Todays Music News
Tidal Unveils $1 Million Artist Grant Program
February 22, 2019
TIDAL Unplugged will grant local artists a chance to pursue their passion for music. TIDAL has been rather busy lately. Two months ago, Serato integrated both SoundCloud and TIDAL’s massive catalogs ...
Spoken Word, Non-music Content Is Now A Serious Spotify Category — And A Serious Problem For Audible
February 21, 2019
Spotify is highlighting its Word category, a section that houses everything from audiobooks to poetry and guided meditations. Word is a category bucket for everything spoken on Spotify — with no acc ...
Spotify Is Now Integrated Into Garmin’s Vivoactive 3 Music Watch
February 21, 2019
When the Garmin Vivoactive 3 launched in June 2018, it was touted as a music-focused fitness watch. The watch hasn’t seen much success, partly due to lack of internal support for Spotify. But ...
Billie Holiday Documentary ‘billie’ Is Now In Post-production, With Concord Playing A Major Role
February 21, 2019
A new documentary about legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday is now in post-production. Indie music label group Concord has announced it is partnering with James Erskine’s Billie documentary to ...
Spoken Word, Non-music Content Is Now A Serious Spotify Category — And A Problem For Audible
February 21, 2019
Spotify is highlighting its Word category, a section that houses everything from audiobooks to poetry and guided meditations. Word is a category bucket for everything spoken on Spotify — with no acc ...
Dubsmash Is Back, And Focused Entirely On Dance Challenges
February 21, 2019
Dubsmash is back, but not in the way you expected. A few days ago, The Register reported hackers had breached several services, obtaining 617 million online accounts from several sites. Dubsmash was i ...
Tracklib Expands Its Advisory Board With Two Former Spotify Execs
February 21, 2019
Tracklib has managed to score two former Spotify executives to help lead the startup. Tracklib has expanded its Advisory Board. The Stockholm-based sample licensing startup has added Petra Hansson and ...
Arista Records Teams With Josh Marshall To Launch Mogul Vision Music
February 21, 2019
Sony Music continues partnering with notable artist managers to launch new joint venture labels. Last summer, Sony Music Entertainment (SME) relaunched Arista Records. Former Island President and CEO ...
Local Radio Freedom Act Now Has Bipartisan Support In Congress, But Can It Survive Fierce Opposition?
February 21, 2019
Will musicFIRST once again manage to shut down a new broadcast radio bill? Lawmakers from both sides have backed a new bill aiming to limit the royalties radio stations have to pay. This comes after ...
The American Mechanical Licensing Collective (amlc) Isn’t Going Away — Here’s Their Full Statement To The Music Industry
February 21, 2019
The American Mechanical Licensing Collective (AMLC) says they represent the interests of independent songwriters and rights owners. In fact, they feel they’re addressing a bigger group than th ...
