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Race, COVID, festivals, copyright and more....

Solange taught me that Black female rage can be used in the fight for freedom | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/why-solange-matters-book-b1843110.html

'Vax Live' Benefit Concert Promotes Preview Of Post-Pandemic World : Coronavirus Updates : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/08/995112377/celebrities-push-for-vaccine-equity-at-vax-live-benefit-concert

Matt Simons Takes Legal Action Against UMG Over Unpaid Royalties
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/05/07/matt-simons-republic-lawsuit/

Jay-Z, Troy Carter Jump Into $19 Million Round for NFT Platform Bitski
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/05/07/jay-z-nft-platform-funding-bitski/

PRS for Music Faces Pushback Over 10% Backdated Livestream Tariff
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/05/07/prs-livestream-tariff/

From Jay-Z selling TIDAL to Hipgnosis and Primary Wave’s catalog buys: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up - Music Business Worldwide
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/from-jay-z-selling-tidal-to-hipgnosis-and-primary-waves-catalog-buys-its-mbws-weekly-round-up/

Live Nation revenues fell 79% year-on-year in Q1, but it says events are now ‘selling out faster than ever before’ - Music Business Worldwide
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/live-nation-revenues-fell-79-year-on-year-in-q1-but-it-says-events-are-now-selling-out-faster-than-ever-before/

UK music industry body slams ‘retrograde’ government report on systemic racism in Britain - Music Business Worldwide
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/uk-music-industry-slams-british-governments-report-on-systemic-racism/

DIY music distribution platform Ledo files for bankruptcy
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/diy-distribution-platform-ledo-launched-by-spinnin-records-co-founder-files-for-bankruptcy/

Will Songwriting Survive Streaming? Abba’s Bjorn Ulvaeus Is Worried. - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/arts/music/abba-bjorn-ulvaeus-songwriting-streaming.html

Musicians Say Streaming Doesn’t Pay. Can the Industry Change? - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/arts/music/streaming-music-payments.html

Childish Gambino sued for copyright infringement over This is America - Music Business Worldwide
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/childish-gambino-sued-for-copyright-infringement-over-this-is-america/

Waka Flocka Flame Says NFT Marketplaces Are Exploiting Artists
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/05/06/waka-flocka-flame-nft-comments/

Songwriters Demand an Overhaul In Streaming Music Compensation
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/05/06/ecsa-streaming-demands/

Here's Another Spotify 'Surveillance' Patent – Music Suggestions Based on Physical Personal Data
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/05/06/spotify-surveillance-patent/

‘MI5 were tapping our phones’: UB40 on starting out, falling out and losing millions | UB40 | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/may/06/ub40-reggae-back-mi5-were-tapping-our-phones

After Spotify price hike, Warner Music boss expects more to come
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/after-spotifys-slight-price-hike-warner-music-group-boss-steve-cooper-expects-music-streaming-prices-will-now-close-the-gap-on-video-services/

After Spotify price hike, Warner Music boss expects more to come
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/after-spotifys-slight-price-hike-warner-music-group-boss-steve-cooper-expects-music-streaming-prices-will-now-close-the-gap-on-video-services/

Billie Piper says she was ‘extremely lonely’ and ‘unbelievably unsafe’ as a teenage pop star | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/billie-piper-because-we-want-to-b1844748.html

Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock says she was ‘scared to lose fans’ over speaking out on racism | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/little-mix-leigh-anne-pinnock-racism-b1844721.html

Festivals unlock the most extreme, feral imaginations in people – they changed my life | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/music-festivals-2021-b1843228.html

TuneCore parent Believe aims to raise €500m as it begins IPO process
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/tunecore-parent-believe-aims-to-raise-e500m-as-it-begins-ipo-process-in-france/

Billie Eilish hits out at ‘bodyshaming’ Daily Mail critique of her Vogue cover | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/billie-eilish-vogue-daily-mail-b1844693.html

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Festivals & COVID - NFTs - Streaming - and much more...

