Showbiz Sandbox 595: Vinyl Sales and Payola on the Rise in Music Industry
September 28, 2022
With mid-year music revenue figures finally tallied it appears the growth of streaming music has begun to slow as vinyl sales has increase. Also on the rise are reports of payola as indie music artists can’t seem to get played on the radio without paying promoters for the privilege of being put in rotation. These promoters are using a loophole in the law which prevents record labels from paying radio stations in exchange for airplay.
Another loophole allows radio stations in the United States to avoid paying musical performers and creators when their song is actually played. The American Music Fairness Act looks to change that which will have a big impact on terrestrial radio.
Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment headlines including how James Earl Jones will continue to provide the voice of Darth Vader thanks to artificial intelligence, Spotify gets into Audiobooks and Rihanna heads to the Super Bowl for the halftime show.
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‘Avatar’ Rerelease King Of The World With $31M Global Bow, ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Wrings $30M WW Start, ‘Ticket To Paradise’ Flying Offshore
https://deadline.com/2022/09/avatar-rerelease-dont-worry-darling-ticket-to-paradise-global-international-box-office-1235126790/
Box Office: Olivia Wilde’s ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Opens to Solid $19.2M Domestically
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dont-worry-darling-box-office-previews-1235226066/
Harry Styles’ ‘As It Was’ Tops Hot 100 for 15th Week – Longest Reign Ever for a British Act
https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/harry-styles-as-it-was-tops-hot-100-15th-week-longest-british-reign-1235144665/
China Box Office Slows to Crawl Speed Ahead of National Day Holiday
https://variety.com/2022/film/box-office/china-box-office-crawl-speed-1235383462/
Sony Classics Chiefs On The Key To Longevity & The Power Of Theatrical: “Movie Stars Are Made On The Screen, Not The Stream”
https://deadline.com/2022/09/sony-pictures-classics-power-theatrical-movie-stars-made-screen-not-stream-1235126420/
Google Wants to Take On Dolby with New Open Media Formats
https://www.protocol.com/entertainment/google-dolby-atmos-vision-project-caviar
Amazon Scores Big With First ‘Thursday Night Football’ Game
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/nfl-amazon-debut-tv-ratings-1235224042/
International Icon Rihanna Takes Center Stage for Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show
https://www.nfl.com/news/international-icon-rihanna-takes-center-stage-for-apple-music-super-bowl-halftim
Hobbits and the Hard Right: How Fantasy Inspires Italy’s Potential New Leader
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/21/world/europe/giorgia-meloni-lord-of-the-rings.html
‘House of the Dragon’ Averaging 29 Million Viewers Per Episode, Audience Rises 3% in Week 5
https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/house-of-the-dragon-ratings-episode-5-wedding-1235377997/
James Earl Jones Steps Back From Voicing Darth Vader, Signs Off on Using Archived Recordings to Recreate Voice With A.I.
https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/james-earl-jones-darth-vader-retiring-star-wars-ai-1235382827/
Broadway to Say Goodbye to Beetlejuice in 2023
https://playbill.com/article/broadway-to-say-goodbye-to-beetlejuice-in-2023
‘Clyde’s’ Is Most-Produced Play, and Lynn Nottage Most-Produced Playwright, of 2022-23 Season
https://www.americantheatre.org/2022/09/23/clydes-is-most-produced-play-and-lynn-nottage-most-produced-playwright-of-2022-23-season/
Spotify Launches Audiobooks Business With a la Carte Pricing, No Discounts for Subscribers
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/spotify-audiobooks-1235223861/
‘World News Tonight’ Tops Evening Newscasts For 2021-22 Season In Viewers, Demo
https://deadline.com/2022/09/tv-news-ratings-2021-2022-season-world-news-tonight-david-muir-1235124142/
The Arena Group to Expand Parade’s High-Growth Digital Business
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220916005408/en/
The Real Paul Newman! New Documentary, Book and ‘Parade’ Archives Shed Light on the Modest Hollywood Legend
https://parade.com/celebrities/paul-newman-legacy
Is the Print Newspaper Comics Page In Trouble?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2022/09/24/dilbert-scott-adams-lee-enterprises-newspapers/
Roseanne Barr Returning to Stand-Up Comedy With Special for Fox Nation Streaming Service
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/roseanne-barr-new-stand-up-comedy-special-fox-news-streaming-service-1235224092/
Secret Cinema Sale Set to Enable Expansion
https://celluloidjunkie.com/2022/09/23/secret-cinema-sale-set-to-enable-expansion/
Why Indie Artists Are a Rarity on Radio: ‘If You Don’t Pay, You Don’t Move Up’
https://www.billboard.com/pro/indie-labels-radio-pay-for-play/
Vinyl Sales Soared 22% in First Half of 2022, Per RIAA Mid-Year Report
https://variety.com/2022/music/news/vinyl-sales-soared-2022-riaa-mid-year-report-1235379361/
US Recorded Music Revenues Hit $7.7Bn in H1 2022, but Growth Slowed Compared to H1 2021
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/us-recorded-music-revenues-hit-7-7bn-in-h1-2022-but-growth-slowed-compared-to-h1-2021/
Streaming Is Growing — Just Not Like It Used To: 5 Takeaways From the RIAA Mid-Year Report
https://www.billboard.com/pro/streaming-revenue-slowing-cds-synchs-up-riaa-report/
Senators Introduce American Music Fairness Act, Which Would Require Radio to Pay Royalties to Musicians
https://variety.com/2022/music/news/senators-american-music-fairness-act-radio-royalties-1235380037/
House Legislation to Get Artists & Labels Paid for Radio Airplay Gets Companion Bill in U.S. Senate
https://www.billboard.com/pro/american-music-fairness-act-senate-bill-radio-performance-royalties/
Hilary Mantel, Prize-Winning Author of Historical Fiction, Dies at 70
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/23/books/hilary-mantel-dead.html
Louise Fletcher, Oscar-winning Actor Who Played Nurse Ratched in ‘Cuckoo’s Nest,’ Dies
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-09-23/louise-fletcher-dead-obit
Pharoah Sanders 1940 — 2022
https://jazztimes.com/features/tributes-and-obituaries/pharoah-sanders-1940-2022/
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