Industry

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  Ticket Pricing Transparency Act Passed by US House of Representatives

  PUBLISHED May 16, 2024

  Back in April, Billie Eilish, Green Day, Lorde, and a bunch of other high-profile artists signed an open letter advocating for ticketing...

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  Spotify Gets Cease-and-Desist from Music Publishers over Unlicensed Content Following Royalty Rate Changes

  PUBLISHED May 15, 2024

  When Spotify recently upped prices for its subscriptions by a dollar in the US, nobody really anticipated that it would be to the immense...

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  Tame Impala Sells Catalogue to Sony Music Publishing

  PUBLISHED May 15, 2024

  Catalogue sales — they're not just for old-timers anymore! Kevin Parker, the one guy behind Tame Impala, has announced the sale of his...

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  The Beaches, Feist, Allison Russell Lead 2024 Prism Prize Nominees

  PUBLISHED May 15, 2024

  Every year, the Prism Prize honours the best Canadian music video, awarding the artist and director a $20,000 cash prize — the largest award...

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  Corus to Decrease Spending on CanCon Programming

  PUBLISHED May 13, 2024

  The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunciations Commission (CRTC) has granted Corus Entertainment permission to spend less money on...

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  Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" Drake Diss Tops Billboard Hot 100

  PUBLISHED May 13, 2024

  Kendrick Lamar has the fourth Billboard No. 1 Song of his career, and his second of 2024, with latest Drake diss track "Not Like Us."...

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  Spotify Will Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less in 2025

  PUBLISHED May 9, 2024

  Well, it looks like Spotify has done it again! Despite the fact that the streaming giant is already notorious for its measly royalty payout...

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  Toronto's Venus Fest Details 2024 Mentorship Program

  PUBLISHED May 7, 2024

  As we patiently await news on Venus Fest's 2024 edition, the festival's organizers have detailed this summer's mentorship program, set to...