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Opinion: It’s Grammys Weekend… YAWN

Posted by Hypebot - March 12, 2021

(Hypebot) — While the Grammys are still considered by some to be music’s biggest night, COVID-19 along with a combination of other factors could mean that this year’s awards ceremony…

Spotify Is Testing Price Increases

Posted by Hypebot - March 12, 2021

(Hypebot) — Spotify is testing price increased on several of its most popular plans. We knew that Spotify had tested price increases in its home Scandinavian market where music streaming and Spotify…

Vinyl Overtake CDs For The First Time In 34 Years

Posted by Hypebot - March 11, 2021

According to a new report from the RIAA, the vinyl renaissance remains stronger than ever, with vinyl sales growing by more than 28% to overtake CD sales in 2020. Guest…

No, Soundcloud Is Not Keeping 45% Of Those New ‘Fan-Powered’ Royalty Checks

Posted by Hypebot - March 11, 2021

(Hypebot) — We’ve been skeptical of SoundCloud’s new ‘fan-powered’ user-centric royalty system because it requires that artists become paying members to get paid. SoundCloud poured fuel on the fire when in…

Opinion: The Digital Copyright Act: We Told Senator Tillis Not To Do This, But He Did Anyway

Posted by Hypebot - March 10, 2021

(Hypebot) — After Techdirt’s reform efforts to the deeply flawed Digital Copyright Act seem to have fallen on deaf ears, they are once again attempting to effect some change on…

MusicWatch 2020 Report Shows 209M US Now Stream Music

Posted by Hypebot - March 10, 2021

(Hypebot) — A record 209 million internet users aged 13 or older now stream music, according to MusicWatch’s new 2020 Annual Music Study. These stats include services such as Pandora,…

Connecting The Music Business Dots In 2021

Posted by Hypebot - March 9, 2021

(Hypebot) — After a dizzying week of major music industry milestones, announcements, and acquisitions, MIDiA’s top analyst Mark Mulligan makes sense of it all. It has been one of those…

Bandsintown Named To Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies 2021 List For Live Stream Hub, Bandsintown PLUS

Posted by Hypebot - March 9, 2021

(Hypebot) — For a company once best known for connecting fans with live concerts, Bandsintown making Fast Company’s prestigious list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies during a pandemic driven…

Metallica, Twitch, Back In Copyright News Again

Posted by Hypebot - March 8, 2021

(Hypebot) — In a bit of a callback to the early 2000s, when Metallica threw themselves on the front lines of the download fight, the heavy metal band is back…

The NFT Music Boom

Posted by Hypebot - March 8, 2021

(Hypebot) — Art and music are in the midst of yet another period of disruption, as NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) make their debut, and the blockchain continues to engender innovation in…

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