Mariah’s Queen of Christmas crown gets knocked askew. A little bit.
“All I Want for Christmas is You” (otherwise known as THAT BLOODY SONG) by Mariah Carey is back at #1 on the singles charts in both the US and UK (it’s currently sitting
Read More“All I Want for Christmas is You” (otherwise known as THAT BLOODY SONG) by Mariah Carey is back at #1 on the singles charts in both the US and UK (it’s currently sitting
Read MoreOnce certain types of radio stations discovered they could rack up big ratings by playing nothing but Christmas music for six weeks, the market for new seasonal tunes exploded. Not only did they
Read MoreASCAP, the American performance rights collective, has assessed which holiday songs have been played and performed the most in that country. No surprises here, really. “All I Want for Christmas Is You” by
Read MoreThis sums things up perfectly. Don’t be a red shirt. (Via Laughing Squid) And now, music news for July 3, 2020. Coronavirus update 1: This could have finally rid us of Vanilla Ice.
Read More‘Tis the season, after all, to take stock of all that came before in the god-forsaken year that was 2016 and read the tea leaves to make predictions as to what will come
Read MoreTurns out, not everyone in the entertainment and music world is convinced the US president-elect will be bad for business. The National Music Publishers’ Association, in an open letter to Donald Trump, call
Read MoreThe messy state of affairs pertaining to consent decrees and royalty licensing just got even messier as a court ruled against the US Department of Justice late last week. In a typical “news
Read MoreThe Songwriters of America are suing the US Department of Justice (DoJ) over the recent contentious ruling about song royalty payments. In a lawsuit filed this week, the year-old organization says DoJ “overstepped
Read MoreThe dust has started to settle since the US Department of Justice announced, for certain, it would not be making any adjustments to the decades-old consent decrees that govern song licensing. The bottom
Read MoreThe Department of Justice’s (DoJ) antitrust division on Thursday announced it wouldn’t be modifying the 75-year-old consent decree program that governs the public performance licensing structure for BMI and ASCAP compositions. This means
Read MoreLast week, the US Department of Justice announced it would not be recommending any changes to the consent decrees that govern music licensing. This was a win for broadcasters, as it doesn’t
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