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What Kind of Year Will It Be for the Record Business? The Forecasts Are Getting Worse, Not Better
Despite rosy predictions at the start of the year, new analysis from industry number-crunchers suggest labels may now see their global revenues decline in 2020
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'This Is a Whole New World': Record Labels Are Designing Marketing Strategies From Scratch
The pandemic has forced labels into increasingly experimental tactics for album marketing. "Necessity is the mother of invention in this case," an Epic Records executive says
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To Get a Record Deal Right Now, You’d Better Ooze Presence Over Zoom
Record labels are being forced to adapt — and to raise the bar on artist signings. "I'm really normally more of a 'feeling' guy, but this is forcing me to pay a lot more attention to the analytics," says one A&R
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Apple Music Quietly Starts $50 Million COVID-19 Advance Fund for Indie Labels
Apple's deal is the latest move by a major music company to bolster the struggling business.
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This New Record Label Is Using an Algorithm to Find Its Artists
Newly launched label Snafu is doubling down on a tech-assisted talent search
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Hotels Are Record Labels Now
R&B singer-songwriter Amber Mark is first signed artist on W Hotels' new record label
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Willie Nelson Re-Signs to Sony Records, Announces New Albums
First record scheduled for spring 2012 release
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News: Michael Jackson's 'Michael,' Free R.E.M. Song, Ron Artest label
MJ's Michael on Track to Sell A Quarter Million in First Week Michael Jackson's Michael is on track to sell between 225,000 and 250,000 units in its first week in stores, which should put the album in contention with Susan Boyle's The Gift and Taylor Swift's Speak Now for the top spot on next week's […]
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Conflicting Reports Claim Jay-Z Close to New Record Deal
Now that Jay-Z and his Auto-Tune-less Blueprint 3 are on the market — Jay bought out the remainder of his Island Def Jam contract — a pair of major labels are reportedly fighting it out to nab him and the new LP, with conflicting sources insisting that both Warner Music Group and Sony Music are […]
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