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MelodyVR Signs Content Creation and Distribution Deal with AWAL

MelodyVR Signs a Content Creation and Distribution Deal with AWAL

January 24, 2019

MelodyVR continues to sign major deals. Two years ago, MelodyVR, a virtual reality firm, signed major licensing deals with Warner/Chappell, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, and Roc Nation. T... Read More...

Vinyl Distributor RPM Distribution Is Allegedly Shutting Down Without Notice

Paul Resnikoff

January 8, 2019

Is Canada's RPM Distribution really shutting down, just like that? It now appears that RPM Distribution is shutting down its operations, with little-to-no warning issued to major partners. According to a le... Read More...

Insomniac Launches a Label Services Group — Introducing Insomniac Music Group

Ashley King

December 7, 2018

EDM festival promoter Insomniac has announced a new in-house record label services expansion called Insomniac Music Group. The new group will serve as an umbrella for Insomniac's internal labels while also p... Read More...

As Imprisonment Looms, Tekashi 6ix9ine’s New Album ‘Dummy Boy’ Is Intentionally Leaked

Ashley King

November 26, 2018

SoundCloud-bred rap star Tekashi 6ix9ine is currently awaiting trial on multiple federal charges. If convicted, he could face upwards of 32 years in prison. The charges of racketeering, conspiracy to commit ... Read More...

Riot Games Taps FUGA to Distribute Its League of Legends Catalog

Ashley King

November 19, 2018

Riot Games has signed a deal with music distribution service FUGA to handle its music catalog for League of Legends. The deal includes distribution throughout the world except for China and South Korea. A... Read More...

Digital Distributors Are ‘Freaking Out’ After Spotify’s Distrokid Announcement — And I Don’t Blame Them

Paul Resnikoff

October 18, 2018

Distrokid's groundbreaking deal with Spotify is threatening to shake up the entire digital distribution space. And potentially weed out a lot of competitors. "They're freaking out. Freaking... Out." Tha... Read More...

Spotify Acquires 'Passive Minority Stake' in DistroKid

Spotify Acquires a ‘Passive Minority Stake’ in Distrokid — and Gives Distrokid Subscribers Preferential Access + Distribution to Other Platforms

Daniel Sanchez

October 17, 2018

Spotify has just announced a serious alliance with digital distributor Distrokid — one that includes preferential access to Spotify and even distribution to competing platforms. Just last month, Spotify anno... Read More...

Spotify Is Building Its Own Speakers and a Bunch of 'Hardware Products'

Spotify Lists Just 5 ‘Preferred Distributors’ — Starting With Distrokid In Bold (Updated)

Ashley King

October 16, 2018

Looks like Spotify is taking even more control over the digital distribution chain than we thought. Update: Since the publication of this article on Tuesday (Oct. 16th), Spotify has revealed a formal deal wi... Read More...

Top Wall Street Analyst Says Spotify’s Label Renegotiations Are “Less Significant Than Most Investors Believe”

Ashley King

October 11, 2018

Spotify's renegotiations with the major music labels are happening next year. Here's another Wall Street analyst who doesn't seem too concerned. MKM Partners analyst Rob Sanderson wrote a memo to clients sa... Read More...

DistroKid Issues a Statement on Hate Music (And It's Pretty Funny)

Distrokid Receives a ‘Significant Investment’ from Silversmith Capital Partners

Marsha Silva

October 9, 2018

On Tuesday, DistroKid — which distributes music to platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, and Deezer — announced that they were receiving an investment from a Boston growth equity company called Silv... Read More...

AWAL Inks a Worldwide Deal with Beyonce Songwriter Kevin Garrett

Ashley King

October 3, 2018

AWAL announced today that it has inked a worldwide deal with singer-songwriter Kevin Garett. AWAL is Kobalt Music's label services, distribution, and marketing division, and Garett will receive a wide variet... Read More...

Spotify Takes on CD Baby, Tunecore & Distrokid With a Free Direct Upload Service

Daniel Sanchez

September 20, 2018

Has Spotify just forced distribution platforms like CD Baby, Tunecore, and Distrokid to update their business models? Spotify has just unveiled a new feature. Still in beta, musicians can now upload their... Read More...

SRR Capital Launches With a VC-Style Approach to Music Investing

What Is Attribution?

So Busy With "The Quiet Time..."

Netflix Won the Streaming Wars. YouTube Changed the Rules.

Indonesia: One of the World’s Most Promising Digital Music Markets

What Politicians Could Learn from the Music Business: A Midterm Election Primer

Musixmatch Re-Inks With DistroKid; Partnership Aims to Help Independent Artists Layer More Lyrics Into Their Releases

DMN Pro Weekly: The Suno Subpoena Wars Are Targeting the Music Industry’s Deepest, Darkest Secrets. Here’s Where Things Stand.

What Is Attribution?

Create Music Emerges from the Shadows as a DistroKid Minority Investor

Former Sony, Discovery, WWE Executive James Rosenstock Joins Too Lost as CFO

MelodyVR Signs a Content Creation and Distribution Deal with AWAL

Vinyl Distributor RPM Distribution Is Allegedly Shutting Down Without Notice

Insomniac Launches a Label Services Group — Introducing Insomniac Music Group

As Imprisonment Looms, Tekashi 6ix9ine’s New Album ‘Dummy Boy’ Is Intentionally Leaked

Riot Games Taps FUGA to Distribute Its League of Legends Catalog

Digital Distributors Are ‘Freaking Out’ After Spotify’s Distrokid Announcement — And I Don’t Blame Them

Spotify Acquires a ‘Passive Minority Stake’ in Distrokid — and Gives Distrokid Subscribers Preferential Access + Distribution to Other Platforms

Spotify Lists Just 5 ‘Preferred Distributors’ — Starting With Distrokid In Bold (Updated)

Top Wall Street Analyst Says Spotify’s Label Renegotiations Are “Less Significant Than Most Investors Believe”

Distrokid Receives a ‘Significant Investment’ from Silversmith Capital Partners

AWAL Inks a Worldwide Deal with Beyonce Songwriter Kevin Garrett

Spotify Takes on CD Baby, Tunecore & Distrokid With a Free Direct Upload Service