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Spotify Has Invested More Than $1 Billion on Podcasting — So Why Can’t It Beat YouTube?
YouTube continues to steamroll Spotify in the podcasting game, despite the latter’s billion-dollar investment in the medium over the last few years. YouTube…
RIAA, A2IM, IMPALA, and Others Announce Track-Level ‘Labeling Program’ for AI Audio…
One AI audio avalanche later, the RIAA, A2IM, IMPALA, and several others have introduced a program to label machine-generated tracks on streaming services. The…
Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Pandora, and Google Coordinated to Remove Irving Azoff’s GMR from…
The seemingly mundane deliberations over future mechanical royalty rates in the US are starting to feel like a Verdi opera — with colorful industry titan…
Reciprocity Rears Its Ugly Head Again: Major US Rights Orgs Warn $300 Million In European…
A coalition of US music organizations urges the US Trade Representative to oppose an EU proposal that will cost American artists over $300 million. Radio…
What Cinq Legal Battle? Reservoir Media Scoops Up T.I. Publishing and Recorded Catalog…
Another day, another high-profile song-rights play – this time from Reservoir Media, which has scooped up T.I.’s publishing catalog and a piece of his…
90s Band Lit Decides Sony Music Doesn’t Make Them Completely Miserable, Settling Lawsuit…
Pop-punk rockers Lit, best known for the 1999 single “My Own Worst Enemy,” have settled their lawsuit against Sony Music over streaming royalties. Lit, the…
Music Tourism Spending in UK Hits Record High of £11.2 Billion After Oasis, Beyonce, and…
Oasis, Beyonce, and Dua Lipa helped attract a record number of music tourists to events across the UK, pushing music tourism spending to a new high. Oasis…
This Poet Just Won’t Stop Suing Taylor Swift
The poet whose case against Taylor Swift was just dismissed by a federal judge has already filed an appeal—following her similar defeat against Swift last…
FCC Resolves Payola (Or Rather, ‘Showola’) Investigation Against iHeartMedia
iHeartMedia is entering into a consent decree with the FCC over the investigation into the radio giant’s alleged “showola” scheme. The FCC probe into…
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