Gordon Lightfoot performing live in 2009. Photo Credit: Arnielee The ICM Crescendo Music Royalty Fund (ICM CMRF) has officially announced the acquisition of manager Albert Grossman’s “commission rights” to recordings from Janis Joplin and Gordon […]
Photo Credit: Bruno Emmanuelle Last month, stand-up star Lewis Black became the latest comedian to sue SiriusXM’s Pandora amid a broader royalties dispute. Now, evidence suggests that SiriusXM is attempting to compel different comedy professionals […]
Photo Credit: John Schnobrich Fitbit is removing Mac/PC syncing and music transfer this year. Fitbit is discontinuing support for Mac and PC syncing, and the company will remove the option for users to sync their […]
Photo credit: Priscilla Du Preez I’m not going to pretend it’s easy to make a living as a songwriter. But it is definitely possible. In today’s world, you’ll need to be many different things – […]
Another video game has joined the bevy to be delayed into 2023, as Inflexion Games has today announced that Nightingale will miss its original launch window. Previously, the gaslamp fantasy survival game had been scheduled […]
J-Hope says being a solo artist has allowed him to start a journey of growth. The BTS star – who recently made history as the first South Korean artist to headline Lollapalooza festival in the […]
Performers can reach some fans even more directly now that Ticketmaster is selling tickets inside the TikTok app. The partnership means Ticketmaster can take advantage of TikTok’s recommendation feed that helps get artists — and […]
MANILA, Philippines – After almost three years, GOT7’s BamBam was finally back in the Philippines! The 25-year-old singer held a press conference and fan meeting in Cebu and Manila, where he shared his Philippine bucket […]
Photo Credit: Jakob Polacsek / CC by 2.0 Spanish prosecutors say they will seek an 8-year sentence in the Shakira tax evasion case. Shakira faces charges of failing to pay the Spanish government more than […]
ON July 11, 2022, season 19 of The Bachelorette premiered on ABC. Both Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia star in The Bachelorette together in a historic first. 2 Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia on the […]
KHLOE Kardashian shared a photo of her looking shockingly slim in a thong bikini and fans are concerned for her wellbeing. The reality star has been slimming down as of late, leading to much buzz […]
National Music Publishers’ Association President & CEO David Israelite speaking at the NMPA Annual Meeting in June in New York (Photo: Digital Music News) Apple didn’t contest a massive royalty rate increase for music publishers […]
I made a joke in a recent column about Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang) coming back as a sentient tree in the forthcoming Avatar: The Way of Water. He’s not, he’s coming back as a […]
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Photo Credit: Anirudh Koul / CC by 3.0 About seven months after asking Spotify to remove his comedy albums amid a broader royalties dispute, stand-up star Lewis Black has officially filed a copyright infringement lawsuit […]
Photo Credit: Erik Mclean Manufacturers are struggling to keep pace with vinyl record demand forty years after CDs nearly killed off the record format. Major record labels sold or dismantled their vinyl pressing machines en […]
Washington, D.C.’s James Madison Memorial Building, which houses the U.S. Copyright Office. American songwriters and publishers scored a hard-fought mechanical royalty rate increase from streaming music platforms in a late-breaking decision on Friday (July 1st). […]
Avatar 2, otherwise known as Avatar: The Way of Water, has been a long time coming. We got our first glimpse at the return to Pandora when the movie’s trailer was released. But the Avatar […]
Photo Credit: Sony Music Publishing Sony Music Publishing Latin is partnering with NEON16 and music exec Tommy Mottola to support 22 Publishing. SMP will work closely alongside NEON16 to create key opportunities for 22 Publishing’s […]
The National Music Publishers’ Association has claimed that the major labels took in a staggering 58.6 percent of 2021’s $9.8 billion in total streaming royalties – while continuing to tout its close ties with the […]