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November 2018
Exploration Weekly - Spotify Launches Music Publishing Analytics Tool / Apple Music Reveals Preferred Distributors / YT Content ID Pays Out $3 Billion
Aaron Davis
November 09, 2018
November 2018
Exploration Weekly - European Commission Approves EMI Music Publishing Acquisition / SoundCloud's Contract Criticized / Spotify Smart Speaker Giveaway
Aaron Davis
November 02, 2018
October 2018
Exploration Weekly - Spotify Officially Launches Playlist Tool / SiriusXM Reaches Record Q3 Revenue / MMA Calls On Board of Directors
Aaron Davis
October 26, 2018
October 2018
Exploration Weekly - Apple “Acqui-Hires” Asaii / Spotify Buys Minority Stake in DistroKid / Concert Tickets Now Sold Via YouTube-Eventbrite Deal
Aaron Davis
October 19, 2018
October 2018
Exploration Weekly - President Signs MMA Into Law / SoundCloud Opens Direct Monetization Program / Genius Adds Lyrics Feature to Apple Music
Aaron Davis
October 12, 2018
October 2018
Exploration Weekly - Sony, Warner Invest In Tencent IPO / SoundCloud Teams With Pandora / Spotify Denied Lawsuit Dismissal
Aaron Davis
October 05, 2018
October 2018
What is a Master-Use License?
Jacob Wunderlich
October 02, 2018
September 2018
Exploration Weekly - MMA Approved by the House of Representatives / SiriusXM Buys Pandora / Apple Music Converts 2.5 Times Faster Than Spotify
Aaron Davis
September 28, 2018
September 2018
Exploration Weekly - MMA Approved by the US Senate / Spotify Lets Artists Directly Upload Music to Service / Apple Music Now Searchable by Lyrics
Aaron Davis
September 21, 2018
September 2018
Exploration Weekly - EU Approves New Copyright Reforms / MMA Anticipates Changes in Congress / Apple Music Streaming Market Share Up 3%
Aaron Davis
September 14, 2018
September 2018
What is Synchronization Licensing?
Luke Evans
September 09, 2018
September 2018
What is Performance Licensing?
Luke Evans
September 09, 2018
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
Aaron Davis
September 07, 2018
August 2018
Exploration Weekly - Tencent Music To IPO This Fall / MMA Reaches Handshake Deal / YT India To Hit 500M MAU In Two Years
Aaron Davis
August 31, 2018
August 2018
Exploration Weekly - Spotify Releases Podcasts / YT Merges Artist Channel Subscriptions / Court Rules No New Copyright for Remastered Recordings
Aaron Davis
August 24, 2018
August 2018
Exploration Weekly - Citi Report Posts Inaccuracies / IMPALA Worried Over Sony’s EMI Deals / Spotify Launches Music Credits on iOS
Aaron Davis
August 17, 2018
August 2018
Exploration Weekly - MMA Statutory Mechanical Licenses / Warner Sells Entire Spotify Stake for $504M / Spotify Partners with Samsung
Aaron Davis
August 10, 2018
August 2018
What Is a Mechanical License?
Jacob Wunderlich
August 04, 2018
August 2018
Exploration Weekly - SESAC Reaches Compromise Over MMA / Sony Acquires All Of EMI / Vivendi To Sell 50% Of UMG
Aaron Davis
August 03, 2018
July 2018
Exploration Weekly - MMA Endangered by Blackstone Intervention / Spotify Announces 83M Subscribers / Global Music Copyright Worth $26B in 2016
Aaron Davis
July 27, 2018
July 2018
What Is SoundExchange?
Jacob Wunderlich
July 27, 2018
July 2018
Exploration Weekly - Apple Music Touts US Subscribers / Spotify Reveals Pitching Feature / UnitedMasters Launches Data-Driven Distribution Service
Aaron Davis
July 20, 2018
July 2018
What Is Music Reports?
Jacob Wunderlich
July 20, 2018
July 2018
What Is The Harry Fox Agency?
