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Bipartisan Senate Hearing On ‘The Lack of Competition In the Ticketing Industry’ Announced Following Taylor Swift Ticketing Debacle

Dylan Smith
November 23, 2022
Last week, amid a multitude of fan complaints, Live Nation’s Ticketmaster faced criticism and regulatory scrutiny from lawmakers. Now, a Senate investigation into “the lack of competition in the ticketing ind... Read More...
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Tunedly Aims to Disrupt the Music Industry With TunedCoin Project

Ashley King
November 16, 2022
Photo Credit: Tunedly (Chris Erhardt and Mylène Besançon) Blockchain technology is rapidly evolving with new use cases. Supply chain tracking and tracing, compliance auditing, and simplified payment processin... Read More...

European Songwriter Organizations Call for EU Lawmakers to End ‘The Coercive Buy-Out Practices of US-Based VOD Platforms’

Dylan Smith
November 7, 2022
Brussels' Berlaymont building, which serves as the headquarters of the European Commission. Photo Credit: EmDee The European Grouping of Societies of Authors and Composers (GESAC) and The European Composer an... Read More...
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The White House Promises to Crack Down On Concert Tickets’ ‘Hidden Junk Fees’ as Live Nation Posts Double-Digit Revenue Hike

Dylan Smith
November 4, 2022
The White House promised to crack down on concerts' 'hidden junk fees' in a tweet published on the same day that Live Nation posted seemingly strong Q3 2022 earnings. Photo Credit: Unsplash Yesterday, Live Na... Read More...
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Apple Keeps Rejecting Spotify’s Audiobook App Store Updates

Ashley King
October 26, 2022
Photo Credit: Spotify A new report says Spotify is facing issues getting Apple to approve an App Store update featuring audiobooks. The New York Times reports that Spotify's latest update has been rejected a... Read More...
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Activist Groups Press Department of Justice to ‘Investigate and Unwind’ the Live Nation-Ticketmaster Merger

Dylan Smith
October 20, 2022
Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary have long faced criticism over the price of tickets to popular concerts. Now, fed-up activists are calling on the federal government “to investigate and unwind” the... Read More...

CRB Orders Phonorecords IV Settling Parties to File All ‘Supplemental’ Written and Oral Agreements Following Pushback

Dylan Smith
October 18, 2022
Photo Credit: Bill Oxford Earlier this month, leading music publishers and streaming giants including Spotify released an unredacted version of their Phonorecords IV settlement. But songwriter organizations t... Read More...
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Music Creators North America Demands Phonorecords IV Settlement Transparency: ‘We Are Deeply Concerned By These Recent Efforts to Shield Secret Dealings’

Dylan Smith
October 5, 2022
Washington, D.C.'s James Madison Memorial Building, which houses the U.S. Copyright Office. In late August, the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) announced a settlement for the Phonorecords IV pro... Read More...

Senators Introduce the American Music Fairness Act After House Majority Backs the Opposing Local Radio Freedom Act

Dylan Smith
September 22, 2022
Photo Credit: Dave Weatherall About 15 months after the American Music Fairness Act (AMFA) debuted in the House, Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) have introduced the legislation in the... Read More...
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Warner Music Group and Believe Continued to Operate In Russia After Officially Announcing Exits, Reports Say

Dylan Smith
September 20, 2022
Moscow, Russia. Photo Credit: Astemir Almov Warner Music Group (WMG) continued to operate in Russia even after announcing that it would cease conducting business in the nation, while indie label and distribut... Read More...
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Tencent Music Officially Prepares to List Shares In Hong Kong — Trading Begins Next Week

Dylan Smith
September 14, 2022
About six months after disclosing its intention of spearheading a secondary stock listing, Tencent Music (NYSE: TME) is reportedly preparing to make shares available on Hong Kong’s exchange “as soon as next w... Read More...
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Ticketmaster Formally Responds to Congressman Bill Pascrell Jr.: ‘Dynamic Pricing Is About Capturing More Value For the Artist’

Dylan Smith
September 7, 2022
(Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz) Last week, Ticketmaster faced renewed congressional scrutiny over its business practices – and specifically the role that “dynamic pricing” played in elevating the... Read More...
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