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The Latest: Pandora and Universal Music Publishing Group Strike Short-Term Deal

July 3, 2013

Pandora recently agreed to pay out the highest royalty rate ever with Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG). Under a short-term, direct royalty deal, Pandora can continue to offer UMPG's catalog without viola... Read More...

The Latest: Songza Adding a 99-Cent Premium Subscription Tier…

Paul Resnikoff

June 30, 2013

Can a platform built on free successfully go premium? Enter Songza, which is now pushing Club Songza, an ad-free tier with double the number of allowed skips. Songza's service will cost 99-cents a week, or ro... Read More...

Confirmed: Apple Will Pay Indies $0.0013 Per iRadio Stream…

Paul Resnikoff

June 26, 2013

Apple is offering indies a firm, non-negotiable royalty rate of $0.0013 per stream on iTunes Radio, according to contract details confirmed by Digital Music News early this morning. That corroborates informati... Read More...

Developing: Apple Threatening to Yank iRadio Holdouts from the iTunes Store…

Paul Resnikoff

June 25, 2013

Looks like Apple's onerous licensing demands on iTunes Radio could be going to that crazy place. According to multiple sources to Digital Music News, Apple is considering penalizing any iTunes Radio holdouts b... Read More...

Merlin Confirms: Indies Were Not at the Negotiating Table for iTunes Radio…

Paul Resnikoff

June 24, 2013

The uncomfortable question is why Merlin, which bills itself as a powerful indie collective, wasn't even negotiating one of the biggest releases of 2013. And, why indies have reported receiving inferior, non-n... Read More...

Pink Floyd Blasts Pandora for “Tricking Artists Into Signing Their Own Paycuts…”

Paul Resnikoff

June 23, 2013

This is a 'hearts and minds' campaign gone miserably wrong for Pandora. And the latest scathing critic of Pandora and its campaigning founder, Tim Westergren, is none other than Roger Waters, David Gilmour... Read More...

Just Launched: The Social Countdown, a Radio Show Controlled by Listeners…

Priscilla Kim

June 20, 2013

RadioBDC, a live, streaming radio station on Boston.com just launched The Social Countdown, a radio show that puts listeners in charge of regulating the most popular music. Listeners, as well as artists, can... Read More...

WNYC Asks Digital Music News, ‘What’s Up With Pandora & South Dakota, Anyway?’

DMN Staff

June 18, 2013

If you're a New Yorker, you probably know WNYC's Soundcheck, hosted by John Schaefer. Here, Shaefer asks Digital Music News publisher Paul Resnikoff all sorts of thorny questions about Pandora and their contro... Read More...

Are Artists Subsidizing Pandora’s Lack of Profitability?

Paul Resnikoff

June 18, 2013

This is a critical point that keeps coming up about Pandora, a company whose pursuit of lowered royalties is now becoming obsessive. According to a comparative research report released today by economist Jeffre... Read More...

Uh-Oh: Is Apple Already F*@%ing Up iTunes Radio?

Paul Resnikoff

June 17, 2013

It's that difficult question that keeps resurfacing: would this have happened if Steve were alive? Back in the day, when Jobs unveiled something on stage, it was generally ready to go — at the Apple Store, on... Read More...

Just to Lower Royalties, Pandora Buys a Small Radio Station In South Dakota…

Paul Resnikoff

June 12, 2013

This is a company now waging war to lower its royalty obligations — on all possible fronts. Just this morning, Pandora assistant general counsel Christopher Harrison confirmed that the company has purchased th... Read More...

Songwriters Respond: “This Is Another Sad Step in Pandora’s War Against Us”

Paul Resnikoff

June 12, 2013

Pandora says they're merely angling to get the same rate as their competitor, iHeartRadio, who pays lower royalties because its parent is a broadcast radio conglomerate. Then again, if Pandora is such a friend... Read More...

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The Latest: Pandora and Universal Music Publishing Group Strike Short-Term Deal

The Latest: Songza Adding a 99-Cent Premium Subscription Tier…

Confirmed: Apple Will Pay Indies $0.0013 Per iRadio Stream…

Developing: Apple Threatening to Yank iRadio Holdouts from the iTunes Store…

Merlin Confirms: Indies Were Not at the Negotiating Table for iTunes Radio…

Pink Floyd Blasts Pandora for “Tricking Artists Into Signing Their Own Paycuts…”

Just Launched: The Social Countdown, a Radio Show Controlled by Listeners…

WNYC Asks Digital Music News, ‘What’s Up With Pandora & South Dakota, Anyway?’

Are Artists Subsidizing Pandora’s Lack of Profitability?

Uh-Oh: Is Apple Already F*@%ing Up iTunes Radio?

Just to Lower Royalties, Pandora Buys a Small Radio Station In South Dakota…

Songwriters Respond: “This Is Another Sad Step in Pandora’s War Against Us”