran, Sprint, YouTube, Triller, BBRMG, More...

Latest Industry: Lady Gaga, Spotify, Duran Duran, Sprint, YouTube, Triller, BBRMG, More…