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🏆 BIZZY’S LEADING LIGHT AWARD: Last year, @AndreeaGleeson received this honor as an executive who is securing the wellbeing of @TuneCore’s staff through initiatives like a 16-week parental leave and half-day Fridays. Now it is time for YOU to nominate this year’s Leading Light recipient who is championing work/life balance.💡
Both companies and executives can be considered for this honor. Submit NOW at our 🔗 in bio – before it’s too late! ⏰
🏆 BIZZY’S LEADING LIGHT AWARD: Last year, @AndreeaGleeson received this honor as an executive who is securing the wellbeing of @TuneCore’s staff through initiatives like a 16-week parental leave and half-day Fridays. Now it is time for YOU to nominate this year’s Leading Light recipient who is championing work/life balance.💡
Both companies and executives can be considered for this honor. Submit NOW at our 🔗 in bio – before it’s too late! ⏰
LA FIRE RELIEF: Music Biz has compiled a running list of relief resources for music professionals affected by the wildfires raging through LA and the surrounding areas.
We are in this together. Please feel free to share this list so that we can reach as many people as possible. The link is in our bio under “Industry Resources.” ❤️🩹
LA FIRE RELIEF: Music Biz has compiled a running list of relief resources for music professionals affected by the wildfires raging through LA and the surrounding areas.
We are in this together. Please feel free to share this list so that we can reach as many people as possible. The link is in our bio under “Industry Resources.” ❤️🩹
🎙️ In the first #TheFutureOfWhat episode of the year, our very own Portia Sabin is joined by Rell Lafargue (@rellish) of @reservoirmedia in a conversation on the evolution of the music publishing sector and what the future may hold!
Take a listen at the 🔗 in bio👂!
🎙️ In the first #TheFutureOfWhat episode of the year, our very own Portia Sabin is joined by Rell Lafargue (@rellish) of @reservoirmedia in a conversation on the evolution of the music publishing sector and what the future may hold!
Take a listen at the 🔗 in bio👂!
2️⃣ WEEKS REMAIN to nominate industry trailblazers & changemakers for Music Biz’s annual Bizzy Awards, taking place during Music Biz 2025! Our voting is crowd-sourced, meaning our final nominee list depends on the input of professionals like YOU! 🫵
Review our award categories and cast your vote NOW at the “2025 Bizzy Award Nominations” tab at our 🔗 in bio 🗳️
2️⃣ WEEKS REMAIN to nominate industry trailblazers & changemakers for Music Biz’s annual Bizzy Awards, taking place during Music Biz 2025! Our voting is crowd-sourced, meaning our final nominee list depends on the input of professionals like YOU! 🫵
Review our award categories and cast your vote NOW at the “2025 Bizzy Award Nominations” tab at our 🔗 in bio 🗳️
🗣️NEW INTERVIEW: We’re kicking off 2025 with a new #KeepingTempo Q&A featuring #Noctil’s Jacob Varghese! The metadata-centered discussion covers Noctil’s streamlining & democratizing of metadata processing, applications of new AI tech and MORE!
Read the full interview at “Keeping Tempo” via our 🔗 in bio!
🗣️NEW INTERVIEW: We’re kicking off 2025 with a new #KeepingTempo Q&A featuring #Noctil’s Jacob Varghese! The metadata-centered discussion covers Noctil’s streamlining & democratizing of metadata processing, applications of new AI tech and MORE!
Read the full interview at “Keeping Tempo” via our 🔗 in bio!
LINEUP ANNOUNCED: We have 5️⃣ new installments of the Common Ground Webinar Series coming to you in Spring 2025! 🌸 Mark your calendars for sessions from #LyricFind, @GetRevelator, #Noctil, @Orfium and @Match.Tune – and remember that registration is FREE! 📆
Visit the “Common Ground Webinar Series” tab at our 🔗 in bio for more details!
LINEUP ANNOUNCED: We have 5️⃣ new installments of the Common Ground Webinar Series coming to you in Spring 2025! 🌸 Mark your calendars for sessions from #LyricFind, @GetRevelator, #Noctil, @Orfium and @Match.Tune – and remember that registration is FREE! 📆
Visit the “Common Ground Webinar Series” tab at our 🔗 in bio for more details!
Our hearts go out to those affected by the LA wildfires. In response, @weareamber and @musicares are offering free weekly support groups for music industry professionals and their families, both virtually and in-person. These sessions are designed to provide a safe, supportive environment to process, connect, and rebuild together.
🔗 For more info, and to sign up, please visit bit.ly/LASupportGroups or click the link in @weareamber’s bio.
Our hearts go out to those affected by the LA wildfires. In response, @weareamber and @musicares are offering free weekly support groups for music industry professionals and their families, both virtually and in-person. These sessions are designed to provide a safe, supportive environment to process, connect, and rebuild together.
🔗 For more info, and to sign up, please visit bit.ly/LASupportGroups or click the link in @weareamber’s bio.
“I think working with internal and external legal teams for each of the types of examples [of potential streaming fraud] helps a lot regardless of what flavor comes through.”
