Paul Resnikoff

What Are the Pillars of a Serious Music Industry Financial Stack? We Asked Fintech Powerhouse Tipalti to Break It Down

July 28, 2022

The past ten years have witnessed an explosion in ‘marketing tech’—digitizing labor-intensive processes and liberating time for value-adding employees. Now, we’re seeing a similar evolution in financial tech.... Read More...

TikTok Licensing Is Trickier Than We Thought — Court Grants Partial Victory to Universal Music Group In Its TikTok Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Bang Energy Drink

Paul Resnikoff

July 15, 2022

UMG and its subsidiaries had claimed a case for Direct Infringement of copyrighted music in Bang’s TikTok promotional videos, and Contributory Infringement for allowing influencers to use that music to promot... Read More...

Kanye West Faces $7.1 Million Lawsuit After Allegedly Bilking Design & Production Company — And Forfeiting a $9 Million Coachella Paycheck

Paul Resnikoff

July 15, 2022

Photo Credit: Amazon Music By February 2022, Ye allegedly owed the LA-based Phantom Labs over $6 million. According to the filing — sent to Digital Music News on Thursday — Kanye’s team promised to settle pa... Read More...

Is Apple Really Helping Music Publishers and Songwriters? Not According to NMPA President David Israelite

Paul Resnikoff

July 5, 2022

National Music Publishers' Association President & CEO David Israelite speaking at the NMPA Annual Meeting in June in New York (Photo: Digital Music News) Apple didn't contest a massive royalty rate incre... Read More...

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Songwriters, Publishers Win a Landmark 43.8% Royalty Increase from Streaming Music Platforms — Spotify, Google, and Amazon Are Still Fighting Back

Paul Resnikoff

July 2, 2022

Washington, D.C.'s James Madison Memorial Building, which houses the U.S. Copyright Office. American songwriters and publishers scored a hard-fought mechanical royalty rate increase from streaming music platf... Read More...

Chartmetric Is Expanding Into Artist Branding Analytics — Get Ready for Data-Driven Advertiser Matches

Paul Resnikoff

June 28, 2022

Nate Smith, whose organic affinity with Jack Daniels was tracked by Chartmetric artist branding data. Chartmetric is now expanding into an increasingly data-driven arena: artist branding. For decades, advert... Read More...

How hyprAUDIO Is Using AI to Solve Sync Music Licensing Overload

Paul Resnikoff

June 27, 2022

Music supervisors are now using high-powered AI ammo to cut through the noise and hit the soundtrack bullseye—quickly. Enter hyprAUDIO, which is aiming to scale its AI-sync search technology to become the ‘Ex... Read More...

What Does It Take to Layer Music Into a Web3 Project? We Asked a B2B Music Company That’s Doing It

Paul Resnikoff

June 27, 2022

Photo elements by Tezos, Minh Pham, Kamil Feczko, Mo. Layering music into web3 and the metaverse is a complex task with lots of moving parts. Those parts can quickly devolve into technical and legal quicksand... Read More...

APM Music Licenses Entire Catalog to XdMind for AI-Driven Adaptation In Games, Short-Form Video, and the Metaverse

Paul Resnikoff

June 16, 2022

The world of music licensing is about to change dramatically, thanks to some groundbreaking developments in the AI space. Now, APM Music — owned by Sony Music Publishing and Universal Music Publishing Group —... Read More...

How to Make the Most of VEVA Collect: A Comprehensive Overview for Musicians

Paul Resnikoff

June 16, 2022

VEVA Collect is emerging as a premier collaborative platform for musicians worldwide—ensuring everyone involved in the recording process is synched up, properly credited and compensated. Here’s a detailed loo... Read More...

Did Goldman Sachs Get Its Numbers Right? Why ‘Music In the Air’ Doesn’t Quite Stack Up

Paul Resnikoff

June 15, 2022

Photo by nvodicka, adapted with permission. Goldman Sachs just released the most bullish music industry report imaginable. But how believable are the numbers? For those that like running with the bulls, Gold... Read More...

Artist With 2.5 Billion TikTok Views Says He Hasn’t Been Paid a Dime

Paul Resnikoff

June 13, 2022

Singer and actor Tyler Shaw speaking at Canadian Music Week in Toronto on Friday (Photo: Grant W. Martin Photography and Dominic Chan) Canadian singer and actor Tyler Shaw has racked up billions of views on T... Read More...

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What Are the Pillars of a Serious Music Industry Financial Stack? We Asked Fintech Powerhouse Tipalti to Break It Down

TikTok Licensing Is Trickier Than We Thought — Court Grants Partial Victory to Universal Music Group In Its TikTok Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Bang Energy Drink

Kanye West Faces $7.1 Million Lawsuit After Allegedly Bilking Design & Production Company — And Forfeiting a $9 Million Coachella Paycheck

Is Apple Really Helping Music Publishers and Songwriters? Not According to NMPA President David Israelite

Songwriters, Publishers Win a Landmark 43.8% Royalty Increase from Streaming Music Platforms — Spotify, Google, and Amazon Are Still Fighting Back

Chartmetric Is Expanding Into Artist Branding Analytics — Get Ready for Data-Driven Advertiser Matches

How hyprAUDIO Is Using AI to Solve Sync Music Licensing Overload

What Does It Take to Layer Music Into a Web3 Project? We Asked a B2B Music Company That’s Doing It

APM Music Licenses Entire Catalog to XdMind for AI-Driven Adaptation In Games, Short-Form Video, and the Metaverse

How to Make the Most of VEVA Collect: A Comprehensive Overview for Musicians

Did Goldman Sachs Get Its Numbers Right? Why ‘Music In the Air’ Doesn’t Quite Stack Up

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