‘Parasitic’ ticket touts ‘undermining music festivals’ Covid tracing’ | Music festivals | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/25/parasitic-ticket-touts-undermining-music-festivals-covid-tracing

Katie Waissel claims she was sexually assaulted by X Factor team member | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/katie-waissel-x-factor-sexual-assault-b1837091.html

The Coral: ‘People are tricked into believing that tiny thing called the mainstream is everything’ | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-coral-interview-new-album-b1835124.html

Sisters With Transistors: How the women of early electronic music are finally getting their due | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/sisters-with-transisters-film-laurie-spiegel-b1836405.html

Music Manager Wayne Kamemoto Wins His Legal Battle Against NKSFB
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/04/23/wayne-kamemoto-nksfb-lawsuit/

UK arts figures call for Covid certificates to revive industry | Arts policy | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/apr/23/uk-arts-figures-covid-certificates-revive-industry-letter

Spotify Podcast Subscriptions Give Creators 100% of Their Revenue
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/04/23/spotify-paid-podcast-subscriptions-2/

Action Bronson Asks a Simple Question on NFTs: "What Does It Mean?"
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/04/23/action-bronson-nfts/

www.digitalmusicnews.com | 520: Web server is returning an unknown error
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/04/23/live-nation-launches-green-nation/

From UMG’s $1m an hour, to Paul McCartney’s music streaming crusade: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up - Music Business Worldwide
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/from-umgs-1m-an-hour-to-paul-mccartneys-streaming-crusade-its-mbws-weekly-round-up/

Sisters With Transistors: inside the fascinating film about electronic music’s forgotten pioneers | Film | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/apr/23/sisters-with-transistors-film-electronic-musics-forgotten-pioneers-clara-rockmore

Viagogo loses court appeal against $4.5m fine in Italy - Music Business Worldwide
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/viagogo-loses-court-appeal-against-4-5m-fine-in-italy/

‘Like losing a hand’: musicians on the crisis in hearing loss | Music | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/23/musicians-hearing-loss-sound-of-metal

Rochelle Jordan: ‘I had to learn to not let anybody strangle or suffocate my career again’ | Music | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/23/rochelle-jordan-play-with-the-changes

Kesha defamation appeal in Dr Luke case denied as producer is ‘not a household name’ | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/kesha-dr-luke-trial-defamation-b1836365.html

‘It reeked of hope and ambition’: 30 years of riot grrrl label Kill Rock Stars | Music | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/23/kill-rock-stars-riot-grrrl-label-30-years

UK music festivals say they need government help with insurance | Music industry | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/apr/22/uk-music-festivals-say-they-need-government-help-with-insurance

Universal Music Group Posts Q1 Earnings Growth Ahead of 2021 IPO
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/04/22/universal-music-group-q1-earnings/

Spotify Says the App Store Is an 'Abusive Power Grab' by Apple
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/04/22/spotify-apple-anti-trust-hearing/

Burning Man organisers considering making Covid vaccinations mandatory | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/burning-man-covid-vaccine-mandatory-b1836073.html

Scooter Braun and Troy Carter backed livestream startup Moment House names seven new key hires - Music Business Worldwide
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/scooter-braun-and-troy-carter-backed-livestream-startup-moment-house-names-seven-new-key-hires/

‘Good artist management is saying no to most things – and yes to the right things.’ - Music Business Worldwide
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/rob-swerdlow-were-not-ruled-by-stats-we-prefer-the-algorithm-of-the-soul/

Netflix needs new hits. The music biz is learning to live without them.
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/netflix-is-going-wobbly-without-fresh-hits-the-music-industry-is-learning-to-live-without-them/

Check out the latest issue of MBW’s Music Business UK right here - Music Business Worldwide
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/check-out-the-latest-issue-of-mbws-music-business-uk-right-here/

How rock’n’roll found a new purpose by rallying around the climate crisis | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/climate-change-music-industry-greta-thunberg-b1835149.html

Audience of 4,000 to attend Brit awards as part of Covid research | Brit awards | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/22/audience-of-4000-to-attend-brit-awards-as-part-of-covid-research

Shuttered Venues Still Waiting For Government Aid Announced In December : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/21/989577435/shuttered-venues-still-waiting-for-government-aid-announced-in-december

Paul McCartney, The Who, Chris Martin Demand Music Streaming Reform
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/04/21/paul-mccartney-streaming-reform/

