Elon Musk blasts streaming services for “crazy low payouts” Tesla founder Elon Musk talks issues plaguing artists in the online music streaming business. Related Posts: Apple Music launches music analytics tool, Apple Music for Artists Tool’s entire catalog now available for streaming ahead of their first new album in 13 years
Songwriters win big as Copyright Royalty Board boosts streaming pay nearly 50 percent The Copyright Royalty Board has voted to increase songwriter rates for music streaming by 43.8 percent over the next five years. Details here. Related Posts: Apple Music launches music analytics tool, Apple Music for Artists Tool’s entire catalog now available for streaming ahead of their first new album in 13 years
Credit Suisse predicts that revenue from streaming services will increase sixfold from 2015 to 2020 The financial service company estimates that the global music industry will see revenue increase in 2016 for the first time since 1998 Related Posts: Streaming services now account for 75% of music industry revenue The music industry made $43 billion in 2017, but artists only took away 12% of it
