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Music artists are losing billions because small businesses use personal Apple Music or Spotify accounts
Artists and record companies lose $2.7 billion in revenue annually because small business…
Beleaguered Tidal music subscription service reportedly months behind on royalty payments
Tidal’s struggles continue today as a new report claims the streaming music platform is months behin…
Tidal accused of deliberately inflating Kanye West’s and Beyoncé’s streaming numbers upon which royalties are paid
Tidal is under fire once again for allegedly inflating its streaming numbers….
Apple Music complicating Spotify’s attempt to contract with all three major music labels
Spotify is out of contract with all three major music companies…
Apple proposes simplified music licensing scheme to U.S. Copyright Royalty Board
This afternoon, Apple submitted a preliminary proposal to the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board…
When ‘No Longer Available’ strikes your iCloud Music Library
Record labels and artists are free to choose whether to allow their music to be available on streaming services…
Taylor Swift dances like no one’s watching in new Apple Music ad
Taylor Swift dances like no one’s watching
David Bowie’s ‘Blackstar’ sales soar as musical and financial legacy endures
Sales of David Bowie’s last album – released two days before his death from cancer – soared…
In likely boon for Apple Music, Copyright Royalty Board raises rates on free music services
In news which could well be good for Apple Music, but bad for rival free streaming music services…
Taylor Swift calls Spotify a ‘start-up with no cash flow’
Taylor Swift’s recent missive to Apple…
Apple reinstates Home Sharing for music in latest iOS 9 beta
Apple made good on a promise to return music Home Sharing to iOS…
Taylor Swift and Apple: The backstory – according to the CEO of her record label
You don’t have any idea how good your timing is right now…
Apple’s iOS 8.4 killed Home Sharing support for music
Apple removed a feature still used by many…
Apple Music get the first of many exclusives: Pharrell’s new song ‘Freedom’
After Apple Music debuts, the music industry will be forever changed…
Taylor Swift’s business plan outwits Apple executives or something
What does it say about Apple and its executives that Taylor Swift…
Taylor Swift is backing herself into a corner
Even though Taylor Swift won this latest battle…
Apple Music poised to take on the streaming industry
This is a momentous month for Apple’s future as a part of the music world…
Apple Music could kill more than just Spotify, it could kill music labels, too
Apple starts their streaming music service shortly…
Taylor Swift ‘happily’ decides to include ‘1989’ album on Apple Music
If you’ve been following along…
Apple to pay 0.2 cent per song during Apple Music free trial
or each song that is streamed free, Apple will pay 0.2 cent for the use of recordings…
How Apple Music could revive the industry
While Apple Music got off to a rough start with scrutiny over its free-trial royalty rates…
Apple Music signs 20,000 labels and distributors worldwide
Apple Music, the hardware giant’s soon-to-launch streaming service…
Apple and ‘boneheaded’ decisions
So the meme playing out in the news media is that Apple…
How Taylor Swift became music’s most powerful voice
Few in the industry were surprised that Apple listened to Swift…
Taylor Swift accused of being a hypocrite after criticizing Apple
A photographer has penned an open letter to Taylor Swift accusing her…
Apple Music to pay rights holders on a per-stream basis during three-month free trial
Apple’s Eddy Cue says Apple will pay rights holders for the entire three months…
Taylor Swift wins streaming battle as Apple backs down on royalty payments
It took Taylor Swift less than 24 hours to make technology giant Apple Inc. back down…
Revised music royalty rules could hurt Apple’s Beats Music, iTunes Radio
The U.S. Justice Department is in the process of deciding whether…
Can Apple win over a music industry burned by Pandora?
Bette Midler is angry, and you won’t like Bette Midler when she’s angry…
Apple’s iTunes Radio does not justify Pandora rate hike, judge Cote says in major royalty decision
A federal judge sided with internet radio service Pandora over the music industry…