Transmission: Music Business Headlines

Hypebot Coronavirus Concerns Consume Live Music Industry

Fortune Demands to Cancel SXSW Grow Amid Coronavirus Fears as Organizers Tout New Guests

The Guardian Don Letts: ‘Punk Was a Refuge From Racism’

Exclaim A Radical Act: Canadian Musicians in Conversation About Being Sober in an Industry Built on Booze

Secret Frequency A Longish List of Cis and Trans Women, Trans Men, and Non Binary Artists and Bands

Music Business Worldwide Streaming Is Getting Bigger in Japan, With the Likes of Spotify Generating Over $380m in Market Last Year

Medium Streaming Music Is Saving the Recording Industry

Cision Socan Collections Top $405-Million With Expanded Membership and More Canadian Music Than Ever Used in Canada and Worldwide

Musically Canada Now Has Around 7.8m Music Subscribers Says Socan Boss

Rolling Stone The Three Major Publishers Generated More than $3.2 Billion in 2019 — That’s $369,000 Per Hour

Music Business Worldwide Universal Claims 80%-Plus Share of 2019’s Top 10 Biggest Global Artists… Led by Taylor Swift

Hot Pod The New Hot Way to Promote Your Album: Make a Podcast

Music Business Worldwide Can AI-Driven A&R Transform the Music Business?