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by Paul Resnikoff Leaked Correspondence Complicates Spotify’s $150 Million Lawsuit Earlier this week, Spotify’s high-priced lawyers pointed their guns at David Lowery, the artist activist who started a class action now valued north of $200 million. […]
by Charlotte Hassan Are streaming services helping the music industry grow, or having a harmful impact? Streaming services are now enjoying unprecedented growth, though it’s been non-stop warfare with the music industry.  At the dawn of Apple Music in […]
by Billboard Staff The Recording Industry of America has announced that streaming will, finally, now contribute to the certification of albums as Gold or Platinum. Effective immediately, the RIAA will include on-demand audio and video streams […]
by Tim Ingham Warner Music Group has taken the unprecedented step of promising its artists that, should the major ever sell its stake in Spotify, it will pay them a portion of the proceeds. Warner […]
by Henry Goodwin No, The Buggles, video has not killed the radio star. Almost weekly, proponents of radio seem to be fighting against the medium’s prolonged death knell. Every new development in digital music has […]
by Eriq Gardner Michael Robertson is facing a $15.8 million judgment for infringing song copyrights. Nearly two years ago, in one of the most complex copyright lawsuits of all time, MP3Tunes founder Michael Robertson was found […]
Guest Post by Dave Kusek on the Sonicbids Blog Many artists who sit down to write a single often do so without thinking through the expenses they will encounter before the song can actually be […]
Industry sources say that Spotify currently owes publishers and songwriters about $25 million for music played on its U.S. service. A source close to Spotify puts that number closer to $17 million. Against a backdrop […]