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Why The Music Industry Needs The Video Gaming Industry’s Help To Scale Virtual Concerts

Posted by Ian Courtney - July 1, 2020

(Hypebot) — The Fortnite event of 2019 proved that virtual concerts could be a success, but in order for the music industry to  ...

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Is It Time For Musicians And The Music Industry To Boycott Facebook, Twitter, And Instagram?

Posted by Hypebot - June 30, 2020

(Hypebot) — A group of respected non-profit advocacy groups have joined together calling for a July boycott of Facebook ads under the moniker  ...

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Artist Rights Alliance: Tired Of Being Exploited, Artists Are Finally Doing Something About It

Posted by Hypebot - June 27, 2020

(Hypebot) — Musicians are taking their futures into their own hands, and thanks to the Artist Rights Alliance, they are finally doing it  ...

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Facebook Kicks Off Anti-Racist Musicians While Trying To Block Racists

Posted by Hypebot - June 25, 2020

(Hypebot) — Facebook mistakenly kicked a number of anti-racist skinhead/musicians off its platform while attempting to block actual racists. OP-ED by Mike Masnick of Techdirt So, this  ...

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Updated: Rod MacSween On Agents, Rob Light Responds

Posted by Bob Lefsetz - June 24, 2020

Editor’s note: In a recent edition of the Lefsetz Letter, noted industry commentator Bob Lefsetz raised the question of if acts still need  ...

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Can A Song Ever “Grow On Us” Again In The Age Of Spotify?

Posted by Hypebot - June 22, 2020

(Hypebot) — The streaming era has reshaped the way consumers listen to music in a number of ways, some more obvious than others.  ...

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What Is Tencent’s Music Endgame?

Posted by Hypebot - June 17, 2020

NEW YORK (Hypebot) — MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan looks at Tencent’s recent $3.8 billion investments in WMG and UMG and what the mean  ...

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MIDiA’s Mark Mulligan On Fandom and How Streaming Music Needs A New Future

Posted by Hypebot - June 16, 2020

(Hypebot) — Fandom. It’s the driving force behind all success in music. But how Western music companies drive fandom differs greatly from its  ...

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Copyright Blocks Protest Interview Because Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ Was Playing In Background

Posted by Hypebot - June 8, 2020

(Hypebot) — Copyright acting as censorship is, unfortunately, nothing new. In this latest instance, alternative media outlet Unicorn Riot announced that video interviews  ...

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A New Dark Age: Blanket Licenses for Everything Based On MMA

Posted by Ian Courtney - June 7, 2020

WASHINGTON D.C. (Hypebot) — Here Chris Castle breaks down his view of the looming threat of comprehensive blanket licensing based on the Music  ...

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