Category: Jaybird Communications
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Jaybird Weekly Headline Roundup | July 25, 2025
Welcome to our Weekly Headline Roundup! This week, we’re keeping an eye on social and content mediums, potential TikTok sale, songwriters, AI, AI, and more AI. Did we mention AI? We’re also highlighting Bill’s review of Wet Leg’s ‘moisturizer’! Thoughts From The Flock: Bill Greenwood on Wet Leg’s ‘moisturizer’ Alternative…
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Thoughts From The Flock: Bill Greenwood on Wet Leg’s ‘moisturizer’
Alternative rock band Wet Leg has been a favorite in the virtual Jaybird office ever since “Chaise Longue” came out back in 2021. Now they’ve returned with a new album, moisturizer, and some new life circumstances – and it all rocks! A quick rundown of the important non-music facts at…
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Jaybird Weekly Headline Roundup | July 18, 2025
Welcome to our Weekly Headline Roundup! This week, we’re looking at copyright for book authors vs. AI, Chartmetric’s new report, Budweiser’s music rights misstep, and more. What Book Authors’ AI Copyright Court Losses Mean for the Music Business While the first copyright rulings have come out on the side of…
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Jaybird Weekly Headline Roundup | July 11, 2025
Welcome to our Weekly Headline Roundup! This week, we’re looking at global music forecasts, music stocks, the HITS act, fictional K-Pop groups, Live Nation vs. independent venues, and more. MIDiA Research 2025-2032 global music forecasts | Recalibration It might not be a very scalable approach, but as so many stakeholders…
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Jaybird Weekly Headline Roundup | June 27, 2025
Welcome to our Weekly Headline Roundup! This week, we’re looking at calls for investigations, Government supported music investments, NMPA, independent venues, and fair use. Spotify’s Bundling Practices Spark Bipartisan Call for FTC Probe Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Spotify…
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Jaybird Weekly Headline Roundup | June 20, 2025
Welcome to our Weekly Headline Roundup! This week, we’re looking at the certification of indie album sales, US music publishing revenue, the latest on Spotify’s bundling, and more. Luminate, A2IM Launch Certification Program for Indie Album Sales The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) and Luminate unveiled a new certification…
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Jaybird Client Recap – 2025 Indie Week
The Association of Independent Music (A2IM) held their annual A2IM Indie Week in NYC last week from June 9-12. Jaybird President Laurie Jakobsen and Director Bill Greenwood were on hand for the conference and captured the below photos of our clients Symphonic Distribution, DDEX, and LyricFind! If you were there…
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Jaybird Weekly Headline Roundup | June 13, 2025
Welcome to our Weekly Headline Roundup! This week, we’re looking at label negotiations with AI music companies, industry growth, Spotify bundling, and more. Goldman Sachs Lowers Global Music Industry Growth Forecast, Wiping Out $2.5 Billion Goldman Sachs lowered its global growth expectations for the music industry for the next five years,…
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Jaybird Weekly Headline Roundup | June 6, 2025
Welcome to our Weekly Headline Roundup! This week, we’re looking at label negotiations with AI music generators, the latest ICMP report, catalog valuation, and more. Donald Trump sued by US Copyright Office Director over ‘blatantly unlawful’ firing The ousted head of the US Copyright Office has filed a lawsuit against…
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Jaybird Weekly Headline Roundup | May 16, 2025
Welcome to our Weekly Headline Roundup! This week, we’re looking at startup finds, high level controversial firings, AI regulation (or lack thereof), AI and copyright, and more. Yamaha launches $50m fund to power music and media startups Japan-headquartered music instrument and audio equipment maker Yamaha has announced a $50 million…