by Charlotte Hassan Spotify is facing yet another lawsuit…but this time it’s over trademarks and patents. Today, a lawsuit was filed against Spotify by Post Media Systems LLC.  Post Media claims that the streaming service breaches […]
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Troy Carter – Ditches Artist Management To Help Spotify With Artist Exclusives
by Charlotte Hassan Spotify needs an emissary.  Is Troy Carter the guy? Spotify has another idea for increasing subscriber growth and warming icy artist relations.  The platform is now hiring Troy Carter — formerly Lady Gaga’s […]
Major Label CEO Confirms That ‘Playlist Payola’ Is a Real Thing
by Paul Resnikoff If you don’t sign with my label, you won’t get onto my playlist. If you’re looking for an industry cliché, here’s a good one: ‘playlists are the new radio.’  And like most clichés, […]
Tidal Is Growing Faster Than Apple and Spotify COMBINED
by Charlotte Hassan Tidal subscribers are surging at unprecedented rate… In fact, since Kanye’s album dropped exclusively on Tidal in February, the platform has doubled its subscriber number.  Now, it’s added at least another one million […]
Looks Like Spotify Settlement Checks Are Already Rolling In
by Paul Resnikoff Yes, this is actually a check mailed by the Harry Fox Agency for mechanical publishing royalties.  No, it’s not on behalf of Spotify (yet…). When will songwriters and publishers start to receive back-payments […]
How to Quintuple Your Streaming Royalties In About One Hour
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 […]
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 […]
Hypocrite, or Genius? Kanye’s Album Coming to Apple Music, Spotify, SoundCloud Go…
by Charlotte Hassan According to reports, Kanye West’s updated The Life Of Pablo album is hitting all streaming services tomorrow (April 1st) after being exclusive to Tidal since its release. The news comes a month after Kanye […]