Jacob Wunderlich
July 13, 2018
July 2018
Exploration Weekly - DOJ Terminates Outdated Consent Decrees / Apple Expected to Surpass Spotify / Streams Up 41.6% in First Half of 2018
Aaron Davis
July 13, 2018
July 2018
Exploration Weekly - Senate Judiciary Committee Passes MMA / EU Copyright Directive Rejected Thursday / Tencent Filing IPO This Week
Aaron Davis
July 06, 2018
July 2018
What is a Record Label?
Luke Evans
July 06, 2018
June 2018
What is a Music Publisher?
Luke Evans
June 29, 2018
June 2018
Exploration Weekly - Apple Mulls Subscription Bundle / YT Offers New Monetization for Creators / A2IM CEO Richard Burgess Calls Out DSPs
Aaron Davis
June 29, 2018
June 2018
What is a Recording Artist?
Jacob Wunderlich
June 23, 2018
June 2018
Exploration Weekly - YT Music Premium Launches in 17 Countries / A Summary of the MMA / Major Labels Unhappy With Spotify Going Direct
Aaron Davis
June 22, 2018
June 2018
What is a Songwriter?
Luke Evans
June 15, 2018
June 2018
Exploration Weekly - Investors Respond to Spotify’s Direct Licensing Deals / NMPA Discusses DOJ Consent Decrees / Net Neutrality Officially Ends
Aaron Davis
June 15, 2018
June 2018
What is a Sound Recording?
Luke Evans
June 08, 2018
June 2018
Exploration Weekly - Facebook Makes Music Moves / Spotify Offers Advances for Direct Deals / Tuma Basa Joins YT as Director of Urban Music
Aaron Davis
June 08, 2018
June 2018
Exploration Weekly - Apple Builds Music Publishing Dept / BMI vs. RMLC / New Fees at Copyright Office
Aaron Davis
June 01, 2018
June 2018
What is a Composition?
Aaron Davis
June 01, 2018
May 2018
Exploration Weekly - MMA Challenged by New Alternative Bill / Sony Buys 90% of EMI / YouTube Music Officially Launches
Aaron Davis
May 25, 2018
May 2018
Exploration Weekly - YouTube Announces Premium Service and Music Credits / Smokey Robinson Urges for Copyright Reform / Merlin Sells 100% of Its Spotify Shares
Aaron Davis
May 18, 2018
May 2018
Exploration Weekly - WMG Sells 75% of Spotify Shares / Spotify’s Q1 2018 Breakdown / YouTube Launches New Music Charts
Aaron Davis
May 10, 2018
May 2018
Exploration Weekly - Sony Sells 50% of Spotify Shares / YouTube to Launch Copyright Match / Music Modernization Act Passes House of Representatives
Aaron Davis
May 04, 2018
April 2018
Annual Report - 2017
Aaron Davis
April 27, 2018
April 2018
Exploration Weekly - Amazon Confirms 100+ Million Prime Subscribers / Indies Get $5.3b of Global Recorded Music / YouTube Updates 2018 Priorities
Aaron Davis
April 20, 2018
April 2018
Exploration Weekly - Music Modernization Act Approved / Launch of EMMA / FCC Chairman to Modernize Media Rules
Aaron Davis
April 13, 2018
April 2018
Exploration Weekly - Spotify Valued at $27 Billion on NYSE / YouTube Launches New Skippable Ads / Sony Music Sells 17.2% of Its Shares in Spotify
Aaron Davis
April 06, 2018
March 2018
Exploration Weekly - AMP Act Introduced in Senate / Apple Music Launches Music Videos / Wixen and Kobalt Want to Pay Songwriters Fairly
Aaron Davis
March 30, 2018
March 2018
