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 […]

Billboard Announces ‘Fan Packs’ for Album Charts to Address Merch Bundling

Billboard Announces ‘Fan Packs’ for Album Charts to Address Merch Bundling

Billboard announced Thursday that “limited combinations of merchandise and physical albums” will count toward the Billboard 200 chart, starting later this year.  Dubbed “fan packs,” these combinations are limited to merch paired with the physical […]