When 3lau drops his new song “Worst Case” on October 8th, he’s going to give away 50 percent of its streaming rights to 333 fans. The novel business play, the DJ/producer explains in an exclusive conversation with Rolling Stone,is designed to showcase the capabilities of Royal — a still-incomplete blockchain-powered …
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Got plans for Coachella? You’ll now need to be vaccinated in order to get in. Starting October 1st, anyone who decides to step foot inside a concert venue or festival owned by AEG Presents, from ticketholders to staff, will need to show proof of full vaccination, the major concert company …
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A year ago — in the wake of George Floyd’s murder and a contentious reexamination of race in America — an array of artists, songwriters, managers, producers, lawyers, and other music executives came together to form the Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC), a nonprofit group dedicated to holding the slow-to-change …
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Virtual entertainment company Wave has entered a content and investment partnership with Warner Music Group (WMG), the companies tell Rolling Stone. The move brings artists and resources from one of the world’s three largest music companies to the startup, while giving WMG a minority stake in Wave along with access …
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Paul Simon has sold his publishing rights to Sony Music Publishing, the company announced Wednesday — marking the latest blockbuster catalog deal in the booming music-rights acquisition space. Sony bought the total collection of his catalog, a spokesperson said, but declined to give financial details of the deal. With the …
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Producer Bob Rock has sold his production rights on Metallica‘s eponymous album and several Michael Bublé projectsto song investment company Hipgnosis Songs Fund, the company announced Thursday — the latest in a flurry of catalog acquisitions Merck Mercuriadis’s company has closed this month. Mercuriadis bought the production rights for an …
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Mick Fleetwood, co-founder and drummer for Fleetwood Mac, is selling his entire recorded music catalog to BMG, the company tells Rolling Stone. BMG will receive the musician’s royalty share in a vaunted 300-song catalog that includes tracks like “The Chain,” “Go Your Own Way,” and “Dreams,” the last of which …
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Closing time indeed. Genre-traversing hitmaker and Semisonic frontman Dan Wilson has signed over 100% of his catalog — around 350 songs — to music publishing and management company Primary Wave, the latter announced on Thursday. Only one week into 2021, this is the third major acquisition of songwriting rights this …
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Morrissey is in search of a new record label. After three albums on BMG, the label has decided to consciously uncouple with the former Smiths frontman. “This news is perfectly in keeping with the relentless galvanic horror of 2020. We would be critically insane to expect anything positive,” Morrissey said …
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We’re in a real life Attack of the Clones. YouTube announced on Monday that it will enter the increasingly competitive short-form video ecosystem by launching Shorts, a feature for quick 15-second clips that seems intent on going up against TikTok, which has dominated the space for several years. YouTube is …
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