Why an Anti-Gay Rally Is Allowed to Use Your Music
It was another shocking moment for a band with a popular song. As Kim Davis stepped on stage in front of a cheering Christian extremist audience, Survivor’s ‘Eye of the Tiger’ played in the background, even though the band never offered their permission. The members […]
Read more‘Evidence’ Exists That Radio DJ Grabbed Taylor Swift’s Ass, Representative Says
Last week, KYGO disc jockey David Mueller sued Taylor Swift and her management group after being accused of grabbing, groping or otherwise inappropriately touching Taylor Swift’s ass at a Denver show in 2013. Mueller was initially accused of the trespass at the show, kicked out by security […]
Read moreYouTube Music Is Growing 60% Faster Than All Other Streaming Music Services Combined
Does this make any sense? Spotify is struggling to add paying subscribers, while YouTube music video views are surging on greater selection and totally free content. In fact, according to stats compiled by Nielsen, YouTube delivered 60.6 percent more streams than all audio-only streaming […]
Read moreRadio DJ Says He Never Grabbed Taylor Swift’s Ass
This is all about what did, or didn’t, occur at the Pepsi Center in Denver on the night of June 2nd, 2013. At the center of the allegations is KYGO radio personality David Mueller, aka ‘Jackson,’ who was accused of grabbing, touching, or otherwise groping […]
Read moreIt’s Official: Harry Fox Agency Is Now Owned by SESAC
The merger, first announced last month, is now ‘official official’ with the formal approval of the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA). The following statement from John Josephson of SESAC was emailed to Digital Music News this (Friday) afternoon:
“SESAC is pleased to announce that, following approval by the […]
95 Percent of Streaming Music Catalogs Are ‘Irrelevant’ to Consumers, Study Finds
Spotify has 20 million paying subscribers, but only a percentage are paying $9.99. And, 55 million are paying $0 a month. “Organic subscription growth… is not growing fast enough,” declared MiDIA analyst Mark Mulligan asserted in a recent research note, while pointing to Spotify’s cut-rate […]
Executive Shuffles: Imagem Music, Sony/ATV, Don Griffin
Imagem Music has promoted three people, according to All Access:
Bill Gaden is now now CEO of Imagem US. Gaden was previously COO.
Steve King is now Vice President of Creative Services. King was previously Director of Creative Services.
Isabel Ariss […]
The 100 Biggest Copyright Infringers of All Time (as Ranked by Google)
Rankings calculated by total takedowns by Google, based on requests by content owners and/or their agents. Infringing sites and urls published by Google as part of its Transparency Report, which lists all takedown requests (and compliance to those requests), as well as the requesting companies and organizations […]
Read moreDigital Song Sales Haven’t Been This Low in 8 Years
We all know that music sales are going down as streams go up, but how bad it is?
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This New Fitness Tracker Has a Built in Music Player
TomTom has unveiled Spark, a fitness tracker watch with an integrated music player.
The fitness tracker has 3GB of storage for music. Users can transfer playlists from iTunes or Windows Media Player.
Bluetooth headphones are required to listen to the stored music. Spark come […]
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