Opinion News

Are NFTs The Advanced Tech That Musicians Need To Finally Utilize Blockchain?

Posted by Hypebot - March 25, 2021

(Hypebot) — As more artists continue to create and profit off of NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) 2021 could be year where bands and musicians are  ...

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More NFTs

Posted by Bob Lefsetz - March 22, 2021

It’s an inside job. And that’s been publicized by all the major media. But since the “New York Times” is a left wing  ...

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No One Is Interested

Posted by Bob Lefsetz - March 16, 2021

There’s a fiction that everybody cares, they do not. That’s what sank the Grammys. Sure, they went young, but the belief that all  ...

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Which Music Streamer Pays The Best? How User-Centric Royalties Could Become A Competitive Advantage

Posted by Hypebot - March 15, 2021

(Hypebot) — The reality of how unsustainable streaming royalties are has been an industry issue with no clear fix for some time –  ...

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Opinion: It’s Grammys Weekend… YAWN

Posted by Hypebot - March 12, 2021

(Hypebot) — While the Grammys are still considered by some to be music’s biggest night, COVID-19 along with a combination of other factors  ...

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Opinion: The Digital Copyright Act: We Told Senator Tillis Not To Do This, But He Did Anyway

Posted by Hypebot - March 10, 2021

(Hypebot) — After Techdirt’s reform efforts to the deeply flawed Digital Copyright Act seem to have fallen on deaf ears, they are once  ...

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Connecting The Music Business Dots In 2021

Posted by Hypebot - March 9, 2021

(Hypebot) — After a dizzying week of major music industry milestones, announcements, and acquisitions, MIDiA’s top analyst Mark Mulligan makes sense of it  ...

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Independent Artists And Smaller Labels Grew Fastest In 2020 [Mark Mulligan]

Posted by Hypebot - March 2, 2021

(Hypebot) — “The headline is that independents as a whole grew market share in 2020 from 29.7% to 31.1%,” writes MIDiA top analyst Mark  ...

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H.E.R. Beats Abel This Weeknd At The Super Bowl

Posted by Bob Lefsetz - February 8, 2021

Never was so much spent on so little. You rise to the occasion. Getting the gig is one thing, delivering is another. And  ...

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Op-Ed: Morgan Wallen

Posted by Bob Lefsetz - February 3, 2021

Does this mean Trump really didn’t win the election? Wallen was too stupid to know that when you’re a celebrity all eyes are  ...

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