Transmission: Music Business Headlines

Posted on

Photo: J.Senft Photography

Music Business Worldwide There were four times as many paid on-demand audio streams as ‘free’ ones in the US last year

The Globe and Mail How much music are Canadians streaming?

Digital Music News Facebook, Google, Netflix & Amazon are taking legal Action to protect net neutrality

CBC Meet the women and non-binary folks fighting for gender equality in electronic music

Tech Radar Will 2018 be the year the download officially dies?

Complete Music Update Artists urge Congress to back legislation fixing the 1972 quirk

Complex 2017 was a good year for cassette album sales

Digital Music News Spotify slapped with a $1.6 billion nightmare lawsuit — months before its IPO

CBC Manitoba Manitoba's booming film industry at risk from end of tax credit

Pigeons & Planes Lana Del Rey sued by Radiohead for allegedly plagiarizing "Creep"

NME Has Soundcloud reduced its sound quality?

The Guardian Lorde’s artistic right to cancel gig in Tel Aviv

Clash No Platform: Coachella and the economics of dissent

BallerStatus Producers call out major labels for calling albums “mixtapes” to avoid paying

Music Business Worldwide Universal and YouTube agree multi-year global licensing deal

Digital Music News Apple Music faces a class action lawsuit over unpaid royalties

Musical.ly Read our Sandbox Best Music Marketing Campaigns of 2017 report

Digital Music News Apple ‘on schedule’ to terminate music downloads by 2019

Read more news