Category: Weekly Headline Roundup
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Jaybird Weekly Headline Roundup | September 19, 2025
Welcome to our Weekly Headline Roundup! This week, Ashley interviewed Lisa Ann Walter(!), Zach discusses the cost of unpaid internships in music, and we’re looking at AI music licensing, virality and social media, and direct deals. How Much Does An Unpaid Internship Cost Students? $15,000 and Counting Let’s cut to…
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Jaybird Weekly Headline Roundup | September 12, 2025
Welcome to our Weekly Headline Roundup! This week, we’re looking at U.S. recorded music revenue, RIAA updates, the latest trends in AI-generated tracks, and more. RIAA Switches Key Revenue Metrics From Retail to Wholesale: What to Know After decades of reporting revenue numbers in retail terms, the RIAA has switched…
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Jaybird Weekly Headline Roundup | September 5, 2025
Welcome to our Weekly Headline Roundup! This week, we’re looking at Ashley’s red carpet adventures, ticketing lawsuits, IP theft, tariffs, and more. Ashley Friedman on How PR Helps Her Rule the Red Carpet One of my biggest passions outside of my job at Jaybird Communications has always been interviewing celebrities.…
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Jaybird Weekly Headline Roundup | August 22, 2025
Welcome to our Weekly Headline Roundup! This week, we’re looking at ticketing lawsuits, Suno, evolution of streaming, ASCAP and BMI settlements, and more. Don’t Forget To Vote For Our Client SXSW Panels! Our clients Angry Mob Music, LyricFind, SourceAudio, and Symphonic Distribution have put together incredibly insightful and timely panels…
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Jaybird Weekly Headline Roundup | August 15, 2025
Welcome to our Weekly Headline Roundup! This week, we’re looking at why some artists are leaving Spotify, therapy in the music industry, the Anthropic lawsuit, and more. Vote For Our Client SXSW Panels! Our clients Angry Mob Music, LyricFind, SourceAudio, and Symphonic Distribution have put together incredibly insightful and timely…
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Jaybird Weekly Headline Roundup | August 8, 2025
Welcome to our Weekly Headline Roundup! This week, we’re looking at SXSW PanelPicker, live music revenues, majors and indies, Napster being sued (What year is it?), physical media, and Q2 financial reports across the industry. Vote For Our Client SXSW Panels! Our clients Angry Mob Music, LyricFind, SourceAudio, and Symphonic…
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Jaybird Weekly Headline Roundup | August 1, 2025
Welcome to our Weekly Headline Roundup! This week, we’re looking at UMG going public in the U.S., the reintroduced ‘RAP Act’, healthcare for songwriters, and more! Why Is Universal Music Group Planning to List Its Stock in the U.S.? Universal Music Group (UMG) took another step toward becoming a publicly…
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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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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…