Paul Resnikoff

A view from the booth at Barry Can't Swim's Friday night Shrine throwdown (Photo: Digital Music News)

Barry Can’t Swim Crushes Los Angeles With Two Shrine Expo Hall Performances — Bonnaroo Next

May 4, 2025

A view from the booth at Barry Can't Swim's Friday night Shrine throwdown (Photo: Digital Music News) Searing Scottish DJ Barry Can't Swim packed The Shrine for two nights in Los Angeles this weekend — with h... Read More...

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The US Emerges as Spotify’s Slowest-Growing Subscriber Market — With Big Implications for Pricing, ARPU, and Wall Street Valuations

Paul Resnikoff

April 30, 2025

Spotify touted significant year-over-year subscriber gains worldwide during its Q1 2025 earnings call. However, US-based subscribers are growing at the slowest rate compared to other worldwide regions, part of a continuing trend across North America and Europe.

Walt Disney Concert Hall in Downtown Los Angeles, home base for the LA Philharmonic (Photo: Abhard Photo)

StubHub Phantom Ticketing Scam Leaves Dozens of LA Philharmonic Ticket Buyers In the Lurch

Paul Resnikoff

April 28, 2025

Walt Disney Concert Hall in Downtown Los Angeles, home base for the LA Philharmonic (Photo: Monica Volpin) Ticketing scams and glitches remain a serious concern for concertgoers, particularly given the diffic... Read More...

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Who Gets to Control the Music Superfan? A Look at the Looming Fragmentation of ‘Superfan 2.0’

Paul Resnikoff

April 24, 2025

As the music industry plans an extreme superfan makeover, who gets to control this party? The answer might be complicated – and seriously fragmented.

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Kaboom! Music Industry Funding Surpasses $1.9 Billion In Q1, Setting the Stage for a Record-Setting 2025

Paul Resnikoff

April 17, 2025

Driven by a monstrous Pophouse Entertainment infusion, music industry funding is now on a breakneck pace in 2025. According to rounds captured and compiled in DMN Pro’s Music Industry Funding Tracker, total core funding has surpassed $1.9 billion, potentially the start of a record-setting year.

SXSW Is Softening, Music Biz Is Getting a Transplant — Is the NMPA’s Israelite Is Cooking Up the Music Industry’s Next ‘It’ Conference In NYC?

Paul Resnikoff

April 17, 2025

Photo: Luis Quintero Changes are afoot in the music industry conference circuit. You're probably too young to remember the decadent days of MIDEM in the South of France, though these days, look no further th... Read More...

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Music Industry Funding Tracker

Paul Resnikoff

April 17, 2025

A compendium of music industry funding rounds across every sub-sector and investment stage.

Chartmetric trending artist du jour, De La Soul

Digital Music News Is Beefing Up Its Chart Intelligence With Chartmetric — Here’s a Look at What’s Coming

Paul Resnikoff

April 16, 2025

Chartmetric trending artist du jour, De La Soul Digital Music News is now expanding its longtime partnership with Chartmetric, the industry’s most respected music intelligence and data platform. Jumping in, ... Read More...

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Spotify Executives and Board Members Have Now Cashed Out a Cumulative $1.8 Billion Worth of Stock, According to Public Filings

Paul Resnikoff

April 11, 2025

For Spotify’s top brass and insiders, it’s been a very lucrative few years. But just how much money is being cashed out?

Flou’s On a Mission to Revolutionize Music Agreements: Here’s a Detailed Breakdown of ‘Music Contracts 2.0’

Paul Resnikoff

April 9, 2025

Photo Credit: Flou For all the attention paid to missing music metadata, copyright infringement, and royalty battles, the music industry often overlooks a potentially bigger issue: chaotic music contracting. ... Read More...

Is This the Year Bad Music Deals Die? BeatBread’s ‘Deal Comparison Tool’ Aims to Help Artists and Indie Labels Vet Competing Offers

Paul Resnikoff

April 7, 2025

Mock deal terms in beatBread's Deal Comparison Tool, with an ‘Expected Case’ for content performance during the deal term (photo: beatBread) For those artists and indie labels lucky enough to have multiple fu... Read More...

And After All That, TikTok Could Still Go ‘Poof’

Paul Resnikoff

April 7, 2025

TikTok USA, circa 2025 (Photo: TCY) Months after 'the ban,' there's no telling what happens to TikTok next in the US. After inching oh-so-close to a deal to secure TikTok in the US, China apparently pressed ... Read More...

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