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Now There’s a Free* Competitor to CD Baby, Tunecore, and Distrokid

May 14, 2018

With Level Music, Warner Music Group gets ahead of CD Baby and Distrokid by offering a 'free' digital distribution platform. But, how much will it really cost artists? Warner Music Group has quietly launche... Read More...

Latest Industry: UCLA, VEVO Clips, Spotify Crypto, Concert Ticket Politics, Ignite, Song Squad…

Daniel Sanchez

May 7, 2018

Minor in Iranian Music at UCLA. UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music has announced that starting Fall 2019, students can declare a minor in Iranian music. The minor will offer ensemble classes in traditional Ir... Read More...

Warner Music Just Dumped 75% of Their Spotify Shares — A $400 Million Payday

Daniel Sanchez

May 7, 2018

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Warner Music Group pulls a Sony and sells a huge chunk of Spotify shares. Warner Music Group Corp. (WMG) has announced that it has sold around 75% of its shares in Spotify. The sell-off translates into appr... Read More...

Need Funding? Then Talk to the Ex-President of Warner Music Group

Need Funding? Then Talk to the Former Chairman of Warner Music Group

Daniel Sanchez

October 31, 2017

Edgar Bronfman Jr.’s venture capital firm will focus on investing in early-stage media companies. Former Warner Music Group President Edgar Bronfman Jr. has started a venture capital firm with longtime inves... Read More...

Ed Sheeran Desperately Trying to Repair Fan Relationships as Facebook Rips Down Cover Videos

Paul Resnikoff

March 13, 2017

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Ed Sheeran fans are making Facebook cover videos. Warner Music Group, Ed Sheeran's label, is having them ripped down. Ed Sheeran is personally apologizing and getting them reinstated. Maybe there's a bette... Read More...

Thank You, Streaming and Bruno Mars: WMG Posts Strong Q1

Thank You, Bruno Mars and Streaming: WMG Posts Strong Q1

Daniel Sanchez

February 7, 2017

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Image by Brothers Le (CC by 2.0) It’s a good time to be a Warner Music Group artist. Today, Warner Music Group released their first quarter financials ending on December 31, 2016. As expected, streaming push... Read More...

Avenged Sevenfold Wants Out, WMG Says NO

Avenged Sevenfold Releases Its Seventh Album on the Wrong Label

Daniel Sanchez

October 28, 2016

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Image by Nick Kanihan (CC by 2.0) Avenged Sevenfold: We want out! Warner: NO! Today’s a happy day for American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. They’ve just released their new album, The Stage. This marks... Read More...

The Biggest Labels In the World Just Started a Spotify-Based Music Competition

Daniel Sanchez

August 22, 2016

Superstar musicians are almost always discovered online. But will 'The Stream' produce the next global superstar artist? The three major labels, University, Sony, and Warner, in their push to find the next ... Read More...

Why Does Spotify Pay Out Such A Terrible Per-Stream Rate? The Answer Is More Complicated Than You Think

Daniel Sanchez

August 18, 2016

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Open access to the internet is supposed to allow users to pick and choose what kind of content they’d like to receive, whether it’s mainstream content or content made by independent artists and developers. ... Read More...

Thanks to Streaming Revenue, Warner Music Group Posts Strong 3Q Earnings

Daniel Sanchez

August 4, 2016

In very, very good news for the music group, in a conference call announcing its third-quarter financial results ended on June 30, Warner Music Group posted only a $9 million loss on revenues of $811 million, a... Read More...

Warner Music Group and Vevo Close to Reaching Content Deal

Daniel Sanchez

July 26, 2016

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It looks like the ice is breaking between top online music video hosting service Vevo and Warner Music Group. Right behind several top video hosts Google, Yahoo, Facebook, and YouTube, Vevo — owned by Univ... Read More...

Executive Shuffle: Sony ATV, Warner Music Group, The Orchard…

Charlotte Hassan

July 15, 2016

The latest executive shuffles across the music industry… Sony/ATV has elevated Michael Abitbol to Senior Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs. Abitbol has worked for Sony/ATV since 2012 where he star... Read More...

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