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Spotify’s Songwriter Bundlegate, One Year Later (Guest Column)

It has been over one year since Spotify brought limited audiobook functionality to its Spotify premium products in November 2023. In March 2024, in a major shift for songwriters and music publishers, Spotify began reporting its three principal premium subscription tiers to the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) as “bundled subscription services” rather than as “standalone […]

Who’s the GOAT Rapper & Producer Combo? Rapsody Joins ‘Billboard Unfiltered’ Debate

Billboard Unfiltered returned on Wednesday (June 18) with another brand-new episode featuring a special guest: Rapsody was in the building. This week, senior director of R&B/Hip-Hop Carl Lamarre returned with hip-hop editor Angel Diaz alongside Rapsody to debate who is the greatest rapper/producer combination of all time. Related ‘Billboard Unfiltered’: Reviewing Lil Wayne’s ‘Tha Carter […]

NIVA ’25 Conference Preview: Ticketing to Be a ‘Singular Focus’ This Year

NIVA ‘25 — the fourth annual conference for the National Independent Venue Association, slated to take place June 22-25 in Milwaukee — is happening against the backdrop of some of the fiercest ticketing battles heating up around the country. According to NIVA executive director Stephen Parker, this year alone throughout the U.S., there have been […]