NMPA Holiday Card Takes Aim At Spotify Amid Bundling Showdown

The NMPA is wishing all (or at least most) 'unbundled joy' this holiday season. (Photo Credit: Digital Music News)

The NMPA is wishing all (or at least most) ‘unbundled joy’ this holiday season. (Photo Credit: Digital Music News) Amid a high-stakes showdown over Spotify’s unilateral bundling reclassifications, the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) is […]

RAYE and Shygirl lead the pack as AIM Awards reveal nominations – Music News

Raye: 'There are 100 royalty points on a record & record labels are taking eighty points for marketing' - Music News

The AIM Independent Music Awards have revealed its first set of 2023 nominees, celebrating the vibrant and innovative breadth of talent across the UK’s independent sector. As the tastemaker Awards show, highlighting the stars of […]

God Only Knows why: when a Reagan aide took aim at the Beach Boys | Beach Boys

James Watts indicates a quote, during testimony before a House committee in 1989.

Forty years ago, Ronald Reagan’s interior secretary, James Watt, decided to take a stand for “wholesomeness”, against undesirable elements. The Beach Boys, he announced, would be banned from the 1983 Independence Day celebrations on the […]

California lawmakers take aim at Ticketmaster

A singer onstage in a stadium

Claire Fenn grew up listening to Taylor Swift’s music, so when the artist announced her latest tour, she jumped at the chance to buy tickets. Like many heartbroken Swift fans, though, Fenn didn’t score tickets. […]

Human Artistry Campaign Coalition Adds 25 New Members — Including AIM, Impala, and WIN

Human Artistry Campaign

Photo Credit: Vidar Nordli-Mathisen The AI-focused Human Artistry Campaign has grown 50% after its debut at SXSW 2023. It now includes 70+ members across the globe after just two weeks. Collective support among new members […]

Wet Leg, Nova Twins victorious at AIM Independent Music Awards 2022 – Music News

Wet Leg outsell Top 5 combined to claim Number 1 with eponymous debut album - Music News

After bringing down the curtain on riotous performances from The Libertines, Lethal Bizzle and Pixey, the AIM Independent Music Awards celebrates another glorious year of the independent sector and the talented artists, labels and outstanding […]

Courteney Cox jokes ‘old Kanye thought Friends was funny’ after rapper takes aim at show – Music News

Courteney Cox jokes 'old Kanye thought Friends was funny' after rapper takes aim at show - Music News

Courteney Cox has laughed off Kanye West’s recent criticism of Friends. Us Weekly reports that in a since-deleted Instagram post, the rapper called the genre-defining sitcom “not funny”. While addressing posts that have come from […]

How Trolley Is Taking Aim at Royalty Payment Complexity

Trolley leadership team, from left, Jordan Cohen (VP Sales), Sasha Kossovsky (VP Engineering, Vincent Guérin (VP Marketing), Tim Nixon (CEO & Founder), and Natalie Loop (VP People & Culture). Not pictured: Andreas Farina Vaz, Annalisa Ceccarelli, Barnett Klane, and Shahina Ali (Photo: Trolley)

Trolley leadership team, from left, Jordan Cohen (VP Sales), Sasha Kossovsky (VP Engineering, Vincent Guérin (VP Marketing), Tim Nixon (CEO & Founder), and Natalie Loop (VP People & Culture). Not pictured: Andreas Farina Vaz, Annalisa […]