Exploration Weekly - US Recorded-Music Revenues Up 16.5% / Basca Campaigns for Spotify and Facebook Money / Cecile Frot-Coutaz Moves to YouTube
Aaron Davis
March 23, 2018
March 2018
Exploration Weekly - EMI Music Publishing Valued at $4 Billion / Spotify to List Shares on April 3rd / Lyor Cohen Speaks at SXSW Keynote
Aaron Davis
March 16, 2018
March 2018
Exploration Weekly - Indie Artists Want Share of Spotify’s Equity / Google Partners with TiVo Music Metadata / iHeartMedia Files Last-Minute Extensi
Aaron Davis
March 09, 2018
March 2018
Exploration Weekly - Spotify Officially Goes Public / Vero: New Social Media Hype? / Gaana Receives $115 Million Investment From Tencent
Aaron Davis
March 02, 2018
February 2018
Exploration Weekly - Spotify’s First Physical Product / Facebook Enters Smart Speaker Market / YouTube’s Lyor Cohen Emphasizes Community
Aaron Davis
February 23, 2018
February 2018
Exploration Weekly - More Songwriters on the Board of Directors / Growth of Voice Recognition and AI / SoundExchange Argues Against CRB Decision
Aaron Davis
February 16, 2018
February 2018
Exploration Weekly - Spotify Credits Songwriters, Apple Music's Surprising Growth, Senate Introduces the CLASSICS Act
Aaron Davis
February 09, 2018
February 2018
Exploration Weekly - CRB Increases Songwriter's Rates by 44% / Downloads Up 328% at Grammys / EU Music Orgs Push for Safe Harbor Reform
Aaron Davis
February 02, 2018
January 2018
Exploration Weekly - YouTube Launches ISNI System and Official Artist Channels / Copyright Law Reinterpreted / Streaming in Spain Up 25%
Aaron Davis
January 26, 2018
January 2018
Exploration Weekly - Changes to YouTube’s Partner Program / Petition Against FCC / Pandora Has Biggest Value Gap
Aaron Davis
January 19, 2018
January 2018
Exploration Weekly - Jimmy Iovine’s False Apple Leave / Major Music Legislation / YouTube Red Launch
Aaron Davis
January 12, 2018
January 2018
Exploration Weekly - U.S. Music Consumption Up 12.5% / Spotify Sued And Files IPO / Georgia’s New Tax Bill
Aaron Davis
January 05, 2018
December 2017
Exploration Weekly - Facebook Invests in Music / Google Amazon Feud / USB Music Albums
Aaron Davis
December 29, 2017
December 2017
Exploration Weekly - YouTube Accrued Royalties Claiming Window / Mechanical Rate Reinvented / Fractionalized Licensing
Aaron Davis
December 22, 2017
December 2017
Exploration Weekly - BMI Consent Decree / Disney Sued for Let It Go / Spotify Infringement Estimates
Aaron Davis
December 08, 2017
November 2017
Exploration Weekly - UnitedMasters / YouTube Ticketmaster Partnership / CISAC reports 52% Rise In Digital
Aaron Davis
November 17, 2017
November 2017
GOP Tax Bill Kills Capital Gain For Composers and Music Publishers
Aaron Davis
November 06, 2017
November 2017
Pandora Playlists / FCC Proposals / pre-1972 Copyright
Aaron Davis
November 03, 2017
October 2017
Copyright Reform / Indie Labels = 38% / Spotify RISE
Aaron Davis
October 27, 2017
October 2017
What is an ISWC?
Aaron Davis
October 22, 2017
October 2017
What is an ISRC?
