It is so reassuring to discover that David Ellison’s recent decision to hire former Pixar chief, Disney executive and billionaire frat house-atmosphere generator John Lasseter to head his company, Skydance Animation, was not one he made lightly. We know this is so because Ellison said it, right...

The beginning of the end of Game of Thrones now has an official start date
In an over one minute long chilly House of Stark centric tease (watch the David Nutter directed spot above) just before the debut of Season 3 of True Detective, HBO announced today that the eighth and final season of the blockbuster will premiere on April 14.
While an April launch has long been hinted for the series and was confirmed by the premium cabler last fall, the dropping of the actual debut…

NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros and Sky have offered to end anti-competitive movie licensing deals in a bid to stop an antitrust investigation, regulators said on Thursday, after Paramount and Disney made similar concessions...

’Ye is tweeting at Dylan and wants to meet up...

The God-like power of the playlist is both respected and feared within the music industry. But ignore these other metrics at your own risk. A slot on a top-ranked playlist can transform obscurity into notoriety almost overnight. By brutal contrast, a removal can reverse those gains, and even exact a serious financial toll (and for […]
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Netflix’s plan to release “Roma” and two other films theatrically in North America and Europe was hailed in the U.S. as a major shift in strategy for the streaming giant. But the initiative was met with a scornful shrug in France, where exhibitors say it’s unlikely by itself to produce a reconciliation between Netflix ...

An extensive catalog of Sesame Street recordings is now available across digital streaming and download platforms
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Ce classement présente les albums musicaux les plus vendus dans le monde...

MusicTank has closed after 15 years of providing music industry data and analysis. The sudden closure appears to have come after funding ran out and was announced on Twitter and the organization's web site. "After 15+ incredible years, with profound sadness I am sorry to announce that MusicTank is closing,"...

Cary Sherman, who has served as chairman and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for seven years, after a 20-year tenure at the trade association, is retiring at the end of 2018 to be succeeded by Mitch Glazer. But before exiting his post, Sherman, a veteran lawyer, took a moment to address ...

Olivier Nusse a une tâche difficile : faire oublier le médiatique Pascal Nègre, qui a dirigé Universal Music France durant dix-huit ans, portant à 45% sa part de marché ; et prouver qu’il est l’homme de la situation pour accompagner la révolution numérique qui bouleverse son business. A côté des renifleurs de talents, il lui faut désormais des "playlist-pitchers" et des data scientists...

Malgré des performances en salle décevantes de son film "Valérian", la société de production de Luc Besson a réalisé un chiffre d'affaires annuel en hausse de 49% à 226,6 millions d'euros...

Dagens Næringsliv report claims that TIDAL hasn't paid labels for months
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As the guillotine dangles over the head of iTunes music downloads, artists are starting to take urgent action.  That includes the Content Creators Coalition (CCC), a top musician advocacy group. During its latest earnings call, Apple CEO Tim Cook didn’t mention iTunes music downloads — not once. Instead, the Apple chief proclaimed steady progress and ...

There is much debate in the music industry over whether or not signing to a label is the best way to succeed. Here George Howard explains what it is about record labels that allures artists, and why labels want to keep it that way...

This infographic shows some interesting stats, illustrating the increase in popularity in streaming services which indicates the importance of strategies. Most interestingly, 85% of people still listen to music through the radio...

Ses deux sociétés de production viennent d'être placées en procédure de sauvegarde, selon "le Parisien"...

Warner Music is reportedly in the final stages of negotiating a deal to distribute 12 Tone, the new label helmed by Doug Morris, the former CEO of WMG, Universal and most recently Sony. _____________________________________ When Warner Music Group fired Doug Morris in 1995, the their former chief executive filed a...

British singer/songwriter beats Drake to No.1 spot
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Jody Gerson (CEO of Universal Music Publishing Group), Julie Greenwald (Atlantic Records COO/Chairman), Sylvia Rhone (President, Epic Records), Julie Swidler (EVP/General Counsel, Sony Music), Michele Anthony (EVP, Universal Music Group) and Desiree Perez (COO of Roc Nation) co-sign letter
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Concord Music has fully acquired the Razor & Tie record label, the companies confirmed with Billboard on Wednesday (Jan. 17)...

Les nominations pour la cérémonie, qui se tiendra le mois prochain, viennent d'être dévoilées...

Nos confrères de "Pure Charts" ont révélé la liste des albums qui ont le plus séduit les Français l'an dernier...

CINEMA - Cela faisait 18 ans. 18 ans que le film d'animation des studios Pixar"Toy Story 2" était considéré comme le film le mieux noté de tous les temps. Cette note provient du site internet américain rottentomatoes.com devenu la référence en ce qui concerne la critique des films. Ce site créé en 1999 recense des milliers de notes critiques et commentaires des spectateurs pour devenir une sorte de baromètre du cinéma.En 1999, Toy Story 2 s'était très rapidement placé en tête des films les mieux notés avec 163 notes positives et un taux de critique positive de 100%. Un score que vient de dépasser le film de la réalisatrice américaine Greta Gerwig intitulé "Lady Bird". Dépassant de 10 points "Toy Story 2" avec 173 notes positives et un taux de critique positive de 100%, "Lady Bird" s'envole donc au classement des films les mieux notés." ...

The Copyright Royalty Board has set a cost of living adjustment to the rates paid to master recording copyright holders for 2018, with the rate...

Playlist professionals have replaced radio DJs as the new power brokers, as streaming services’ ready-made song lists become hitmakers...

In a Hollywood Reporter cover story published this morning, Drake outlined his plan to move into TV and film production, and he already has an impressive list of partners and potential projects.
He confirmed that he’s working with Netflix to revive Top Boy, which ran on Channel 4 in the UK from 2011 to 2013. He’ll executive produce the series alongside his longtime manager Adel Nur. He told The Hollywood Reporter that he originally watched the show on YouTube, and was impressed by the world-building in the London-set crime drama. He also called out the “human element,” which is a nice parallel with a deeply adorable anecdote from later in the interview:
Drake attended a private screening of A24's The Florida Project and became obsessed...

Bland “elevator tunes” won’t cut it any more – yet well-chosen music can significantly improve the customer experience, according to surveys...

Souhaitons d'abord courage et ténacité au médiateur Dominique D'Hinnin qui s'est vu confié par Françoise Nyssen la tache d'obtenir en 6 mois un consensus professionnel en vue de  moderniser la chronologie des médias dont  le terrain a déjà été fortement déminé par Christophe Tardieu et les équipes du CNC Le congrès des exploitants à Deauville...

Harvey Weinstein has been forced out of the independent film company he co-founded and catapulted to Oscar glory, felled by a mushrooming sexual harassment scandal that has hobbled his status as a media mogul and left his future in Hollywood in jeopardy. The Weinstein Company’s board of directors has voted to remove Weinstein from the ...