What Does a Live Gig NFT Mean for the Music Industry?
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/04/21/viberate-live-gig-nfts/

Music recommendation algorithms increase gender gap by promoting fewer female artists, study suggests | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/music-recommendation-algorithms-gender-gap-b1834978.html

Songwriters Are Getting Drastically Short-Changed, New Study Confirms
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/04/20/songwriters-royalty-report-2021/

Covid-cautious festival cancellations dampen ‘great British summer’ hopes | Festivals | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/apr/20/covid-festival-cancellations-dampen-great-british-summer-hopes

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Fyre Festival Pays out -- Taylor Swift sets a new record -- Spotify and Warner Music Group team up

Organisers of AJ Tracey gig fined £10,000 for breaching Covid rules | Coronavirus | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/18/organisers-of-aj-tracey-gig-fined-10000-for-breaching-covid-rules

Blossoms to play England’s first large music gig of 2021 | Music | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/18/blossoms-to-play-englands-first-large-music-gig-of-2021

Blossoms to headline non-socially distanced concert as part of government’s Covid-19 event pilot scheme | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/blossoms-concert-sefton-park-b1833399.html

Today’s pop industry cheats songwriters – and deters the risk-taking that made Abba | Abba | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/17/todays-pop-industry-cheats-songwriters-and-deters-the-risk-taking-that-made-abba

‘I’m not ready for other people’s sweat to drip on me’: will clubbing survive the pandemic? | Clubbing | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/17/im-not-ready-for-other-peoples-sweat-to-drip-on-me-will-clubbing-survive-the-pandemic

‘I will be first in front of a sound system’: what artists have missed about culture | Culture | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/apr/17/what-artists-have-missed-about-the-live-experience

Today’s pop industry cheats songwriters – and deters the risk-taking that made Abba | Abba | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/17/todays-pop-industry-cheats-songwriters-and-deters-the-risk-taking-that-made-abba

Sync Music Is Bouncing Back In 2021 — What are the Emerging Trends?
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/04/16/sync-music-genres-themes-2021/

Taylor Swift smashes Beatles record with three UK No 1 albums in nine months | Taylor Swift | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/16/taylor-swift-smashes-beatles-record-with-three-uk-no-1-albums-in-nine-months

Latest Industry Gigs: Tencent Music, LiveXLive, CCS Rights, More
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/04/16/music-industry-jobs-april-16-2021-2/

Apple Music Pays a Penny Per Stream — Nearly Triple What Spotify Pays
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/04/16/apple-music-royalties-streaming/

From Reservoir’s $788m valuation to Spotify and Warner’s canoodling: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up - Music Business Worldwide
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/from-reservoirs-788m-valuation-to-spotify-and-warners-canoodling-its-mbws-weekly-round-up/

Fyre Festival Settlement Amount Remains Unclear, Per New Legal Filing
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/04/16/fyre-festival-settlement/

Pearpop Raises $16 Million From Snoop Dogg, Diddy, Marshmello, More
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/04/16/pearpop-16mm-raise/

Warner Music Group and Spotify strike podcast development deal - Music Business Worldwide
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/warner-music-group-and-spotify-strike-podcast-development-deal/

Fyre festival attendees to receive $7,000 each in settlement | Music festivals | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/16/fyre-festival-attendees-settlement

Arcade Fire Releases a 45-Minute Song for the Headspace Meditation App
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/04/15/arcade-fire-headspace-song/

Warner Music Announces New Pan-Asian Dance Label, Whet Records
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/04/15/warner-music-asia-whet-records/

65% of Streaming Music Users Share Credentials, Survey Finds
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/04/15/credential-sharing-selling-report-2021/

Warner Music Group, Spotify Ink 'Innovative Podcast Development Deal'
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/04/15/warner-music-group-spotify-podcast-deal/

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Making Music Visible: Singing in Sign - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/arts/music/asl-music-deaf-culture.html

Grant Application Portal For Pandemic-Struck Arts Venues Shuttered For Repair. : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/09/985804082/help-was-on-the-way-for-shuttered-venues-then-the-website-crashed

