Transmission: Music Business Headlines

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