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Friday 8.11.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Another do or die day for SoundCloud… Updated continuously under our More News tab
Read more »Indie Because Group Acquires London Records Catalog
Emmanuel de Buretel’s independent French label group Because Music has acquired the majority of the catalog of legendary London Records that includes hits from artists such as Happy Mondays, Fine…
Read more »Happy Birthday Hip Hop!
Looking back four decades to the genre’s inceptions, SoundExchange celebrates the birth of hip hop, exploring how the artform was born at the hands of Clive Campbell, and how it…
Read more »SoundCloud Won’t “Continue” Unless Investors Rescue It Now, Says CE0 Lung [UPDATED]
UPDATE] SoundCloud will be forced to shut down soon unless investors vote to step in with $169.5 million to rescue it, according to multiple reports. Today (Friday 8/11/17) is the…
Read more »21st Century Marketing Restriction: No AI Licensing [Chris Castle]
Besides deciding on revenue, marketing restrictions are one of the most important aspects of recording artist negotiations, but the rise of artificial intelligence is adding a new component to the…
Read more »Amazon Is Eyeing U.S. Ticketing Business
Amazon is reportedly seeking to become a source for event tickets in a move that may challenge Ticketmaster’s dominance of the ticketing business. According to Reuters, Amazon sees the U.S….
Read more »Join The World’s First Live Facebook Festival – A Call To Artists and Fans
In this latest post to MusicThinkTank, we look at Right Chord Music’s creation of a new type of music festival, that harnesses the power of Facebook Live, inviting bands and…
Read more »Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen Just Doesn’t Get It (Unless He Does?)
Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen was recently quoted griping about how he is no longer making enough money from his recorded music, and although it’s hard to feel too badly for…
Read more »Mick Fleetwood Salutes Peter Green in New Book
The drummer’s forthcoming book, Love That Burns: A Chronicle of Fleetwood Mac, Volume One 1967–1974, focusses on the early years, and the Fleetwood even hopes he can organise a show…
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