Daily News & Analysis Feeds - 2022
Here you’ll find the latest announcements on Association events and partnerships, the latest from within our member community, and expert reporting from around the global music business. If you’d like to receive updates like these sent directly to your inbox, sign up for our daily news feed email today!
September 13, 2022 – Music Biz Member DistroKid Debuts New Spotify Canvas Generator Tool
Independent music distributor, DistroKid has launched Spotify Canvas Generator, a new free tool that will allow its users to select from various videos to create clips to accompany their songs on Spotify’s platform. This new feature is one of 21 free distribution tools DistroKid offers to its partner artists. “Tracks that have a Canvas improve… Read More
September 12, 2022 – Music Biz Member Linkfire Launches New Bio Link Product
Smart-linking platform, Linkfire has launched its next-generation bio link, making it available now to all Linkfire users. The new link was designed to enhance how users market their music on their social channels, allowing artists to customize their landing page with various color schemes, images, and background effects. The link will guide fans to the… Read More
September 12, 2022 – Music Biz Member The Mechanical Licensing Collective Launches New Student Ambassador Program
The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) has launched a new Student Ambassador program, open to all students enrolled in college or university courses. Qualified students will be tasked with spreading the word about The MLC and the importance of registering their works to songwriters, composers and lyricists in their communities. In turn, participating students will receive… Read More
September 8, 2022 – Music Biz Member FanLabel Officially Launches App, New “Song Signing” Feature
After a successful pre-launch during the summer, the fantasy-meets-music experience app from FanLabel has officially launched for Android and Apple devices. This new app allows users to “sign” a roster of hit songs, akin to a fantasy football team. Throughout each four-week season, users will need to use real-life strategies to manage, promote and sign… Read More
September 7, 2022 – NEW MEMBER ROUNDUP: August 2022
The Music Biz member community is home to more than 400 global companies, all working to collaborate to support the financial growth of our industry at large and create a more equitable, inclusive place to work! See below for the latest companies to join our Association in the last month: Welcome Copycats Media to Music… Read More
September 8, 2022 – Music Biz Member Exactuals Announces Promotions For Bryan Walley, Mike Hurst And Lindsay Conlin
Global payment software provider, Exactuals has announced the promotions of Bryan Walley to CEO, Mike Hurst to Chairman and Lindsay Conlin to SVP of Revenue. Since joining the company in 2014, Walley has served as the company’s COO and President. In his new role as CEO, he will manage the daily aspects of the company… Read More
September 7, 2022 – Music Biz Member Apple Launches New App Platoon For Artists
Apple has launched a new app, Platoon for Artists, that allows artists to create, promote and manage stats for their song releases. The app was originally founded in 2016 by Denzyl Feigelson and Saul Klien and was acquired by Apple in 2018. The platform is invite-only for now, so only artists with a direct link… Read More
September 1, 2022 – Music Biz Member Shazam Surpasses 70 Billion Song Recognitions
Shazam has announced it surpassed 70 billion song recognitions earlier this month. This comes as its parent company, Apple has released timeline milestones in celebration of Shazam’s 20th anniversary. Key data points from the company reveal Drake as the most Shazamed artist of all time with more than 350 million Shazams, and “Butter” by BTS… Read More
September 1, 2022 – Music Biz Member Republic Records Launches Kids & Family Division With Bree Bowles To Lead
Republic Records has launched its own Kids & Family division that will be led by the company’s VP of Marketing & Strategy, Bree Bowles. Prior to joining the company, Bowles was the previous Head of Marketing & Operations at Dayglo Presents, and has worked with national family brands such as Disney and Nickelodeon. “Our mission… Read More
September 1, 2022 – Music Biz Member Disney Music Group Is Hiring — Director of Business Affairs & Legal Counsel
Disney Music Group (DMG) is part of The Walt Disney Company’s Media & Entertainment Distribution (DMED) segment. DMG is the music hub for TWDC, encompassing all aspects of music commercialization and marketing: recorded music (Walt Disney Records and Hollywood Records), Disney Music Publishing, and Disney Concerts. DMG distributes music both physically and digitally, and also… Read More
