Apple Music has launched a $50 million advance royalty fund to ensure that artists will get paid and label operations can continue during the coronavirus pandemic, Rolling Stone reports. The streaming giant confirmed the news in a letter to labels (obtained by Rolling Stone). Eligible labels must have a direct Apple Music distribution deal and earn $10,000 minimum on a quarterly basis.
How Scrappy Indie Distributor IFC Has Prospered for 20 Years by Reinventing Itself
19.03.2020 - 19:51 / variety.com
When Ethan Hawke was promoting “Blaze,” his biopic about troubled singer-songwriter Blaze Foley, he went around Texas talking up the low-budget indie to country music fans. It was a grassroots effort, one that saw staffers at IFC, the studio behind the 2018 film, crisscross the state while ferrying the cast and crew in rental cars from one theater to another.
“Of course, it would have been easier if we’d had $20 million to promote the film,” says Hawke. “But this somehow matched the spirit of
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billboard.com
07.04.2020 / 23:33
Apple Music Launches $50M Advance Fund for Indie Labels During Coronavirus
Apple Music has created a $50 million advance fund to help independent labels and distributors weather the downturn due to coronavirus, industry sources tell Billboard. The funds will be available through a one-time advanced payment on future royalties for labels and distributors that earn over $100,000 in quarterly revenue from
billboard.com
06.04.2020 / 19:05
Midem, A2IM Indie Week Will Carry On -- Digitally
In addition to the countless tours and festivals that have been halted by the COVID-19 outbreak, the music industry's biggest professional conferences have also taken a hit.
hollywoodreporter.com
06.04.2020 / 18:33
BBC, ITV to Support U.K. Indie Production Sector Amid Virus Crisis
Both the BBC and ITV on Monday unveiled measures aimed at assisting the U.K. independent production sector suffering from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
deadline.com
06.04.2020 / 12:19
Coronavirus: Middle East Distributor Front Row Shifts Raft Of Movies Online Including ‘Resistance’, ‘Endings, Beginnings’ & ‘The Assistant’
By Andreas Wiseman
deadline.com
03.04.2020 / 21:51
Netflix Is Taking Down ‘Line Of Duty’ After Terminating Contracts With Bust Distributor Kew Media
By Jake Kanter
hollywoodreporter.com
03.04.2020 / 21:15
L.A.'s Indie Bookstores Face Tough Choices Amid Virus Crisis
Leah Koch has been shipping packages on her own every day since The Ripped Bodice — a romance-only bookstore co-owned with her sister Bea — was temporarily closed down in mid-March. "It's been like 10 days, but it feels like it's been 14 years," she tells The Hollywood Reporter while packing shipments.
hollywoodreporter.com
02.04.2020 / 23:01
James Patterson Starts Fund for Indie Booksellers Hurt by Coronavirus Closures
James Patterson has a history of helping independent bookstores. The best-selling novelist has donated millions in recent years to booksellers, while also giving millions to schools and libraries and literacy programs.
deadline.com
02.04.2020 / 19:09
UK Distributor TCB Media Rights Acquired By Australia’s Beyond International After Kew Media Collapse
By Jake Kanter
variety.com
01.04.2020 / 22:11
Listen: Cinetic’s John Sloss Talks Expanding Into TV, Branded Content and State of Indie Film Biz
John Sloss, founder and principal of Cinetic Media, is the consummate mover and shaker in the independent film business. But a conversation with Netflix content chief Ted Sarandos a few years ago changed his view of television forever.
variety.com
01.04.2020 / 19:29
Taylor Swift Helps Keep a Nashville Indie Record Store Afloat During Closure
Taylor Swift hasn’t been spotted casually browsing in record stores over the years quite as often as LP shop-aholic Elton John, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t have an equal interest in keeping them open and thriving. Grimey’s, an independent store in her hometown of Nashville, confirmed Thursday that Swift had quietly made a contribution to help out employees during the shop’s coronavirus-related closure.
abcnews.go.com
01.04.2020 / 01:13
Indie rock band led by Michael C. Hall spreads its wings
NEW YORK -- This might one day be a trivia question: Which rock band with a celebrity frontman and a very long name was one of the last acts to play live in New York before the city shut down in 2020?
abcnews.go.com
31.03.2020 / 17:27
New online store offers help to shuttered indie booksellers
Andy Hunter, founder of a new online sales outlet for independent booksellers, had seen a crisis building well before the coronavirus pandemic shut down many of the country's stores.