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DistroKid Pacts With Audible Magic For Anti-Piracy Tech

Posted by Hypebot - June 12, 2019

(Hypebot) — DistroKid has joined a growing list of music distributors and services using Audible Magic to fight unauthorized content by verifying the authenticity of both tracks and artists before…

Indie Stores Are Being ‘Strangled’ By Major Label Distribution

Posted by Hypebot - June 7, 2019

(Hypebot) — Independent music stores are demanding action from all three major labels over repeated missing and incorrect shipments handled by their primary fulfillment partner Direct Shot Distributing. “We need…

Experts Weigh Future Of Music Crowdfunding In The Post-PledgeMusic World

Posted by Hypebot - June 6, 2019

(Hypebot) — Has crowdfunding for musicians become too risky? Is it dead altogether? These kinds of questions are being asked by tens of thousands of artists who had counted on…

Music Industry Unites To Support UK PledgeMusic Victims, While U.S. Remains Silent

Posted by Hypebot - June 5, 2019

(Hypebot) UK music trade organizations have come together to support UK musicians and businesses affected by the demise of crowdfunding and direct-to-fan platform PledgeMusic. But in the US, the music…

Leadership Music Announces The Class Of 2020

Posted by Hypebot - May 28, 2019

NASHVILLE, TN (Hypebot) — Leadership Music has named forty-nine industry leaders to its 2020 class, which begins in September. Founded in 1989 by twelve music industry alumni of Leadership Nashville,…

5 Things Your Email Press Release Must Have

Posted by Hypebot - May 24, 2019

(Hypebot) When it comes to emailing press releases, acting as your own PR team makes an already challenging task even harder, and if you’re hoping for industry gatekeepers to even…

PledgeMusic Fiasco Is Even Weirder Than You Think – Part 1

Posted by Hypebot - May 23, 2019

(Hypebot) Few failures have had a more direct impact on the indie music community than the recent demise of PledgeMusic, not only for those owed millions of dollars, but also…

Social Music App LÜM Closes $1.2 Million Seed Round, Partners With Promoter Frank Productions

Posted by Hypebot - May 23, 2019

MADISON, WI (Hypebot) — Social music app LÜM has closed its seed round, bringing the Madison, Wisconsin based startup’s total investment to $1.2 million in less than a year. LÜM…

Sony Music To Launch ‘Real Time’ Royalty Payments

Posted by Hypebot - May 20, 2019

NEW YORK (Hypebot) — Sony Music is promising its artists real-time royalty tracking and monthly payments starting this fall. The major music group will launch ‘Real Time Royalties’ and ‘Cash…

PledgeMusic Board Issues Statement

Posted by Hypebot - May 19, 2019

(Hypebot) For one of the first times since suspending all crowdfunding campaigns on February 3rd, PledgeMusic has issued a short official update. In recent weeks, most communications from the crowdfunder…

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