Bill Maher Says Music’s Obsession With Money Is Poisoning Young People

Play video content Bill Maher has not changed his tune about the problems with young people … he says one of the root problems is the musical messages pumped into their brains. The ‘Real Time’ host made his case that the music industry has been singularly obsessed with the almighty dollar and the things it … Read more

Indie labels cry foul over Apple Music’s enhanced spatial audio royalties

As first reported by the Financial Times, independent labels Beggars Group, Secretly Group, and Partisan Records are pushing back against Apple’s preferential payouts for spatial audio. They say independent artists who can’t afford to record in spatial audio would make less because of how streaming music payouts work. Apple said artists on Apple Music can … Read more

Apple Music’s Voice Plan Removal Is a case of ‘Streamflation’

Image: nikkimeel (Shutterstock) Apple Music subscribers can no longer sign up for the Voice Plan and existing subscribers’ auto-renew will turn off at the end of the billing period, Apple said in a blog post on Wednesday. Subscribers paid just $4.99 for Apple Music’s Voice Plan which launched in 2021 and allowed users to access … Read more