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Association News
November 15, 2023 – The Future of What Episode #219 — LyricFind’s Darryl Ballantyne On New Tools To Enhance Lyric Offerings
In just a few short years, song lyrics have gone from a “nice to have” addition that music fans could seek out in liner notes or on the internet to a hot commodity on streaming platforms, graphics-heavy promotional videos, user-generated content and beyond. This month, we talk with LyricFind Founder & CEO, Darryl Ballantyne about the evolution of lyric-centric products, how his company liaises with labels & publishers to help support their needs, the renewed importance of proper song translations as music’s reach breaks cultural barriers,... Listen
November 7, 2023 – The Future of What Episode #218 — Dolby’s Christine Thomas Talks Dolby Atmos & Immersive Audio
While some say nothing quite captures the experience of listening to music performed in-person, new technologies are bringing unparalleled levels of immersion to the music listening experience. Enter Dolby Atmos, an immersive audio format which debuted for movies more than a decade ago that is now available across music services on 2.5 billion devices. In our latest podcast, Dolby’s Head of Music Industry Relations, Christine Thomas discusses the evolution of the company’s immersive audio efforts and how it gives artists the ability to deliver their music to audiences in an exciting new medium!... Listen
October 31, 2023 – [Keeping Tempo With Music Biz] — The State of Music Publishing In 2023 & Beyond: Interview with Great South Bay Music Group’s Travis McFetridge
The advent of music streaming, changes in label service offerings, and other new technologies have led to major changes to the music publishing space in the last few years. In this month’s interview, we talked with Great South Bay Music Group President & CEO, Travis McFetridge to get a sense of how publishing professionals have adapted to operations in the modern music industry, what the institution of The MLC has meant for their day-to-day, and what the future may hold for this subset of the industry!... Read More
Member Updates
November 28, 2023 – Music Biz Member beatBread Launches Songwriter Advances Up To $3M, Appoints Spencer Leboff As GM
Music funding platform, beatBread has launched a new Songwriting Advance Division, allowing the company to offer songwriters advances of up to $3 million against the publishing rights on their catalog or catalog plus unreleased songs. Per the initiative, songwriters will be able to customize their advances, which are prepaid through the streaming and airplay revenues that an artist, distributor or songwriter earns. The new division will be led by Spencer Leboff, who was just brought on as the company’s General Manager. ... Read More
November 28, 2023 – Music Biz Member TikTok Releases Track Saving Feature
Short-form video streaming platform, TikTok has launched a new feature enabling users to save music they find on the platform to their Spotify, Amazon Music or Apple Music accounts. The feature is available now in the United States and the United Kingdom. “TikTok is already the world’s most powerful platform for music discovery and promotion, which helps artists connect with our global community to drive engagement with their music,” said Ole Obermann, TikTok’s Global Head of Music Business Development.... Read More
November 27, 2023 – Music Biz Member Apple Music For Artists Updates Platform To Showcase Real-Time Listening Information
Apple Music for Artists has unveiled a new real-time listening feature, designed to showcase live data on how an artist’s music is performing on Apple Music. By using the feature’s “Listening Now” widget, artists can access a detailed overview of trends from the past 48 hours, in addition to their maximum listeners, average listeners and top performing songs. The new feature also includes key metrics on total plays, average daily listeners, song purchases, Shazams and location of fans streaming an artist’s music.... Read More
Industry Analysis
January 6, 2022 – In The Realm Of Podcasting, The US Is The Global Leader In All Respects
The US is the undisputed front-runner within the global podcasting ecosystem, in terms of both content production and listener adoption. In 2021, 40.0% of US internet users will listen to a podcast at least once per month. No other country comes close to matching this figure (Sweden, home of Spotify, will be in second place with 34.6%). The US will also have the most monthly podcast listeners, at 117.8 million—over 40 million more than our aggregate figure for Europe.... Read More
November 10, 2021 – Six Reasons Why Regionality Still Matters For The Global Music Streaming Business
You’d be forgiven for thinking that music streaming services such as Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music have rendered local listening habits and cultures less relevant. After all, music streaming is now available in most parts of the world and allows users to listen to artists from across the globe. In many ways, music has never been more accessible. Yet the importance of regionality persists, even with increased global connectivity. From local scenes to national laws,... Read More
October 13, 2021 – RIAA Releases 2021 Mid-Year Latin Music Revenues Report
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has published its latest mid-year Latin music revenues report, showcasing a 37% growth for U.S. revenues to $407 million during the first half of 2021 (1H 2021). Streaming format revenues for Latin music also grew 37% year over year. Overall, Latin music’s growth in the U.S. outpaced that of overall U.S. revenues, growing in share to 5.8%. Click here to read more and access the report in full.... Read More
