B2B News

Soundcloud Has Inked a Deal With UMPI and SACEM

June 2, 2016

Soundcloud has inked a deal with UMPI - Universal Music Publishing International and SACEM - France’s Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music. The new agreement brings the catalogue of UMPI’s a... Read More...

SOCAN Acquires B2B Digital Platform MediaNet

Charlotte Hassan

May 13, 2016

SOCAN, the Canada-based collecting society, has purchased the B2B digital platform, MediaNet. Who's MediaNet? MediaNet manages one of the largest global music catalogs of over 51 million tracks (each contai... Read More...

Just Received My $5.05 Mechanical Royalty Check From HFA…

Charlotte Hassan

May 9, 2016

Seriously? After receiving a check for just $5.05 from the HFA, Lowery is intensifying his war against Spotify, HFA, and the NMPA. ''You’re kidding me right? What is this for? No accounting? No cover lett... Read More...

Spotify, Songwriters About to Make Good?

Exclusive: This Is the Contract Songwriters Are Signing With Spotify

Paul Resnikoff

April 27, 2016

Sign this, and you sign away some of your rights. Early last month, Digital Music News broke the story of a broad-reaching agreement between Spotify and music publishers to resolve tens of millions in unpaid... Read More...

What Price Tag? Spotify Acquires CrowdAlbum…

Charlotte Hassan

April 27, 2016

Spotify is now securing a billion dollar loan. But is an acquisition spree a smart idea? Spotify has announced the acquisition of CrowdAlbum, a San Francisco-based photo aggregator. The company aggregates ... Read More...

Exclusive: Spotify, Major Songwriters Preparing a Massive Out-of-Court Settlement

Paul Resnikoff

March 7, 2016

Spotify and a number of major US-based music publishers are now preparing an out-of-court settlement over unpaid publishing royalties, according to confidential details shared with Digital Music News this mor... Read More...

Breaking: The Guy That Sued Tidal Just Settled With Microsoft…

Paul Resnikoff

March 3, 2016

Tidal blew off Yesh Music's lawsuit with a dismissive statement. Maybe they should be taking it more seriously. The Yesh Music lawsuit against Microsoft focused on Xbox Music, recently rebranded as Groove Mu... Read More...

Bitcoin: Just Another Music Industry Fairytale?

Paul Resnikoff

January 19, 2016

“Despite knowing that Bitcoin could fail all along, the now inescapable conclusion that it has failed still saddens me greatly.” Recognized Bitcoin developer and expert Mike Hearn. Hang out at any music in... Read More...

Talib Kweli Taps Bitcoin to Build a Stronger Fanbase

Charlotte Hassan

November 6, 2015

Brooklyn-based hip-hop artist Talib Kweli has partnered with ZapChain to bring a new Bitcoin-powered community platform. In a ZapChain community, users can reward each other for good posts with small amoun... Read More...

I’m Imogen Heap. And This Is Why I’m Releasing My Music on Blockchain

Paul Resnikoff

October 5, 2015

Blockchain technology allows for instant, private, and totally transparent transmission of artist royalties, including realtime distributions to co-writers, producers, technology partners, publishers, and e... Read More...

SoundCloud Is Now ‘Days Away’ from a Universal Music Agreement

Paul Resnikoff

August 25, 2015

Universal Music Group and SoundCloud are now 'days away' from finalizing a momentous agreement, with sources close to the negotiations pointing to a pact potentially by the end of this week. The deal follo... Read More...

F*&k It: Here’s the Entire Apple Music Contract for Indies…

Paul Resnikoff

June 17, 2015

On June 30th, Apple will be launching its streaming service, Apple Music. This is the contract that independent artists and labels are being asked to sign, including a clause that allows Apple to pay nothing t... Read More...

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Soundcloud Has Inked a Deal With UMPI and SACEM

SOCAN Acquires B2B Digital Platform MediaNet

Just Received My $5.05 Mechanical Royalty Check From HFA…

Exclusive: This Is the Contract Songwriters Are Signing With Spotify

What Price Tag? Spotify Acquires CrowdAlbum…

Exclusive: Spotify, Major Songwriters Preparing a Massive Out-of-Court Settlement

Breaking: The Guy That Sued Tidal Just Settled With Microsoft…

Bitcoin: Just Another Music Industry Fairytale?

Talib Kweli Taps Bitcoin to Build a Stronger Fanbase

I’m Imogen Heap. And This Is Why I’m Releasing My Music on Blockchain

SoundCloud Is Now ‘Days Away’ from a Universal Music Agreement

F*&k It: Here’s the Entire Apple Music Contract for Indies…