Eagles Announce UK Residency at Co-Op Live Arena in Manchester
Photo Credit: Zach Rowlandson The Eagles have announced a series of dates at the Co-op Live in Manchester, UK as part of their ‘The Long…
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The Doobie Brothers Announce 2024 Tour Dates
Photo Credit: Live Nation The Doobie Brothers have announced their 2024 tour dates, heading to 38 cities across the United States. Here’s a peek at…
DMN Pro Q1 Mini-Conference Preview: “Inefficiency is Now A Business Model” for Major Music Companies, Says Jeff Price
Spotify’s major royalty changes may work to benefit major labels over independent artists, as Jeff Price outlined for Digital Music News last year. Price says…
Hipgnosis Song Management Says It’ll Nix the Controversial ‘Call Option’ — In a New ‘Multi-Year’ Investment Advisory Deal
Hipgnosis Song Management (HSM), the Merck Mercuriadis-led and Blackstone-powered “investment adviser” to the publicly traded Hipgnosis Songs Fund (HSF), says it’s offered to drop a…
Need High-Quality Pre-Cleared Music?—Let Easy Song ‘Cover’ Your Project
Photo Credit: Easy Song Obtaining music licenses for creative projects doesn’t have to be hard—that’s why Easy Song exists. Easy Song’s Marketplace offers high-quality cover…
Simple Strategies for Engaging With Your Fans
Photo credit: Bailey Zindel We live in an attention economy. And there are more artists today than ever before. So you really have to focus…
German Live Events Heavyweight DEAG Plots a Post-COVID Return to the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Photo Credit: Raja Sen German live events heavyweight DEAG plans a post-COVID return to the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in Q1 2024. DEAG, leading German live…
Downtown Music Publishing Signs Singer-Songwriter Colbie Caillat
Photo Credit: David “Doc” Abbott Downtown Music Publishing signs singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat, whose work includes the 2007 hit ‘Bubbly.’ Downtown Music Publishing has announced a…
Beatdapp Secures $17 Million Funding Round Plus Deals with UMG, SoundExchange, and Napster
Beatdapp secures a $17 million funding round alongside deals with UMG, SoundExchange, and Napster. Leading music industry fraud detection company Beatdapp has announced new partnerships…
Quick Catch-Up—What’s the Beef Between Spotify and Apple?
Photo Credit: Felipe Pelaquim Spotify and Apple have been going at each other legally for more than four years now—what is happening and why? What’s…
Irving Azoff’s Global Music Rights Sues Vermont Broadcast Associates Over Alleged Copyright Infringement
Global Music Rights founder Irving Azoff. Global Music Rights (GMR) has officially filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against radio station operator Vermont Broadcast Associates (VBA)…
Remember Natasha Bedingfield’s ‘Unwritten’? — Song Blows Up on TikTok 20 Years Later
Photo Credit: Eva Rinaldi / CC by 2.0 Thanks to sync licensing in a hit film and subsequently blowing up on TikTok, Natasha Bedingfield’s 20-year-old…
Estate of Notorious B.I.G. Settles Long-Running Photography IP Dispute
Photo Credit: Nelson Ndongala The Estate of the Notorious B.I.G. settles a long-running trademark and right of publicity dispute with a late photographer. A years-long…
Sony Renames Music Building In Culver City After Legendary Film Composer John Williams
Photo Credit: Chris Devers / CC by 2.0 Sony Pictures Entertainment has honored legendary film composer John Williams, commemorating the new John Williams Music Building…
Spotify Daylist is Blowing Up—Too Bad the Creator Was Laid Off
Photo Credit: Spotify A new story template on Instagram made a Spotify playlist feature go viral—but the company fired the creator responsible. A prompt created…
DMN Pro Mini-Conference Preview: Meet the Company Quietly Reshaping PRO Data Capture & Payouts
Audoo’s Ryan Edwards knows first-hand how frustrating it can be to have your music utilized but receive no royalty payments for it. That’s why he…
HarbourView Equity Partners Acquires ‘Select’ Recorded, Publishing IP from ‘Birthday Sex’ Creator Jeremih
Jeremih, who’s sold ‘select’ parts of his catalog to HarbourView Equity Partners. Photo Credit: Toglenn HarbourView Equity Partners has officially acquired “select” recorded and publishing…
Seven Months After Ripple’s Debut, TikTok Is Testing An On-Platform AI Song Generator
TikTok has reportedly started testing an ‘AI Song’ feature, allowing users to auto-generate music via on-platform text prompts. Photo Credit: Jonathan Kemper TikTok has reportedly…
Fans Sue Madonna & Live Nation for Starting Show Two Hours Late
Photo Credit: Chris Weger / CC by 2.0 Two concertgoers sue Madonna and Live Nation over starting her show two hours late, alleging breach of…
European Parliament Votes Resoundingly in Favor of Music Streaming Royalty Changes
Photo Credit: Alexandre Lallemand European Parliament votes resoundingly in favor of music streaming royalty changes. On Wednesday, January 17, the European Parliament voted by a…