I am so pleased to pen my 3rd annual update of “The Musical Artist P&L in Today’s Digital Streaming World” as a follow up to last year. 2015 Update In the evolving recorded music marketplace, 2016 global revenue totaled $15.7 billion, an increase of 5.99% to 2015, the fastest rate of growth since The International […]
In 1914, composers Irving Berlin, Victor Herbert, James Weldon Johnson, Jerome Kern, and John Phillip Sousa formed ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, the first performance rights organization (PRO) in the United States. They proceeded to file suit against New York restaurant Shanley’s, which often played unlicensed compositions on its player piano. […]
Written for Myles Kennedy World by International Correspondent Cynthia Drew On Thursday February 9, 2017, as a massive snow storm pounded its way into the New York City tri-state region, a venerable and very talented Rock&Roll band stormed into town as well, this time to the PlayStation Theatre in Times Square. Equally determined and passionate fans […]
Donald Trump was elected the 45th President of the United States of America, earning 306 electoral college votes to Hillary Clinton’s 232. Notable as “far from your typical election”, the 2016 race to the White House was won in four battleground states, with a total of 75 electoral votes at stake, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Florida. […]
