by Ashley Jones | Feb 15, 2022 | Front Page, Media
IndiaArie was already tired of the meager checks she was receiving from Spotify when Neil Young decided to bolt from the platform. Young had clashed with the streaming service over its popular podcast host, Joe Rogan, whom he accused of spreading coronavirus...
by Ashley Jones | Feb 2, 2022 | Front Page, G&P, Media
The National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) has announced the top songwriters for Q4 2021, including the top artist-songwriter and top non-performing songwriter for the period. During October, November and December of last year, 1,695 Gold, Platinum and...
by Ashley Jones | Jan 31, 2022 | Front Page, Media
Neil Young recently pulled his music from Spotify prompting a conversation about Joe Rogan, and what started as a boycott over a podcaster has launched a closer examination of the platform’s ethics on several fronts. Whether it’s payments to musicians, its podcast...
by Ashley Jones | Jan 26, 2022 | Front Page, Media
With the pandemic having lasted for almost two years now, it’s been a rough period for almost everyone in the music industry, and particularly for touring artists and people working in the concert industry. However, some royalties for songwriters & music...
by Ashley Jones | Jan 26, 2022 | Front Page, Media
David Israelite President/CEO, National Music Publishers’ Association Under Israelite, in 2021 the NMPA struck precedent-setting deals with Roblox and Twitch that secured new royalties for publishers and songwriters. With the goal of “[paving] the way for music to be...
by Ashley Jones | Jan 25, 2022 | Front Page, Media
Is the future of music streaming on the blockchain? Audius, a blockchain-based streaming service, has made noise for the past year, thanks to its technology and artist investors like Katy Perry and Lil Nas X, but its openness, and the piracy that results, have raised...
