Music Business Journal | Berklee College of Music

On June 23rd 2016, the U.K. voted in favor of leaving the European Union. The referendum put the majority at 52%, with England and Wales in favor and Scotland and Northern Ireland against....

In June, the United States Department of Justice both denied a review of ASCAP and BMI’s consent decrees and extended the reach of the decrees to eliminate the traditional practice of...

In the beginning of the XXth Century music consumption did not compare with today. Music publishers, for instance, were used to generate revenue mostly through the commercialization of...

Brexit and the Music Industry

by Alexander Stewart and Ryan Stotland 1

Consent and Songwriters’ Rights

by Spencer Ritchie 2

YouTube’s Value Gap

by Luiz Augusto Buff 3

by Corliss Lee

Activism in the Entertainment Industry

It may still be early, but 2016 has already been important for diversity, inclusion, and activism in the entertainment industry. The year was off to a controversial start when Oscar nominees were announced on January 14. No minorities were selected for awards by the Academy in any of the four...

by Brooke Adams

Robert Sillerman’s SFX

The recent and sudden collapse of SFX is a sobering lesson for the live music market. The business has many intermediaries and is perforce regional in nature. Money can go so far in building the market, for it is largely decentralized and depends on the whims and the attentions of the local...

by Matt Mannino