Association News
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 7, 2020 – The Future of What Episode #177: Where Do Black Box Royalties Go?
When you hear people within the industry referring to “The Black Box,” they’re most likely referring to the growing sum of undistributed and/or undistributable royalties that have been collected on an artist’s behalf by organizations like SoundExchange. What happens with this “Black Box” is a hotly debated topic within the industry, as every collection society that has one deals with these unclaimed royalties differently. Join us as we discuss the problem and its potential solutions with John Simson (American University),... Listen
February 6, 2020 – Music Business Association Announces CD Baby as Recipient of 2020 Music Biz Independent Spirit Award
February 6, 2020 — The Music Business Association (Music Biz) today announces that independent music distributor CD Baby will receive the organization’s 2020 Independent Spirit Award during the Music Biz 2020 Annual Conference, taking place May 11-14 at the JW Marriott Nashville. The award will be presented during the annual Music Biz Awards Dinner. CD Baby was founded in 1998 as a way to easily sell independent music on the internet, circumventing distribution deals of the time that made this difficult.... Read More
February 4, 2020 – [Keeping Tempo With Music Biz] — Uniting Everyone from Pros to Fans: How Jaxsta’s Platform Benefits All Players in the Music Business
The music business’ rapid embrace of technology has greatly helped flatten its structure, allowing everyone from emerging artists to legacy acts and industry executives to make lasting connections and collaborate. Of course, this counts on all parties having access to the same data resources, events calendars, and directories. In this interview with Jaxsta’s co-founder and CEO Jacqui Louez Schoorl, we discuss what opportunities industry professionals may be missing out on in our newly democratized industry that the company’s Jaxsta Pro platform can assist with,... Read More
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