We close this informative day with some key takeaways from Jorge Brea of @symphonicdistro, Mike Ceglio of @tunecore, Cole Davis of @switchchord and Stephen White of @EMPIRE in our final panel, “Industry Update: Where Are We Today?”
“I think working with internal and external legal teams for each of the types of examples [of potential streaming fraud] helps a lot regardless of what flavor comes through.”
We close this informative day with some key takeaways from Jorge Brea of @symphonicdistro, Mike Ceglio of @tunecore, Cole Davis of @switchchord and Stephen White of @EMPIRE in our final panel, “Industry Update: Where Are We Today?”
Attendees are engaging with our speakers in thought-provoking roundtable discussions on fraud-prevention efforts at our Trust & Safety in Music Symposium 💬
Attendees are engaging with our speakers in thought-provoking roundtable discussions on fraud-prevention efforts at our Trust & Safety in Music Symposium 💬
“Different people…have different sets of data available to them to identify what, initially, is just anomalies. One way of firming up whether that is actually due to normal behavior, or due to fraud, is to share the data with other people.”
- Niels Rump of @DDEXnet states in our second to last panel, “The Lessons We Need to Learn,” alongside Danielle Aguirre (@NMPAorg), Kristy May (@FUGAmusic), and Mike Pelczynski (@mokotowmokotow, @rostrumrecords), moderated by Kris Ahrend (@mlc_us).
“Different people…have different sets of data available to them to identify what, initially, is just anomalies. One way of firming up whether that is actually due to normal behavior, or due to fraud, is to share the data with other people.”
- Niels Rump of @DDEXnet states in our second to last panel, “The Lessons We Need to Learn,” alongside Danielle Aguirre (@NMPAorg), Kristy May (@FUGAmusic), and Mike Pelczynski (@mokotowmokotow, @rostrumrecords), moderated by Kris Ahrend (@mlc_us).
Many people in the music community live paycheck to paycheck, and a disaster can devastate their ability to cover the most basic of needs. @musicares is here to help the music professionals affected by the wildfires in Los Angeles.
Are you or a music professional you know in need of assistance? Reach out to MusiCares:
💌 musicaresrelief@musicares.org
📲 1-800-687-4227
To support the ongoing disaster relief efforts, please donate at the link in @musicares bio.
Many people in the music community live paycheck to paycheck, and a disaster can devastate their ability to cover the most basic of needs. @musicares is here to help the music professionals affected by the wildfires in Los Angeles.
Are you or a music professional you know in need of assistance? Reach out to MusiCares:
💌 musicaresrelief@musicares.org
📲 1-800-687-4227
To support the ongoing disaster relief efforts, please donate at the link in @musicares bio.
Our panel “Protecting Our Content, Rights, Royalties, and Reputations” features Darren Owen of @FUGAmusic, Kendra Ervin of IP House, Morgan Hayduk of @Beatdapp, and MC Teissedre-Grunitzky of #Pex, who share their thoughts on all types of fraud in the industry – including bot farms, account theft, music leaks, and more.
Our panel “Protecting Our Content, Rights, Royalties, and Reputations” features Darren Owen of @FUGAmusic, Kendra Ervin of IP House, Morgan Hayduk of @Beatdapp, and MC Teissedre-Grunitzky of #Pex, who share their thoughts on all types of fraud in the industry – including bot farms, account theft, music leaks, and more.
“The typologies for the fraud are constantly changing…you don’t ever want to get so attached to standardized parameters.”
In our second panel, moderated by @patrasinner of @symphonicdistro, Josiah Albertsen (@jo_sigh_ugh) of @siriusxm/@pandora, Steve Ganis of @mintz_law, and Katherine Reilly of #SDNY discuss the categorization of the Michael Smith case from a legal perspective, crime reporting, regulation, and the future.
“The typologies for the fraud are constantly changing…you don’t ever want to get so attached to standardized parameters.”
In our second panel, moderated by @patrasinner of @symphonicdistro, Josiah Albertsen (@jo_sigh_ugh) of @siriusxm/@pandora, Steve Ganis of @mintz_law, and Katherine Reilly of #SDNY discuss the categorization of the Michael Smith case from a legal perspective, crime reporting, regulation, and the future.
“We were pretty confident that the misrepresentations [Michael Smith] was making were provably false. So here, you put all that together, and it really does, in our view, amount to a scheme to defraud.”
Our wonderful keynote speaker, Katherine Reilly of #SDNY, interviewed by Andreea Gleeson of @tunecore, takes the stage to address what we can learn from Micheal Smith’s arrest, fraudulent AI use in music & the future from a law enforcement perspective.
“We were pretty confident that the misrepresentations [Michael Smith] was making were provably false. So here, you put all that together, and it really does, in our view, amount to a scheme to defraud.”
Our wonderful keynote speaker, Katherine Reilly of #SDNY, interviewed by Andreea Gleeson of @tunecore, takes the stage to address what we can learn from Micheal Smith’s arrest, fraudulent AI use in music & the future from a law enforcement perspective.
