August 22nd, 2012 by Music Ally

Grooveshark

Every so often, controversial streaming music Grooveshark releases a list of new (and often obscure) independent labels that have agreed to add their music to its platform.

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April 5th, 2012 by Music Ally

Merlin, the indie rights agency has agreed to a $1.6m settlement with US satellite radio firm Sirius (which is part of the merged SiriusXM nowadays.

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April 5th, 2012 by Music Ally

SIRIUS XM RADIO LOGO

There's more money coming in to Merlin's member labels, with news that the indie rights agency has agreed to a $1.6m settlement with US satellite radio firm Sirius (which is part of the merged SiriusXM...

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October 14th, 2009 by Music Ally

Ituneslp-logo

Apple has responded to complaints from indie labels that it's charging a $10,000 production fee to make iTunes LP albums, and that it's not allowing indie labels to participate.

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October 12th, 2009 by Music Ally

Ituneslp-logo

Are indie labels taking advantage of Apple's new iTunes LP format? Seemingly not - because they're not allowed to.

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July 9th, 2009 by Music Ally

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Streaming music service Spotify says that 20% of all tracks streamed by UK users are from independent labels.

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March 5th, 2009 by Music Ally

yes.fm

It's like dominos in the European streaming music market right now: first Spotify announced it had a million users, then We7 revealed it had 500,000 UK users, and now Spanish startup Yes.fm has revealed...

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