Ashley King

Kobalt’s AWAL Snags Another Indie Partnership: In Real Life

May 2, 2019

LA-based In Real Life has launched a new partnership with Kobalt's label services company, AWAL. According to the companies, In Real Life will leverage AWAL's distribution and marketing expertise to maximize... Read More...

Eventbrite Shares Continue to Plunge After a Serious Earnings Miss

Ashley King

May 2, 2019

Eventbrite's stock woes continued on Thursday, with the company witnessing its sharpest one-day loss in history. A disappointing earnings report and outlook spurred the sell-off. The stock fell more than ... Read More...

A Federal Judge Has Approved iHeartMedia's Bankruptcy Reorganization Plan

Still Holding $5.7 Billion In Debt, iHeartMedia Says Its Restructuring Is ‘Successfully Completed’

Ashley King

May 2, 2019

iHeartMedia has officially ended its restructuring process. With the balance sheet restructuring, iHeartMedia's debt dropped from a whopping $16.1 billion to 'only' $5.75 billion. CEO Bob Pittman says he's p... Read More...

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

ASCAP Annual Collections Top $1 Billion Again — Up 7.26% Year-Over-Year

Ashley King

May 1, 2019

The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) announced that annual collections from 2018 exceeded $1.227 billion. ASCAP saw a 7.26% increase in performance rights collections, up from $... Read More...

Fox Renews ‘Empire’ for a 6th Season, But ‘No Plans’ to Continue Jussie Smollett’s Character

Ashley King

May 1, 2019

Fox has chosen to renew 'Empire' for a sixth season, just one week ahead of the show's season five finale. Fox Entertainment and 20th Century Fox TV released a joint statement on Tuesday announcing the serie... Read More...

Downtown Music Publishing to Represent the Venerable Gershwin Catalog

Ashley King

April 30, 2019

Ninian Reid Downtown Music Publishing has inked a new deal to represent the catalog of legendary songwriter George Gershwin. The new deal struck with the Godowsky family and Heyward Memorial Fund covers Gers... Read More...

Sony Music, Microsoft Deliver an Interactive, AI-Driven Music Video for NAO

Ashley King

April 30, 2019

R&B artist NAO teamed up with Microsoft to use machine learning and artificial intelligence for an interactive music video. NAO says she was so moved by the Saturn's Return theme in astrology that she wa... Read More...

Woodstock 50 Cofounder Insists the Event Isn’t Cancelled — “It’s Gonna Be a Blast!”

Ashley King

April 30, 2019

Woodstock founder Michael Lang has written an open letter emphatically stating that Woodstock 50 is still on — despite a cancellation notice sent by investors. Yesterday, we covered a letter sent to the medi... Read More...

Beats Introduces a $250 AirPods Alternative — ‘Powerbeats Pro’

Ashley King

April 30, 2019

Beats Powerbeats Pro wireless earphones will be available to pre-order on Apple.com starting on May 3rd. The Powerbeats Pro will be available for purchase in stores one week later on May 10th. The new Beats... Read More...

Austria’s Cobra Agency Forms a Latin JV With Basic Music, 5B Artists

Ashley King

April 29, 2019

Austria's Cobra Agency has announced its international expansion into Latin America through the formation of a joint venture. Cobra Agency Latin America is a new strategic alliance between Cobra Agency, Mexi... Read More...

AWAL Inks Global Label Services Deal With SideOne Dummy Records

Ashley King

April 29, 2019

AWAL has signed an exclusive worldwide deal with independent label SideOne Dummy Records. The deal will see AWAL's marketing, A&R, promotion, distribution, and licensing expertise applied to SideOne Dumm... Read More...

Tunecore Artists Earned $83 Million in Q1 — With Heavy Metal and J-Pop Leading the Way

Ashley King

April 29, 2019

Tunecore announced today that its artists earned $83 million in Q1 2019, a 21% increase over the same period last year. Tunecore says its total artist distribution revenue is now over $1.5 billion. Distri... Read More...

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Kobalt’s AWAL Snags Another Indie Partnership: In Real Life

Eventbrite Shares Continue to Plunge After a Serious Earnings Miss

Still Holding $5.7 Billion In Debt, iHeartMedia Says Its Restructuring Is ‘Successfully Completed’

ASCAP Annual Collections Top $1 Billion Again — Up 7.26% Year-Over-Year

Fox Renews ‘Empire’ for a 6th Season, But ‘No Plans’ to Continue Jussie Smollett’s Character

Downtown Music Publishing to Represent the Venerable Gershwin Catalog

Sony Music, Microsoft Deliver an Interactive, AI-Driven Music Video for NAO

Woodstock 50 Cofounder Insists the Event Isn’t Cancelled — “It’s Gonna Be a Blast!”

Beats Introduces a $250 AirPods Alternative — ‘Powerbeats Pro’

Austria’s Cobra Agency Forms a Latin JV With Basic Music, 5B Artists

AWAL Inks Global Label Services Deal With SideOne Dummy Records

Tunecore Artists Earned $83 Million in Q1 — With Heavy Metal and J-Pop Leading the Way

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