Dylan Smith

Beggars Group Posts Heightened 2020 Operating Profit Despite Cutting New Releases by 20%

October 12, 2021

Grimes, who released Miss Anthropocene via Beggars Group's 4AD. Photo Credit: Caitlyn Ridenour Despite releasing a smaller number of projects and grappling with the pandemic-prompted pause on live performance... Read More...

Blackstone Officially Invests $1 Billion In Music Rights, Takes Ownership Stake In Hipgnosis Song Management

Dylan Smith

October 12, 2021

Last week, reports suggested that Blackstone (NYSE: BX) was preparing to invest $1 billion in music rights as part of an agreement with Hipgnosis founder Merck Mercuriadis. Now, the billion-dollar partnership... Read More...

Worm Capital: “Spotify Will Ultimately Prove Out To Be the Google of Audio”

Dylan Smith

October 11, 2021

Though Spotify stock (NYSE: SPOT) has parted with more than one-quarter of its value since the start of 2021, financial professionals at five-year-old Worm Capital are confident that the Stockholm-based audio... Read More...

The UK Nighttime Economy Has Lost Nearly 400,000 Jobs Amid the Pandemic — Including 86,000 Positions In the Cultural Nighttime Sector

Dylan Smith

October 11, 2021

An aerial shot of London, England, which has seen its nighttime live entertainment space part with a substantial number of jobs since 2020's start, according to a study from the Night Time Industries Associati... Read More...

Primary Wave Acquires Stake in Bing Crosby’s Name, Brand Rights, and IP — Including ‘Many’ Unreleased Recordings

Dylan Smith

October 11, 2021

Bing Crosby in 1945. Photo Credit: El Daniel Santiago About 10 weeks after acquiring a major stake in Prince’s estate, Primary Wave has officially purchased a multimillion-dollar interest in the catalog of Bi... Read More...

16 Million Americans Learned to Play Guitar During the Pandemic, Fender Study Finds

Dylan Smith

October 8, 2021

A study from Fender has revealed that 16 million Americans began learning guitar during the last two years. Photo Credit: Alex Suprun A new study from Fender has found that about 16 million Americans between ... Read More...

SXSW Sues Insurance Company Following Last-Minute 2020 Cancellation

Dylan Smith

October 8, 2021

Austin, Texas, home of SXSW. Photo Credit: Carlos Alfonso Back in April of 2020, following the last-minute cancellation of SXSW amid the domestic onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, passholders named the Austin-b... Read More...

Apple’s Platoon Partners With Sagun to Launch ‘A Truly Artist-First Lo-Fi Label’

Dylan Smith

October 8, 2021

Photo Credit: Arden Records Apple-owned Platoon has partnered with Nepal-born artist-producer sagun, S+ MGMT founder Jordan Smith, and Romantic Music Group founder Andrew Kwan to launch a lo-fi record label c... Read More...

Charter Communications Moves to Delay Scheduling Conference in Latest Major Label Legal Battle

Dylan Smith

October 7, 2021

Last month, mega-ISP Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR) officially moved to dismiss the second and latest copyright infringement lawsuit it’s facing from the major labels. Now, the Spectrum operator and it... Read More...

Coldplay Partners With Amazon Music to Launch ‘An Intergalactic Audio-Visual Experience’

Dylan Smith

October 7, 2021

Coldplay performing live in 2017. Photo Credit: Frank Schwichtenberg Yesterday, Coldplay reupped with Warner Music Group’s Parlophone and Atlantic Records. Now, the five-piece act has partnered with Amazon Mu... Read More...

Live Nation Stock Breaks $100 Per Share for the First Time In Company History

Dylan Smith

October 7, 2021

Live Nation stock (NYSE: LYV) has recorded a more than 40 percent value hike since 2021’s start, and shares have officially cracked $100 apiece for the first time in company history. At the time of this piec... Read More...

AT&T Drops Spotify From Its Bundled Premium Plans

Dylan Smith

October 6, 2021

An exterior shot of an AT&T office in San Antonio, Texas. Photo Credit: Brownings AT&T (NYSE: T) is officially preparing to drop Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) from its Unlimited &More Premium plan, higher-... Read More...

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Beggars Group Posts Heightened 2020 Operating Profit Despite Cutting New Releases by 20%

Blackstone Officially Invests $1 Billion In Music Rights, Takes Ownership Stake In Hipgnosis Song Management

Worm Capital: “Spotify Will Ultimately Prove Out To Be the Google of Audio”

The UK Nighttime Economy Has Lost Nearly 400,000 Jobs Amid the Pandemic — Including 86,000 Positions In the Cultural Nighttime Sector

Primary Wave Acquires Stake in Bing Crosby’s Name, Brand Rights, and IP — Including ‘Many’ Unreleased Recordings

16 Million Americans Learned to Play Guitar During the Pandemic, Fender Study Finds

SXSW Sues Insurance Company Following Last-Minute 2020 Cancellation

Apple’s Platoon Partners With Sagun to Launch ‘A Truly Artist-First Lo-Fi Label’

Charter Communications Moves to Delay Scheduling Conference in Latest Major Label Legal Battle

Coldplay Partners With Amazon Music to Launch ‘An Intergalactic Audio-Visual Experience’

Live Nation Stock Breaks $100 Per Share for the First Time In Company History

AT&T Drops Spotify From Its Bundled Premium Plans

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