Daily News & Analysis Feeds - 2024
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August 14, 2024 – [Keeping Tempo With Music Biz] — The Music Royalty Co.’s First 10 Years: Interview with MRC’s Ali Rigby
The Music Royalty Co. was founded in 2014 after identifying opportunities to modernize royalty calculations in the face of music data’s exponential explosion as streaming began to take off. A decade later, and the company has evolved to fully support the royalty and accountancy needs of its clients, becoming part of the their day-to-day financial… Read More
August 13, 2024 – NEW MEMBER ROUNDUP: Jun./July 2024
The Music Biz member community is home to a growing community of 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 June and July of 2024: Diggers… Read More
August 6, 2024 – The Future of What Episode #234 — Modern Music Royalties Processing
Ray Bush founded The Music Royalty Co. (MRC) in 2014 after identifying opportunities to modernize royalty calculations in the face of music data’s exponential explosion as streaming began to take off. A decade later and the company has remained an expert in complex royalty calculations for labels, publishers and distributors, while also evolving to meet… Listen
July 30, 2024 – [Keeping Tempo With Music Biz] — Don’t Just Be An Ally, Be An Advocate – Music’s Reckoning
Op-Ed by Jessica Vaughn, President, Head Bitch Music and Head of Sync, Venice Music I don’t want words, I want action. The industry continues to be an unsafe and inequitable environment for women and marginalized people. I am sick of the panels, politically correct wording, thoughtless gestures, status quo, the “not yet”, and the blatant… Read More
July 16, 2024 – The Future of What Episode #233 — Our Employees’ Needs Have Evolved: How Do We Best Support Them?
The events of the last few years, particularly the COVID-19 pandemic, have had a major effect on how people across the globe view work-life balance and traditional ways of working. In our latest episode, we discuss how to best support today’s workforce with two experts in the avenues of HR and workers’ rights. First off,… Listen
July 9, 2024 – [Keeping Tempo With Music Biz] — Cosynd’s Liz Cimarelli Discusses The Current State of Music Copyright & Cosynd’s New Producer Copyright Initiative
While new creation tools are helping more and more people worldwide achieve their dream of recording & releasing music, existing methods for protecting one’s original work are not always attainable by independent artists. With almost ten years of experience securing copyrights for artists & rightsholders alike, Cosynd recently used its expertise to craft a solution… Read More
June 25, 2024 – NEW MEMBER ROUNDUP: Apr./May 2024
The Music Biz member community is home to a growing community of 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 April and May of 2024: Adarga… Read More
June 25, 2024 – The Future of What Episode #232 — Solving Music’s Identity Problem With Switchchord
The complex web of unique identifiers associated with an artist and their body of work can make it extremely difficult for them to interact with publishers, sync officers, and other parties they work with. Switchchord aims to eliminate this friction by allowing artists to document ownership of their music and map out the legal &… Listen
June 18, 2024 – The Future of What Episode #231 — DiMA President & CEO, Graham Davies
The Digital Media Association (DiMA) represents the world’s leading audio streaming companies and streaming innovators, providing community, resources and advocacy for its member companies. This month, we spoke with newly appointed DiMA President and CEO, Graham Davies about DiMA’s mission, his first few months at the helm of the organization, and what the Association is… Listen
May 21, 2024 – The Future of What Episode #230 — Diversifying Music Industry Writing Rooms
The music industry has proven time and time again that inclusive practices lead to better productivity and a higher quality of work in all business segments. That’s why Ralph Torrefranca of Angry Mob Music has sought for more diversity in high-level songwriting rooms by starting the New Normal Writing Camp in 2023, which featured 70%… Listen
