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Aaron Davis

110 posts

Exploration Weekly - Article 13 Negotiations Finalized / Librarian of Congress Appoints Chief Copyright Royalty Judge / Apple to Launch Video Service

“Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.”Walt WhitmanThe European Copyright Directive, including the controversial “Article 13,”  was finalized »

Aaron Davis on Article 13, soundcloud, Fortnite 15 February 2019

Exploration Weekly - NMPA Submits Bid for MLC / CRB Finalizes 44% Royalty Rate Increase / Spotify Acquires Gimlet Media and Anchor

“We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.”Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy, Poems of Arthur O'ShaughnessyWith the passing of the Music Modernization »

Aaron Davis on youtube, Spotify, Pandora 08 February 2019

Exploration Weekly - Pandora CEO Roger Lynch Exits / SoundCloud Revenues Up 80% in 2017 / Spotify India Launch Date Postponed

“At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets.”Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being FreeRoger Lynch will now »

Aaron Davis on Pandora, Spotify, SoundExchange, SiriusXM, soundcloud, Amazon Prime 01 February 2019

Exploration Weekly - iHeartMedia Bankruptcy Plan Approved / Article 13 Progress Stalled / YouTube Top Three Artists From India

“My ears hear colors and my eyes see sounds.” Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy KassemA US Court has approved »

Aaron Davis on iHeartMedia, youtube, Spotify, Liberty Media, Royalty Exchange 25 January 2019

Exploration Weekly - YT Music May Become Android Default Audio Player / Spotify India to Launch by January 31 / Free Apple Music with Verizon Wireless

“I guess in this culture of ever-shortening attention spans, it's good if a song can lift us out of the madness, even if only for a »

Aaron Davis on YouTube Music, Spotify, Apple Music 18 January 2019

Exploration Weekly - Streaming Direct-to-Artist Tools Impact Labels / AMLC Seeking Tech Partners / Apple’s Profit Warning Points to Music and Video

“He took his pain and turned it into something beautiful. Into something that people connect to. And that's what good music does. It speaks to you. »

Aaron Davis on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, SiriusXM, NetEase Cloud Music 11 January 2019

Exploration Weekly - 1923 Works Enter Public Domain / US Song Consumption Hits $5.8 Billion / Streaming Music in 2018

“The world is always open, Waiting to be discovered.”Dejan Stojanovic, Circling: 1978-1987Copyrights of works released in 1923 have now expired on January 1 and have »

Aaron Davis on Public Domain, Bryan Adams, music modernization act, One Wall Street, Spotify 04 January 2019

Exploration Weekly - iHeartMedia to Separate from Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings / US Copyright Office to Select MLC / Can You Copyright a Dance Move?

“Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.”Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily DickinsonAs part of iHeartMedia’s restructuring process from »

Aaron Davis on iHeartMedia, Spotify, Fortnite, Apple Music 28 December 2018

Exploration Weekly - Wixen-Spotify Lawsuit Ends / Global Recorded Music Revenues to Hit $18.9 Billion / Register of Copyrights Bill Under Debate

“Calm sailing doesn't come from calm waters, it comes from having a good navigator; a good crew and a good vessel.” Anthony T. HincksThe whopping $1. »

Aaron Davis on Tidal, Copyright Dispute, Spotify, youtube, Apple Music Connect, Shazam 21 December 2018

Exploration Weekly - Tencent Music Launches US IPO / “Blurred Lines” Case Ends in $5 Million Judgement / Apple Acquires Platoon

“If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt »

Aaron Davis on Apple, youtube, copyright infringement, Spotify 14 December 2018

Exploration Weekly - JioSaavn Officially Merges in India / Liberty Media May Buy iHeartMedia / Apple Music for Business in the Works

“When a writer's heart is filled with the music of her soul, her words sing.”A.D. PoseyAmidst Spotify's announcement that it will reportedly be preparing »

Aaron Davis on Tencent Music, youtube, Apple Music, iHeartMedia, Tencent, Mixcloud 07 December 2018

Exploration Weekly - Spotify India to Launch Within 6 Months / YouTube Offers Student Discounts / Copyright Royalty Board Makes Changes to the MMA

“There’s secrets hiding inside this six-string just waitin’ for somebody to find ‘em and turn ‘em into music.”Brenda Sutton RoseWithin the next six months, »

Aaron Davis on Spotify, YouTube Music, YouTube Premium, Tencent Music, Qobuz 30 November 2018

Exploration Weekly - YouTube Pop-Ups Released / UMG to Distribute Spotify Equity to Artists, Non-Recoupable / SiriusXM-Pandora Deal Approved in Europe

“Gratitude turns disappointment into lessons learned, discoveries made, alternatives explored, and new plans set in motion.”Auliq-IceThe quote used in the previous week's newsletter was incorrectly »