The music streaming debate: what the artists, songwriters and industry insiders say | Music streaming | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/10/music-streaming-debate-what-songwriter-artist-and-industry-insider-say-publication-parliamentary-report

DMX’s powerful work confronted an American hell of trauma and poverty | Rap | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/10/dmx-powerful-work-confronted-american-hell-trauma-died

Richard Thompson Revisits A Big Life Just Shy Of The Mainstream : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/11/985872415/in-beeswing-richard-thompson-revisits-a-big-life-just-shy-of-the-mainstream

Moby on fame and regret: ‘I was an out-of-control, utterly entitled drink and drug addict’ | Moby | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/12/moby-on-fame-and-regret-i-was-an-out-of-control-utterly-entitled-drink-and-drug-addict

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A Letter to the Asian Pacific American Music Community – Soundfly
https://flypaper.soundfly.com/hustle/a-letter-to-the-asian-pacific-american-music-community/

19 Artists on Their Favorite Independent Music Venues | Pitchfork
https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/19-artists-on-their-favorite-independent-music-venues/

JoJo Siwa says she ‘couldn’t sleep for three days’ due to negative comments over coming out | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/jojo-siwa-coming-out-comments-b1828697.html

The X Factor’s Rebecca Ferguson accuses music industry bosses of ‘grooming 17-year-old boys who are confused about their sexuality’ | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/rebecca-ferguson-x-factor-grooming-b1827797.html

When will gigs start again in the UK? | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/gigs-when-start-dates-uk-b1827391.html

Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse subject of ‘new music’ created by AI software | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ai-songs-27-club-music-b1827003.html

BTS's Korean record label buys Justin Bieber management company | Music industry | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/apr/02/bts-korean-record-label-buys-justin-bieber-management-company

Top songwriters call for end to 'bully tactics' by artists over royalties | Pop and rock | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/mar/31/top-songwriters-call-for-end-to-bully-tactics-by-artists-over-royalties

'We won't make enough money to exist': live music sector still highly uncertain | Music | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/mar/19/we-wont-make-enough-money-to-exist-live-music-sector-still-highly-uncertain

Massive Attack star 'livid' with music industry for not acting on green issues | Carbon footprints | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/16/del-naja-livid-with-music-industry-for-not-acting-on-green-issues-massive-attack

NPR Cookie Consent and Choices
https://choice.npr.org/index.html?origin=https://www.npr.org/2021/04/06/984829920/musicians-desperation-highlights-turkeys-economic-problems

Cash ‘gifts’ and strong-arm tactics: music’s problem with NFTs | Music | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/07/cash-gifts-and-strong-arm-tactics-musics-problem-with-nfts

How the music industry woke up to mental health | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/mental-health-music-industry-frank-turner-b1825126.html

How to Run Your Own PR Campaign – Soundfly
https://flypaper.soundfly.com/hustle/how-to-run-your-own-pr-campaign/

Best Practices: Choosing Your Release Date – Soundfly
https://flypaper.soundfly.com/hustle/best-practices-choosing-your-release-date/

Big Hit and BTS just raised the alarm on the record industry’s future
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-death-of-the-artist-why-big-hit-and-bts-just-raised-the-alarm-on-the-record-industrys-future/

ASCAP payouts to songwriters and publishers grew by $29m in 2020
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/ascap-payouts-to-songwriters-and-publishers-increased-in-pandemic-2020-but-it-was-the-smallest-growth-in-5-years/

BMG’s annual revenues rose 1.9% to top $680m in 2020 - Music Business Worldwide
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/bmgs-annual-revenues-rose-1-9-to-top-680m-in-2020/

The global record industry grew by $1.5bn in 2020, despite the pandemic
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-global-recorded-music-industry-grew-by-1-5bn-in-2020/

Universal Music Group is raising $3.5 billion in financing. Will a spending spree follow?
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/universal-music-group-is-raising-3-5-billion-in-financing-will-a-spending-spree-follow/

Artists have a 0.2% chance of generating $50k a year on Spotify. Let’s kick this stat around. - Music Business Worldwide
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/artists-have-a-0-2-chance-of-generating-50k-a-year-on-spotify-lets-kick-this-stat-around/