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Rene Merideth

646 posts

Exploration Weekly - YouTube Launches $100M Shorts Fund / Vivendi Sets Date for UMG Public Listing / Disney+ Now Has 103.6M Subscribers

“My life is music, and in some vague, mysterious and subconscious way, I have always been driven by a taut inner spring which has propelled me »

Rene Merideth on exploration-weekly 13 May 2021

Exploration Weekly - EU Accuses Apple in Anti-Trust Investigation / YT Shorts Available to All US Creators / Streaming Growth Expected to Slow in 2021

“Though I think and speak of greater becoming, I, too, am an infinite work in progress.” T.F. Hodge -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The European Commission launched an anti-trust »

Rene Merideth on exploration-weekly 06 May 2021

Exploration Weekly - YT Ad Revenue Hits $6B+ in Q1 2021 / The MLC Announces DQI Webinar Series / Apple Services Tops 660M Paid Subscriptions

“If you've got nothing to dance about, find a reason to sing.” Melody Carstairs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alphabet recently announced in its latest quarterly earnings report »

Rene Merideth on exploration-weekly 29 April 2021

Exploration Weekly - The MLC’s First Royalty Distribution / Apple Launches Podcast Subscriptions / Canada's $56 Million Emergency Funding

“One bulb at a time. There was no other way to do it. No shortcuts--simply loving the slow process of planting. Loving the work as it »

Rene Merideth on exploration-weekly 22 April 2021

Exploration Weekly - Reservoir Goes Public on Nasdaq / Songwriter Fund Accepting Applications / Spotify Launches Car Thing

“Where there is love there is life.” Mahatma Gandhi -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reservoir Holdings, which owns Reservoir Media, has gone public on the Nasdaq stock exchange via a »

Rene Merideth on exploration-weekly 15 April 2021

Exploration Weekly - T-Series Joins IPRS / Latin Music US Revenues Up 19% / The MLC Seeks to Fill Music Publisher Rep on Operations Advisory Committee

“It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument »

Rene Merideth on exploration-weekly 08 April 2021

What is Rights Management?

What is Rights Management? »

Rene Merideth on your-rights 06 April 2021

Exploration Weekly - The MLC Unveils Three New Hires / Spotify Acquires Locker Room / PPL’s Q1 2021 Distributions Down 30%

“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent” Victor Hugo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) has added »

Rene Merideth on exploration-weekly 01 April 2021

Exploration Weekly - IFPI Reports 7.4% Rise in 2020 Music Revenues / Triller Inks Licensing Deal with NMPA / Unclaimed Royalties Study Open to Public

“There is a time for silence. There is a time for waiting you turn. But if you know how you feel and you so clearly know »

Rene Merideth on exploration-weekly 25 March 2021

Exploration Weekly - YouTube Shorts Launches in the US / Spotify Unveils Royalty Payouts Guide / YouTube Introduces “Checks” Tool for Potential Claims

“The Voice There is a voice inside of you That whispers all day long, 'I feel this is right for me, I know that this »

Rene Merideth on exploration-weekly 18 March 2021

Exploration Weekly - ASCAP Grows By $53M Over 2019 / Copyright Office Issues New MMA Interim Rule / YouTube's Connected-TV Viewers Increase

“I must be lean & write & make worlds beside this to live in.” Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASCAP’s new »

Rene Merideth on exploration-weekly 11 March 2021

Exploration Weekly - SoundCloud Launches “Fan-Powered” Royalties / Square Acquires Majority Stake in Tidal / US Music Revenue Hit $12B+ in 2020

“None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have Faith.” Paulo Coelho, Brida »

Rene Merideth on exploration-weekly 04 March 2021

Exploration Weekly - Spotify Expands to 80 New Markets / IFPI Launches SoundSys / Major Labels Discuss User-Centric Payouts and Equitable Remuneration

“Life calls the tune, we dance.” John Galsworthy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spotify recently announced this week that it will be expanding its service to 80 new markets around »

Rene Merideth on exploration-weekly 25 February 2021

The California Copyright Conference and Exploration Group Present: Closing the Metadata Gap - Webinar

Sherman Oaks, Calif. (February 23, 2021): For such a prolific buzzword, the term “metadata” still rouses uncertainty for many music industry professionals. As uncertainty grows, so »

Rene Merideth on exploration-weekly 23 February 2021

Exploration Weekly - The MLC Receives $424M in Unmatched Royalties / YT Shorts Set to Launch in March / iHeartMedia Acquires Triton Digital for $230M

“Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, »

Rene Merideth on exploration-weekly 18 February 2021

Exploration Weekly - Spotify Launches Noteable / TikTok and UMG Ink Global Licensing Deal / Music Biz Generates Additional 50 Cents for US Economy

“Sometimes it may seem dark, but the absence of the light is a necessary part.” Jason Mraz, Love Is a Four Letter Word -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spotify is »

Rene Merideth on exploration-weekly 11 February 2021

Exploration Weekly - YouTube Q4 Ad Revenue Up 46% / Spotify Podcast Listening Nearly Doubled / Tencent Acquires Further 10% in UMG

“There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd better learn the sound »

Rene Merideth on exploration-weekly 04 February 2021

Exploration Weekly - YT Partner Program Channels Doubled in 2020 / Apple Services Quarterly Revenue Up 24% / Will LMAC Acquire a Music Company Next?

“Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly” Langston Hughes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a letter to the YouTube community, »

Rene Merideth on exploration-weekly 28 January 2021

Exploration Weekly - Justice Dept Leaves Consent Decrees Unchanged / BMI Alters Royalty Distribution Schedule / Apple Mulls Podcast Subscription Push

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.” Toni Morrison »

Rene Merideth on exploration-weekly 22 January 2021

Exploration Weekly - The MLC Awaits CRB Remand Proceedings / Univision Launches PrendeTV / YT Default-Enables Post-Rolls on 10-Min Monetizing Videos

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.” Pablo Picasso -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This week, The MLC consulted with the US Copyright »

Rene Merideth on exploration-weekly 14 January 2021

Exploration Weekly - The MLC Begins Full Operations / 2020 US Music Streaming Sets New Record / SiriusXM Suspects $1B Impairment Charge for Pandora

“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.” Maya Angelou -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Mechanical Licensing Collective »

Rene Merideth on exploration-weekly 07 January 2021

Exploration Weekly - Amazon Music to Acquire Wondery / Songview in Review / UK Vinyl Sales Grow 10%

“The depth of life is found in the breadth of living.” Richie Norton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amazon Music has entered a deal to acquire podcast studio Wondery this »

Rene Merideth on exploration-weekly 01 January 2021

Exploration Weekly - ASCAP and BMI Launch SONGVIEW, Tencent Ups UMG Stake to 20%, DSPs Prep to Secure New Mechanical License Administered by The MLC

“True friends are always together in spirit.” L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROs ASCAP and BMI launched SONGVIEW this week, a data platform »

Rene Merideth on exploration-weekly 24 December 2020

Exploration Weekly - BMI Partners with ICE / YouTube Expands Channel Membership Program / The MLC Unveils New Educator Toolkit

“If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least »

Rene Merideth on exploration-weekly 18 December 2020

The Music Industry Report – 2020 / Key Takeaways Pt. 2

“Wir müssen wissen, wir werden wissen!” David Hilbert -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Music Industry Report – 2020 drops this Thursday, December 10th. To learn more about the project and »

Rene Merideth on exploration-weekly 08 December 2020

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