Music Biz’s annual Trust & Safety in Music Symposium is starting NOW! We’d like to wish a warm welcome to all in attendance as we unpack the Micheal Smith case, AI, and fraud in the music industry. Be sure to keep up with our socials for LIVE updates on panels, roundtables, and networking as the day progresses! 🔐💫
Music Biz’s annual Trust & Safety in Music Symposium is starting NOW! We’d like to wish a warm welcome to all in attendance as we unpack the Micheal Smith case, AI, and fraud in the music industry. Be sure to keep up with our socials for LIVE updates on panels, roundtables, and networking as the day progresses! 🔐💫
A FIRST LOOK: Catch a glimpse of just some of what we have in store for #MusicBiz2025! In addition to our beloved staple programs, we’re bringing you a First-Timer’s Meetup, the Welcome Bash hosted by Spotify, a new State of the Industry breakfast program, and MORE!
Check it out & start planning your trip TODAY via “Music Biz 2025” at our 🔗 in bio! 📆📝
A FIRST LOOK: Catch a glimpse of just some of what we have in store for #MusicBiz2025! In addition to our beloved staple programs, we’re bringing you a First-Timer’s Meetup, the Welcome Bash hosted by Spotify, a new State of the Industry breakfast program, and MORE!
Check it out & start planning your trip TODAY via “Music Biz 2025” at our 🔗 in bio! 📆📝
It’s time to vote! ✨ Let us know the industry innovators who YOU think are deserving of a Bizzy Award this year – and remember, you can vote for yourself, your company, your clients or your peers! 🏆
Check out our seven award categories and cast your nominations at “2025 Bizzy Award Nominations” via our 🔗 in bio!
It’s time to vote! ✨ Let us know the industry innovators who YOU think are deserving of a Bizzy Award this year – and remember, you can vote for yourself, your company, your clients or your peers! 🏆
Check out our seven award categories and cast your nominations at “2025 Bizzy Award Nominations” via our 🔗 in bio!
TOMORROW 📆: Entering the AI era of music requires a lot of preparation, and the Micheal Smith case has shaped our idea of what is necessary to protect ourselves. Aileen Crowley of @sureel.ai and Lark42, along with our other rountable leaders and panelists, will be discussing this and other topics! 🔐
HOURS REMAIN – Register at the 🔗 in our bio!
TOMORROW 📆: Entering the AI era of music requires a lot of preparation, and the Micheal Smith case has shaped our idea of what is necessary to protect ourselves. Aileen Crowley of @sureel.ai and Lark42, along with our other rountable leaders and panelists, will be discussing this and other topics! 🔐
HOURS REMAIN – Register at the 🔗 in our bio!
LIMITED SEATS 🪑: Just TWO more days until Kris Ahrend of @mlc_us and the rest of our expert panelists take the stage to break down the Michael Smith case and efforts to combat fraud in our industry. 🤜🔒
View the agenda, purchase your ticket, and plan your trip NOW at the “Trust & Safety in Music Symposium” tab at our 🔗 in bio!
LIMITED SEATS 🪑: Just TWO more days until Kris Ahrend of @mlc_us and the rest of our expert panelists take the stage to break down the Michael Smith case and efforts to combat fraud in our industry. 🤜🔒
View the agenda, purchase your ticket, and plan your trip NOW at the “Trust & Safety in Music Symposium” tab at our 🔗 in bio!
IN 3 DAYS: What can the music industry learn from other industries about fraud protection? Get the answer to this question, and many others like it, from industry mavens like Matt LaVigna of NCFTA at our Trust & Safety in Music Symposium! 📝🔐
Register via the 🔗 in our bio!
IN 3 DAYS: What can the music industry learn from other industries about fraud protection? Get the answer to this question, and many others like it, from industry mavens like Matt LaVigna of NCFTA at our Trust & Safety in Music Symposium! 📝🔐
Register via the 🔗 in our bio!
#MusicBizMember Feature: in a new blog, @Pex discusses how TikTok has become a primary music discovery platform, plus how to claim & verify your Sound IDs on the platform!
📰 Read it here: http://bit.ly/3Utwzs9
📰 IN THE NEWS: #MusicBizMember @openplayteam has appointed Chris McMurtry to the role of Sr. Solutions Architect!
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More News from #MusicBizMember @qobuz: the company will release more exclusive recordings from performances at Brooklyn's Public Records via its partnership with International Anthem!
#MusicBizMember News: @qobuz's hi-res streaming & download store is now available in Japan!
With Election Day coming up, check out this episode of the @musonomics podcast covering the topic of music & politics, including the history of music in campaigns & what permissions candidates need from rightsholders to play their songs
🎧 Listen here: http://bit.ly/3NFMDn5
"The extent of 2 songs hitting new highs in the top 10 so far in October, following 2 each in September and July and 1 in August, represents the most fallow 3-month+ period for turnover in the top bracket over the chart’s history."
Read from @Billboard: http://bit.ly/40cYiBb
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