by Paul Resnikoff This is how you can hack your streaming royalties. Earlier this year, DMN starting asking artists and labels to share their streaming royalty statements, which unearthed a pile of incredible per-stream statistics.  That’s […]
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Streaming Is Saving Warner Music Group
by Charlotte Hassan Streaming surge drives double-digit revenues at Warner Music Group. Today, (May 6th) Warner Music Group released their Q2 financials showing double-digit revenue growth.  The company’s revenue increased by a massive 10% — or […]
What Price Tag? Spotify Acquires CrowdAlbum
by Charlotte Hassan 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 photos and videos […]
What a Label With 2.5 Million YouTube Streams Actually Earns
by Paul Resnikoff The most difficult part about the debate over streaming royalties is that nobody seems to know what streaming services actually pay.  Which is why Digital Music News started an initiative to collect streaming […]
Court Order Could Force Spotify to Reveal Private Correspondence
by Charlotte Hassan An activist artist demands transparency in a Spotify case… Back in December of last year, Spotify faced a lawsuit brought forward by musician David Lowery, frontman of bands Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker.  Lowery, who […]
Snapchat Seriously Disrespects Bob Marley on 4/20
by Charlotte Hassan Snapchat under fire for its 4/20 filter… April 20th, also known as 4/20, is now a national cannabis smoking day and informal national holiday.  And in true Snapchat style, the social media platform has […]
Sony/ATV Signs Multi-Territory Deal With SoundCloud
by Charlotte Hassan Get ready for SoundCloud Go in Europe. Sony/ATV, the world’s leading music publisher, and SoundCloud, one of the world’s largest music platform, have announced a multi-territory agreement for Europe. Soundcloud has already […]
Kanye West and Tidal Sued Over The Life of Pablo Exclusive
by Charlotte Hassan Back in February, Kanye West released his The Life of Pablo album exclusively on Jay Z’s streaming service, Tidal. West then later proclaimed that his album would ‘never never never be available on Apple Music,’ […]