Transmission: Music Business Headlines

Music Business Worldwide Facebook offers ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ to labels and publishers for global licenses

The New York Times Women are making best rock music today

The Globe and Mail Choosing change and reconciliation in the arts

Digital Music News The world’s largest music publishers just declared war on Spotify — in no uncertain terms

The Guardian Rap and the gender gap: why are female MCs still not being heard?

Vulture How a hit rap song happens now

CityLab Can City Hall make a music scene?

Play Your Gender Sara Quin on the pressure to be likeable as a woman in music

Complete Music Update PRS Foundation to launch new female focussed music industry development programme at Reeperbahn

FYI Music News Is national media ignoring Canadian country’s boom?

CBC News Toronto musicians about to get a home of their own?

Noisey Men forcefully kissing artists onstage is harmful bullshit

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