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Below, you’ll find the latest Association press releases, updates on our upcoming events, introductions to our newest member companies, links to the latest content from Music Biz and our partners, and more.

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February 3, 2020 – Music Biz Announces Spring 2020 Common Ground Webinar Series

Music Biz is excited to announce the Spring 2020 lineup for our Common Ground Webinar Series! Taking place on Thursdays from 2-3 pm ET, our webinar series will feature case studies of products and services that will solve emerging issues in the industry, and offer a virtual forum to discuss the latest tech, legal, and business concerns facing our industry. Stay tuned in the coming weeks, as additional webinars will be added to round out the lineup.... Read More

January 30, 2020 – Music Biz 2020 Program Schedule Announced!

Once again, we asked the Music Biz community to submit ideas for our 2020 educational program, and you delivered. The response was tremendous — you made narrowing down to the best of the best very difficult! But, we did it and are excited to share with you the FIRST LOOK at the Music Biz 2020 Program! CLICK HERE TO ACCESS Be sure to visit our website often, as we will continue to add more of the things that you’ve come to expect from the Annual Music Biz Conference: Featured Presentations with executives and artists rarely seen on the speaking circuit;... Read More

January 27, 2020 – The Future of What Episode #176: New Tools For Songwriters

As we move into 2020, two things have become all the more apparent: artists have to view themselves as small businesses in order to survive, and income streams within the industry are increasingly fragmented. Thankfully, these trends have been tracked for several years in a row, and there are a multitude of services available to bands, artists, and songwriters to help them collect these fractionalized income streams so that they can keep their creative businesses afloat and their rights secure.... Listen

January 24, 2020 – Billboard Releases 2020 Power List

Congratulations to all the industry professionals named to Billboard’s 2020 Power list. This year’s list honors those who have not only ascended to top levels of the music business, but have also used their positions to both elevate the industry as a whole and further promote initiatives of diversity and inclusion. Music Biz would like to especially recognize those members of its Board of Directors who were named to the Power list: Ryan Redington of Amazon and Ghazi of EMPIRE.... Read More

January 23, 2020 – [IN THE NEWS] — NY:LON Connect 2020, Day Two Recap

The NY:LON Connect 2020 global music summit, powered by Music Biz and Music Ally, was held this past Thursday and Friday, January 16-17, at the Dream Downtown in New York City. Strategically planned for the beginning of the year, this sold-out event hosted high-level executive delegates from 19 countries to discuss the status of the global music business and to set a unified agenda for the industry in the coming 12 months. Click here for a recap of NY:LON Connect 2020 Day 1.... Read More

January 22, 2020 – [IN THE NEWS] — NY:LON Connect 2020, Day One Recap

The NY:LON Connect 2020 global music summit, powered by Music Biz and Music Ally, was held this past Thursday and Friday, January 16-17, at the Dream Downtown in New York City. Strategically planned for the beginning of the year, this sold-out event hosted high-level executive delegates from 19 countries to discuss the status of the global music business and to set a unified agenda for the industry in the coming 12 months. Click here for a recap of NY:LON Connect Day 2.... Read More

January 22, 2020 – [Keeping Tempo with Music Biz] – Podcasts: Product and Tech Revolution, an Op-Ed by Sergey Bludov of DataArt

Once relegated to the fringes of digital entertainment, podcasts are now on the minds of the entire media industry. Big money acquisitions of podcasting companies are increasingly commonplace, while a growing number of major celebrities are launching podcasts of their own. In a relatively short amount of time, this audio show format has become impossible to ignore, with the most significant media companies jumping into the mix at a rapid pace. In this op-ed piece, DataArt’s SVP of Media &... Read More

January 21, 2020 – [MEMBER DISCOUNT] — Reeperbahn Festival and Conference 2020

The Reeperbahn Festival and Conference has grown to become one of the most important meeting places for the music industry worldwide. And, as Europe’s largest club festival, it boasts about 600 concerts featuring a broad spectrum of both emerging and established artists. Music Biz has partnered with the Reeperbahn Festival to offer our members an exclusive discount on tickets to this year’s event, taking place September 16-19, 2020.  The Reeperbahn Festival Conference Ticket includes the following (subject to change w/o notice): Access to the Conference program (sessions,... Read More

January 17, 2020 – The Future of What Episode #175: Nashville’s Project Music

Since 2015, the Nashville Entrepreneur Center has played host to Project Music, an accelerator program for tech start-ups whose focus is upon creating solutions for the music industry. This first of its kind accelerator program has supported five different cohorts to date, and several members of those cohorts have already gone to market with their unique solutions, as a result of the mentorship and fundraising help they received through the program.... Listen

January 14, 2020 – [Keeping Tempo With Music Biz] — 2020 Vision: A Look at What the Music Industry Faces in the Coming Year

The 2010s has arguably been one of the most transformative eras for our industry, as the RIAA reports that music streaming increased from 7% to 80% of the U.S. music market over the past decade. With old becoming new as vinyl sales sharply increase and the advent of social media changing how music fans interact with their favorite artists, our industry looks vastly different going into 2020 than at the dawn of the decade.... Read More