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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January 27, 2017 – Inaugural NY:LON Connect Conference Recap
On January 24-25, the Music Business Association (Music Biz) and Music Ally, in association with Armonia, hosted the first-ever NY:LON Connect conference in London. The event featured keynote presentations from Jonathan Dworkin of Universal Music Group and Ed Peto of Outdustry as well as a one-on-one interview with Will Page of Spotify and a variety of panels, presentations, and more featuring top executives from all three major labels, Merlin, Pandora, SOCAN, Downtown Music Publishing, SpinMedia, The Orchard,... Read More
January 27, 2017 – Digital Service Workshops Scheduled for Monday, May 15
As you begin to make your travel plans for Music Biz 2017, don’t forget that the event has been expanded by one day for our specialized digital service workshops from Amazon Music, Apple Music, Google Play/YouTube Music, Pandora, and Spotify. A preliminary schedule has been published. More details to come as they are confirmed.... Read More
January 26, 2017 – [IN THE NEWS] Music Industry is Moving Towards an ‘Attention Economy’, Says Sony Exec
Dorothy Hui, Sony Music Entertainment UK’s vice president of digital, tells the music industry ‘we are moving towards an attention economy’. Hui, whose experience spans partnership marketing, digital retail, direct-to-consumer and social media, said that artists and labels are competing for consumers’ limited attention spans as time is split between audio, visual and social media platforms. Addressing delegates at the NY:LON Connect conference in London, she added: ‘The focus is on building audiences and engaging them.... Read More
January 24, 2017 – [IN THE NEWS] The Future for Labels? ‘The Enemy That We Have Is Kittens!’
Recorded-music revenues may be on the up again, but how do labels need to evolve to ensure that translates into a rosy future? It was one of the main topics on the agenda at our NY:LON Connect conference this morning in London. Our track on the future for rightsholders began with Bill Wilson, VP of digital strategy and business development at the Music Business Association, setting the scene with his thoughts on labels, publishers and managers.... Read More
January 23, 2017 – New Member Profile Feature: Newzik
Company Name: Newzik Website: www.newzik.com Location: Paris, France Number of Employees: 8 Number of Years in Business: 4 Primary Contact: Aurelia Azoulay, Head of Business Development, aazoulay@newzik.com Company Description: Newzik is a professional software on iPads that allows musicians to read, manage and annotate digital scores. Primary Service/Product: Newzik’s mission is is to improve the productivity for individual musicians and orchestras with an easy-to-use digital solution. Newzik tackles problems of shared annotations between musicians, seamless page turning and empowers conductors to control their orchestra members’... Read More
January 22, 2017 – [IN THE NEWS] Data, Europe, equality and the value gap: seven things we learned at Eurosonic 2017
Data is king, but you have to know how to use it Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt from the IMMF, and Bill Wilson, VP of digital strategy at US trade organisation Music Biz, which regroups physical and digital music vendors, brilliantly managed to demonstrate the depth of data available to the industry, with the help of reps from Believe, YouTube, Deezer, among others. “Data can help inform making decisions,” said Wilson. “Music is potentially one of the most data-rich industries,... Read More
January 9, 2017 – Music Watch’s Russ Crupnick Shares Jazz Connect ‘Music Industry Reboot: A Fresh Look at the Way Music is Bought, Sold and Consumed’ Data Presentation
On January 5, Music Biz President James Donio led a panel at the Jazz Connect conference in New York City, “Music Industry Reboot: A Fresh Look at the Way Music is Bought, Sold and Consumed.” Joining Jim were Russ Crupnick of Music Watch, Jim Lidestri of Border City Media, Larry Miller of NYU Steinhardt and Musonomics, and Silvio Petroluongo of Billboard. Lidestri discussed the findings of his BuzzAngle Music 2016 U.S. Report, digging in particularly on the statistics on streaming and the higher percentage of “long tail” tracks that are getting streamed,... Read More
January 9, 2017 – Rising Country Singer/Songwriter Maren Morris to Receive Breakthrough Artist Award at Music Biz 2017
January 9, 2017 – The Music Business Association (Music Biz) will present a prestigious Breakthrough Artist Award to rising Country star Maren Morris at the Music Biz 2017 convention’s Awards Luncheon on Thursday, May 18, at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel. Morris released her debut album for Columbia Nashville, HERO, on June 3, 2016, becoming the label’s first artist of the SoundScan era to top the Billboard Country chart with their first album. Fueled by the Platinum-certified single “My Church,” Morris went on to win New Artist of the Year at the CMA Awards,... Read More
January 6, 2017 – Record Store Day Set for Saturday, April 22; Music Biz Proud To Sponsor
The Music Business Association has been a proud sponsor of Record Store Day since its inception in 2008. We could not be more excited to celebrate this important milestone for the music industry holiday. Read more about Record Store Day 2017 in the press release below: RECORD STORE DAY IS SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 2017 ANNUAL WORLDWIDE EVENT IN SUPPORT OF ARTISTS, FANS AND RECORD STORES SET TO CELEBRATE ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY! Las Vegas, NV: On April 22,... Read More
January 4, 2017 – [WEBINAR] The Evolution of the Music Industry: Pulling Back the Veil to Reveal Transparency
Jammber enriches the lives of all types of people in the entertainment industry by giving them amazing tools that empower and enhance the creative process. With Jammber, you can easily manage your creative projects, keep track of everybody’s credits, and effectively organize every detail you need for your projects, all in record time. Jammber’s online management tool and mobile app simplifies the paperwork and processes by removing pen and paper; streamlines team communication; and automates financial transactions.... Read More
