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Spotify Wrapped Adds Live Performances
Spotify Wrapped now lets artists share live performance videos for fans to watch in their playlists.
Musically · 1m
The $2 million deal Disney regretted
Jason Weaver's mother rejected a huge upfront payment for The Lion King and negotiated royalties instead. Thirty-two years later, he's still being paid.
Fortune · 1m
Martha Stewart's sixty-five million dollar Kmart deal
The discount retailer's royalty partnership funded Stewart's empire before her 1999 IPO made her America's first female self-made billionaire.
Fortune · 2m
Man sentenced to prison after pocketing $8 million from AI songs
Man sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing $8 million in AI song royalties.
Dexerto · 1m
Man Sentenced for AI Bot Streaming Fraud
A North Carolina man gets 18 months prison for using bots to steal royalties from AI songs.
Pitchfork · 1m
Michael Smith sentenced to 18 months for AI streaming fraud
Michael Smith gets 18 months in prison after AI song and bot streaming fraud stole $8 million from artists.
Music Business Worldwide · 2m
Arm Shifts from Royalties to Manufacturing
Arm's move to silicon manufacturing could reshape chip economics
24/7 Wall St. · 1m
Gospel Label Sues Distributor Over Missing Royalties
Erica Campbell's My Block Inc. is taking SRG/ILS Group to court for failing to provide any royalty statements on a successful gospel album.
Billboard · 1m