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Beyond Royalties: Rethinking the Role of the Music Publisher hypebot.com/beyond-royalties… hypebot.com/beyond-royalties…
Beyond Royalties: Rethinking the Role of the Music Publisher

Beyond Royalties: Rethinking the Role of the Music Publisher

Independence doesn't mean doing it alone. Rimas Publishing President Carlos Souffront on why modern music publishers must go far beyond royalties.

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Pennies Earned: The Midwest Princess and the Shadow of Influence hypebot.com/pennies-earned-t… hypebot.com/pennies-earned-t…
Pennies Earned: The Midwest Princess and the Shadow of Influence

Pennies Earned: The Midwest Princess and the Shadow of Influence

Pennies Earned is a monthly column deconstructing music PR case studies that maximize positioning, partnerships, and strategy, in actionable ways.

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Powderfinger Is Bringing Its Own Venue on Tour hypebot.com/powderfinger-is-… hypebot.com/powderfinger-is-…
Powderfinger Is Bringing Its Own Venue on Tour

Powderfinger Is Bringing Its Own Venue on Tour

Powderfinger’s sold-out 2027 reunion revives the travelling big-top model the band helped pioneer 20 years ago, effectively bringing its own venue on tour.

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Cover Songs 101: How to Release a Cover Song With CD Baby hypebot.com/cover-songs-101-… hypebot.com/cover-songs-101-…
Cover Songs 101: How to Release a Cover Song With CD Baby

Cover Songs 101: How to Release a Cover Song With CD Baby

It's never been easier to secure the appropriate license, credit the original songwriter, and distribute your cover. Here's how.

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Your Catalog Needs an API hypebot.com/your-catalog-nee… hypebot.com/your-catalog-nee…
Your Catalog Needs an API

Your Catalog Needs an API

The music industry’s next big breakthrough will be making licensing as seamless as streaming, using API-powered infrastructure to unlock new revenue.

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Manager of the Month: Marcel Artis of Artis Entertainment hypebot.com/manager-of-the-m… hypebot.com/manager-of-the-m…
Manager of the Month: Marcel Artis of Artis Entertainment

Manager of the Month: Marcel Artis of Artis Entertainment

We discuss the danger of when the data starts making the creative decision, how artists and producers have to think like businesses, and throwing tomatoes.

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The Week in Review: Oct 23-29, 2026 hypebot.com/the-week-in-revi… hypebot.com/the-week-in-revi…
The Week in Review: Oct 23-29, 2026

The Week in Review: Oct 23-29, 2026

Here's a rundown of some of our favorite stories from this week on Hypebot. As always, thanks for reading and being part of our growing community of artists, managers, and industry pros. And don't...

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Even the Biggest Songs in History Have Metadata Problems hypebot.com/even-the-biggest…
Even the Biggest Songs in History Have Metadata Problems

Even the Biggest Songs in History Have Metadata Problems

New AI-powered research finds questionable royalty data connections and raises questions about whether songwriters are getting paid correctly.

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Two Artists, Two Stadiums, Two Very Different Kinds of Controversy hypebot.com/two-artists-two-… hypebot.com/two-artists-two-…
Two Artists, Two Stadiums, Two Very Different Kinds of Controversy

Two Artists, Two Stadiums, Two Very Different Kinds of Controversy

Zach Bryan’s Gillette Stadium protest and Kanye West’s AT&T Stadium booking — two flare ups that arrived in the same news cycle tell very different stories.

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What Emerging Bands Can Invest in Before Chasing Streams hypebot.com/what-emerging-ba… hypebot.com/what-emerging-ba…
What Emerging Bands Can Invest in Before Chasing Streams

What Emerging Bands Can Invest in Before Chasing Streams

Indie musicians spend a lot of time focusing on growth efforts that lead nowhere. Here's where energies should often be refocused.

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Sienna Spiro Sounds Like a Bygone Era. Her Fans Are Very This One. hypebot.com/sienna-spiro-sou… hypebot.com/sienna-spiro-sou…
Sienna Spiro Sounds Like a Bygone Era. Her Fans Are Very This One.

Sienna Spiro Sounds Like a Bygone Era. Her Fans Are Very This One.

The singer is winning over a new generation of fans with old-school soul, vintage glamour, and theatrical live authenticity. Is this an outlier now?

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Sydney’s Newest Museum Is Opening Like a Music Venue hypebot.com/sydneys-newest-m… hypebot.com/sydneys-newest-m…
Sydney’s Newest Museum Is Opening Like a Music Venue

Sydney’s Newest Museum Is Opening Like a Music Venue

...With 23 straight days of live music, DJ sets, and events in a festival format to celebrate. Details below.

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NIVA Is Getting Independent Venues Ready for the Political Battles of 2027 hypebot.com/niva-is-getting-… hypebot.com/niva-is-getting-…
NIVA Is Getting Independent Venues Ready for the Political Battles of 2027

NIVA Is Getting Independent Venues Ready for the Political Battles of 2027

NIVA's Live Policy Summit brought independent venues and policymakers together to strengthen advocacy, simplify regulations, and prepare for 2027.

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Beyond Royalties: Rethinking the Role of the Music Publisher hypebot.com/beyond-royalties…
Beyond Royalties: Rethinking the Role of the Music Publisher

Beyond Royalties: Rethinking the Role of the Music Publisher

Independence doesn't mean doing it alone. Rimas Publishing President Carlos Souffront on why modern music publishers must go far beyond royalties.

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The Audience Found My Music Before I Found Them hypebot.com/the-audience-fou… hypebot.com/the-audience-fou…
The Audience Found My Music Before I Found Them

The Audience Found My Music Before I Found Them

What the unexpected journey of a Brazilian funk recording taught me about independent catalogs and international discovery.

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John Torra on How He Got the Call to Join Quiet Riot hypebot.com/john-torra-on-ho… hypebot.com/john-torra-on-ho…
John Torra on How He Got the Call to Join Quiet Riot

John Torra on How He Got the Call to Join Quiet Riot

The metal singer talks about his musical upbringing and origins and how they led to the biggest opportunity of his life.

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David Bowie's Lost Concert Film Is Going on Tour. Is This the Future of Live Music Archives? hypebot.com/david-bowies-los… hypebot.com/david-bowies-los…
David Bowie's Lost Concert Film Is Going on Tour. Is This the Future of Live Music Archives?

David Bowie's Lost Concert Film Is Going on Tour. Is This the Future of Live Music Archives?

The unreleased 1978 concert film "Stage" is heading to arenas in 2027, could this become a new touring business?

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The Anatomy of a Scary Lyric hypebot.com/the-anatomy-of-a…
The Anatomy of a Scary Lyric

The Anatomy of a Scary Lyric

Three songwriting tricks that turn lyrics into dread, plus the genres that lean hardest on horror words.

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Is Seeing the Stage Optional? (At These Ticket Prices, It Better Not Be!) hypebot.com/is-seeing-the-st… hypebot.com/is-seeing-the-st…
Is Seeing the Stage Optional? (At These Ticket Prices, It Better Not Be!)

Is Seeing the Stage Optional? (At These Ticket Prices, It Better Not Be!)

On "obstructed view" tickets, Backstreet Boys, Taylor Swift, and what exactly a concert ticket purchase guarantees in the first place.

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Jarvis Cocker Says Albums Are Back. Is He Right? hypebot.com/jarvis-cocker-sa…
Jarvis Cocker Says Albums Are Back. Is He Right?

Jarvis Cocker Says Albums Are Back. Is He Right?

The Pulp frontman said in an interview that the album is making a comeback. But are fans buying more albums or just listening to them differently?

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