Larry Heath joins Music Sales, Spotify setting up a US$43.4m fund for songwriters, and more
Here's all the music industry news you need to know today. Spotify will set up a fund worth US$43.4m to compensate songwriters and publishers whose compositions the service used without paying…

Here's all the music industry news you need to know today.
Spotify will set up a fund worth US$43.4m to compensate songwriters and publishers whose compositions the service used without paying mechanical royalties. - via Billboard
Music Sales Creative Appoints First A&R Manager For Australia & New Zealand, Larry Heath
Another top exec out at SoundCloud as content boss Stephen Bryan exits - via MBW
Ariana Grande Returns To Manchester For Benefit Concert w/ Coldplay, Katy Perry, Pharrell, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus - via Hypebot
Olivia Newton-John Postpones Tour After New Breast Cancer Diagnosis - via Vulture
Yours & Owls Festival today announce they are chucking one epic Under 18s party at Waves on Saturday September 30 - via Moshtix
Twitter partners with video game publisher on eSports tournament - via MediaWeek


Reporting from inside the Australian music business since '94.
Apple Music’s ‘Carpool Karaoke’ will premiere on August 8 - via TechCrunch
YouTube must not be allowed to benefit from ‘legalised piracy on an unimaginable scale’ - via MBW
Nai Palm’s solo Vivid LIVE set was a gutsy statement in songwriting - via The Brag
Twitter now filters DMs from people you don’t know - via The Verge
| Google is offering new Google Play Music subscribers four free months. - via Verge |
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