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70s Soul Group Says Sony Music Hasn’t Paid Them In 42 Years

February 14, 2017

The Three Degrees, Performing in 1974 (Photographer Unknown) They had a smash hit in 1974, and a follow-up success a few years later. But despite millions of plays, the members of The Three Degrees haven't r... Read More...

Sony Music Tricked Michael Jackson Fans Into Buying Fake CDs

Charlotte Hassan

July 1, 2016

A California Judge says Sony Music will have to pay. In 2014, a Michael Jackson fan suspected the songs she was listening to were fake. That fan, Vera Serova, accused Jackson's long time friend Eddie Cascio... Read More...

Kesha vs. Sony Case Dismissed By New York Judge

Charlotte Hassan

April 7, 2016

The sanctity of the contract prevails... On Wednesday, a New York Judge completely threw out Kesha's legal attempt to invalidate her contract with Sony Music Entertainment and Dr. Luke over 'slavery' allegat... Read More...

Sony Music Sues Rdio Executives for $7.5 Million

Charlotte Hassan

April 6, 2016

Sony Music has filed a lawsuit in New York Federal Court against senior executives of bankrupt Rdio, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Sony Music alleges that they were defrauded of millions when Rdio ent... Read More...

SoundCloud Finally Strikes a Deal With Sony Music

Charlotte Hassan

March 17, 2016

According to a just-published report, SoundCloud has now signed a deal with Sony Music, the final major label. The Sony pact means that SoundCloud has now bagged deals with all three of the major labels. Th... Read More...

Executive Shuffles: TuneCore, Kobalt, Columbia, Capitol, NMPA, Warner/Chappell, SiriusXM, APA…

Charlotte Hassan

December 16, 2015

The latest executive moves across the music industry… TuneCore has announced that Andreea Gleeson has been named Vice President, Marketing. Gleeson joins TuneCore from Lord & Taylor where she led the om... Read More...

SoundCloud Has 99 Problems, But Falling Traffic Isn’t One of Them

Paul Resnikoff

October 13, 2015

If SoundCloud has 99 problems, why isn't falling traffic one of them? As this article is being written, Soundcloud is battling a serious copyright lawsuit from UK-based PRS for Music,... Read More...

Executive Shuffles: Genius, ole, Syco Music, CueSongs

Nina Ulloa

August 17, 2015

Mike Whelan is ole's new Senior Director of Creative. Whelan was previously at Sony Music Publishing. According to Music Week, Syco Music has promoted Tyler Brown to Executive Head of A&R. Brown was... Read More...

Dear SoundCloud, Please Stop Ruining Music. Signed, an Artist You Just Removed.

JakK'D

August 14, 2015

The following comes from JakK'D, a DJ duo from New England that just had their SoundCloud page removed after multiple warnings. For real… Our JakK’D profile was taken down today ( inserting 45 sad fa... Read More...

Major Labels Sued for Cheating Artists Out of Pension Funds

Nina Ulloa

August 11, 2015

The major labels have been accused of cheating musicians out of money that should have been put into a pension plan. The American Federation of Musicians and Employers Pension Fund have sued Atlantic Recor... Read More...

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