Aaron Davis on Article 13, youtube, SiriusXM, Pandora, Spotify, Tencent Music 23 November 2018

Exploration Weekly - First MLC Contender Emerges / Vivendi to Select Banks for UMG Sale / Sony Finalizes EMI Takeover

“Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end” Ed Sheeran The Music Licensing Collective (MLC) is searching for »

Aaron Davis on Spotify, Ed Sheeran, Vivendi, Sony, youtube, iHeartMedia, Apple Watch, ASCAP 16 November 2018

Exploration Weekly - Spotify Launches Music Publishing Analytics Tool / Apple Music Reveals Preferred Distributors / YT Content ID Pays Out $3 Billion

“Thinking of a series of dreams Where the time and the tempo fly And there's no exit in any direction 'Cept the one that you can't »

Aaron Davis on Apple Music, Spotify, music modernization act, youtube, Liberty Media, Amazon Music 09 November 2018

Exploration Weekly - European Commission Approves EMI Music Publishing Acquisition / SoundCloud's Contract Criticized / Spotify Smart Speaker Giveaway

“If Music is a Place -- then Jazz is the City, Folk is the Wilderness, Rock is the Road, Classical is a Temple.” Vera Nazarian Today’ »

Aaron Davis on Apple, Spotify, Sony, soundcloud, iHeartMedia 02 November 2018

Exploration Weekly - Spotify Officially Launches Playlist Tool / SiriusXM Reaches Record Q3 Revenue / MMA Calls On Board of Directors

“Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering.” Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World »

Aaron Davis on music modernization act, youtube, Spotify, facebook, SiriusXM, Sony 26 October 2018

Exploration Weekly - Apple “Acqui-Hires” Asaii / Spotify Buys Minority Stake in DistroKid / Concert Tickets Now Sold Via YouTube-Eventbrite Deal

“Healthy curiosity is a great key in innovation.” Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha The technology and music industries were both witness to a slew of deals and partnerships »

Aaron Davis on music modernization act, youtube, Spotify, Tencent Music, Ed Sheeran, soundcloud, Apple 19 October 2018

Exploration Weekly - President Signs MMA Into Law / SoundCloud Opens Direct Monetization Program / Genius Adds Lyrics Feature to Apple Music

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead A »

Aaron Davis on music modernization act, sound cloud monetization, youtube, Spotify, Tencent Music 12 October 2018

Exploration Weekly - Sony, Warner Invest In Tencent IPO / SoundCloud Teams With Pandora / Spotify Denied Lawsuit Dismissal

“The spoken word is ephemeral. The written word, eternal. A symphony, timeless.” A.E. Samaan Exploration’s co-founder and chief operating officer Rene Merideth will be »

Aaron Davis on California Copyright Conference, Rene Merideth, Led Zeppelin, BASCA, Tencent Music, music modernization act, copyright infringement 05 October 2018

Exploration Weekly - MMA Approved by the House of Representatives / SiriusXM Buys Pandora / Apple Music Converts 2.5 Times Faster Than Spotify

“Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.” Ovid This week marked a momentous point of progress for the Music Modernization Act as »

Aaron Davis on music modernization act, Spotify, Ricky Nelson, SiriusXM, Pandora, Sony, Apple Music 28 September 2018

Exploration Weekly - MMA Approved by the US Senate / Spotify Lets Artists Directly Upload Music to Service / Apple Music Now Searchable by Lyrics

“Where words leave off, music begins.” Heinrich Heine The Music Modernization Act was passed Tuesday September 18 by the US Senate based on a unanimous hotline »

Aaron Davis on Spotify, SoundExchange, Apple Music, EU Copyright Directive, youtube, music modernization act 21 September 2018

Exploration Weekly - EU Approves New Copyright Reforms / MMA Anticipates Changes in Congress / Apple Music Streaming Market Share Up 3%

“Music doesn't get in. Music is already in. Music simply uncovers what is there, makes you feel emotions that you didn't necessarily know you had inside »

Aaron Davis on Spotify, music modernization act, MusicWatch, Apple Music 14 September 2018

Exploration Weekly - YT Calls Out EU Copyright Directive / UK Music Exports Total £408.4M in 2017 / Spotify Inks Deals in Indonesia and Thailand

“It is with our voices we remember, with our ears we understand.” Elizabeth Hunter, The Singer As the European Parliament is set to review the latest »

Aaron Davis on youtube, Spotify, UK Music, EU Copyright Directive 07 September 2018

Exploration Weekly - Tencent Music To IPO This Fall / MMA Reaches Handshake Deal / YT India To Hit 500M MAU In Two Years

“Some things are just like riding a bicycle; you jump on, pedal, and hope you don’t fall.” Henry Mosquera, Sleeper's Run Tencent Music Entertainment is »

Aaron Davis on Tencent Music, music modernization act, Copyright Reform, copyright, Apple Music, youtube 31 August 2018

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