Aaron Davis
October 21, 2017
October 2017
Organizations and advocacy groups of the music business
Aaron Davis
October 20, 2017
October 2017
The YouTube Guide for the Music Business
Aaron Davis
October 20, 2017
October 2017
Powerful Women / IFPI Plan / Atlanta Music Hub
Aaron Davis
October 18, 2017
May 2017
Annual Report + 2017 Global Music Report [PDF] + NMPA/YouTube Settlement + Ableton + Catalog Metadata Template [.csv]
Aaron Davis
May 12, 2017
February 2017
Music Business Organizations and Advocacy Groups + The CCC + Data Update
Aaron Davis
February 09, 2017
June 2016
Spotify Data For Publishers
Aaron Davis
June 14, 2016
June 2016
Music Business Organizations and Advocacy Groups + The CCC + Data Update
Aaron Davis
June 08, 2016
March 2016
ISRC Search – YouTube for Artists – YouTube Basics Webinar (Free)
Aaron Davis
March 25, 2016
February 2016
Annual Report 2015
Aaron Davis
February 08, 2016
December 2015
Exploration Data
Aaron Davis
December 21, 2015
September 2015
What Metadata is Critical + Downloadable Template + Ad Rate Increase + New Search Software + PMA Conference + Adventure
Aaron Davis
September 24, 2015
July 2015
ASCAP Doesn’t Know About Your Music On YouTube Unless You Tell Them [VIDEO] – Choice Words Regarding the Berklee Music Report – The Golden Recor
Aaron Davis
July 29, 2015
July 2015
Berklee College of Music: Fair Music Report – How Much Streaming Services Pay: Visualized
Aaron Davis
July 17, 2015
July 2015
Streaming Platforms – How SoundCloud Monetization Works – SESAC Bought HFA – FaceBook Video
Aaron Davis
July 07, 2015
June 2015
ASCAP Article Response – Managing Copyright on YouTube [VIDEO]
Aaron Davis
June 27, 2015
June 2015
Facebook Video – Why Did The GRD Fail – What Is Code
Aaron Davis
June 16, 2015
February 2015
Exploration Year in Review – 2014
Aaron Davis
February 18, 2015
February 2015
2014 YouTube Statistics
Aaron Davis
February 15, 2015
December 2014
Happy Holidays
Aaron Davis
December 24, 2014
December 2014
Streaming – Some Could Be Viewing It All Wrong
Aaron Davis
December 11, 2014
December 2014
Investing in Music Global Report + YouTube Music Key Tutorial + Holiday Parties
Aaron Davis
December 02, 2014
November 2014
Happy Thanksgiving + Office Closure
Aaron Davis
November 26, 2014
November 2014
YouTube Music Key – LAUNCHED
Aaron Davis
November 12, 2014
November 2014
YouTube Streaming Service – hacker / am – Hunnypot – AIMP Member Showcase
Aaron Davis
November 04, 2014
October 2014
Partner Development Program + Request For Feedback
Aaron Davis
October 14, 2014
August 2014
$5 Million Obtained to Fund Digital Royalty Purchases and Advances
Aaron Davis
August 26, 2014
August 2014
How Much Should Writers Get Paid? with Richard Stumpf of Atlas Music Publishing [Video Interview]
Aaron Davis
August 07, 2014
July 2014
What Is The Consent Decree with Danielle Aguirre at the NMPA [INTERVIEW]
Aaron Davis
July 31, 2014
July 2014
SoundCloud Monetization Is Starting + Monitor Latino Convention + YouTube Pro Tips
Aaron Davis
July 08, 2014
July 2014
Multilingual Support + YouTube Certified Partner
Aaron Davis
July 01, 2014
June 2014
FAQ – Free Video Production – LAWIM Panel
Aaron Davis
June 17, 2014
June 2014
Got Music Videos? Phoenix [new software] – Showcase benefitting Covenant House
Aaron Davis
June 10, 2014
May 2014
YouTube Certified – Billboard + NARIP Articles – Let’s Party
Aaron Davis
May 23, 2014
April 2014
Latin Billboard Awards
Aaron Davis
April 11, 2014
April 2014
Heartbleed [URGENT – IMPORTANT]
Aaron Davis
April 09, 2014
April 2014
SoundCloud Data
Aaron Davis
April 02, 2014
March 2014
Digital Media Brief, Miami, and a Love Song
Aaron Davis
March 21, 2014
February 2014
Who we are, Grammys, Conferences & Confidentiality
Aaron Davis
February 25, 2014
February 2014
How big is YouTube? [INFOGRAPHIC]
Aaron Davis
February 24, 2014
December 2013
Merry Holidays and a Joyous New Year!!!
Aaron Davis
December 31, 2013
November 2013
Happy Thanksgiving!!
Aaron Davis
November 27, 2013
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