Author: Zachary Gulino
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Jaybird May Update: Meet Us at Music Biz 2025!
Meet Us at Music Biz 2025! Are you headed to the Music Biz 2025 conference coming up May 12-15 in Atlanta? Laurie and Bill will be in attendance, so send us an email if you’d like to meet up! And while you’re there, make sure to watch DDEX accept the prestigious Impact Award for Technological…
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Jaybird Weekly Headline Roundup | May 2, 2025
Welcome to our Weekly Headline Roundup! This week, we’re looking at the latest earnings reports, new partnerships, industry hires, fandoms, billionaires, and more. Spotify Easily Bests Its Competitors in Listening Time, But Is Overall Engagement Growing? It’s Complicated Spotify gets more engagement — much more — than its competitors in…
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Your Morning Coffee Podcast #245: Jorge Brea Talks His Recent Op-Ed
Jorge Brea joined Your Morning Coffee hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart for an audio drop to discuss his recent Billboard Op-Ed, “To Fight Streaming Fraud Effective, Distributors & DSPs Must Work Together. Here’s How.” You can listen to what he has to say below! – Jorge’s section begins at…
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Jaybird Weekly Headline Roundup | April 18, 2025
Welcome to Volume 3 of our Weekly Headline Roundup! This week, we’re looking at new AI tools for creators, copyright law and AI, tariffs, the US PROs, and how to better fight streaming fraud. YouTube launches new AI music tool… that makes instant copyright-free video soundtracks YouTube is rolling out…
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Billboard: To Fight Streaming Fraud Effectively, Distributors & DSPs Must Work Together. Here’s How (Guest Column)
Billboard published Symphonic Distribution CEO Jorge Brea’s recent op-ed on streaming fraud! In it, Jorge passionately discusses he current landscape of streaming fraud, the progress that’s been made, and highlights important steps both distributors and DSPs can take to fight this ever-evolving issue. Last year, I wrote an op-ed titled…
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The Future of What Podcast – Episode #250: Angry Mob Music’s Marc Caruso Addresses What Indie Publishers Need
Angry Mob’s Marc Caruso was recently interviewed by Portia Sabin, President of The Music Business Association, for their podcast The Future of What. Take a listen below! The Future of What · Episode #250 — Angry Mob Music’s Marc Caruso Addresses What Indie Publishers Need Independents make up 40% of…
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Digital Music News: How Music Industry Leaders Use Tipalti to Streamline Royalty Payments
Digital Music News included Symphonic in their recent post highlighting how Tipalti is streamlining royalty payments for some of the music industry’s leading companies. Tech-focused music distribution company Symphonic Distribution uses Tipalti to automate royalty payouts for over 100,000 clients that represent 500,000 artists. The company’s proprietary SplitShare service allows…
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Creative Industries News: DDEX issues version 1.3 of its Musical Work Right Share Notification Standard to facilitate accurate claiming and payments
Creative Industries News covered DDEX’s issuing of MWN Version 1.3! International data standards-setting organisation DDEX has published of its Musical Work Right Share Notification Standard (MWN) Version 1.3, a standard that fulfils a variety of communication requirements between musical work rights holders and downstream data recipients. – Emmanuel Legrand, Creative…
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Jaybird Weekly Headline Roundup | April 4, 2025
Welcome to the first edition of our Weekly Headline Roundup! Here each week, we’ll highlight the news we’re keeping up with across the media and entertainment industries, making sure to keep you apprised of the most important trends and analyses, as well as fun stuff from team Jaybird. In this…
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Billboard Executive Turntable: Executive Turntable: Board Buildups at ASCAP and iHeart, Plus a Rolling Stone Lawyer Joins Barton
In this week’s Executive Turntable Column, Billboard included Symphonic Distribution’s recent tech team promotions of Colleen Shea, Mónica Rodríguez, and Alek Perepelitca. Symphonic Distribution elevated Colleen Shea to director of product management, Mónica Rodríguez to associate director of QA, and Alek Perepelitca to principal software architect, strengthening its product and technology teams. Shea, who joined in 2022,…