by Caila | Feb 28, 2024 | Music & Industry
With Spotify changing how royalties are distributed on the platform, many artists are wondering what this means for them. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek resorted to social media to respond to these questions. On February 8 (days after Trevor Noah made a joke about Spotify...
by Caila | Feb 27, 2024 | Music & Industry
Kai Cenat’s internet reach is so big that anyone who participates in one of his streams could become famous. That was the situation for the Omah Lay concertgoer who was dumped by his lover. A video went viral in which the Nigerian rapper brought a random woman...
by Caila | Feb 27, 2024 | Music & Industry
The grueling struggle over royalties between Universal Music Group and TikTok took on a new and more serious dimension in the early hours of Tuesday, when songs published by UMG began to disappear from the platform. The stalemate, which began earlier this month, first...
by Caila | Feb 27, 2024 | Music & Industry
Believe’s TuneCore is suing CD Baby for allegedly stolen trade secrets, and as part of the previously little-discussed litigation, a federal judge has “temporarily enjoined” the defendant company “from knowingly disseminating and/or using any...
by Caila | Feb 26, 2024 | Music & Industry
A final verdict on streaming royalty rates will result in a net increase of approximately $400 million in royalties for songwriters and music publishers in 2021-2022. This comes after a years-long struggle between creators and streaming platforms over adequate...
by Caila | Feb 26, 2024 | Music & Industry
A tragic new video captures the moment a mother and daughter were murdered by a car that ran a red light — and you can see how fast the driver was going. The dramatic footage shows Laticha Bracero and her adult daughter, 21-year-old Alyssa Cordova, walking...
