🦠 Netflix, GEMA set up relief funds; UK musicians lose £13.9m so far; live agency Paradigm lays off staff; COLORS launches 30 day YouTube stream; Soundcloud partners with Twitch
Daily update for the music business on the coronavirus (March 23)
How fans can support artists and music-industry workers during the outbreak (NPR)
COVID-19’s impact on streaming: it’s complicated (Music Industry Blog)
UK musicians lose £13.9m in earnings so far due to coronavirus (The Guardian)
Live agency Paradigm set to lay off over 100 employees (Music Business Worldwide)
YouTube music channel COLORS sets up temporary safe studio for 30 day, 24-7 livestream with support from YouTube Music (Instagram)
What are startups doing?
Bandsintown adds live stream concert alerts as more musicians head online (The Verge)
Here's how streaming services are supporting the music community (Billboard)
SoundCloud slashes SoundCloud Pro Unlimited price, partners with Twitch to help creators (Music Business Worldwide)
Songtradr sacrifices fees, giving 100% of sync money to artists, for a full month (Music Business Worldwide)
What are artists doing?
DJ D-Nice hosts epic virtual dance party (The Undefeated)
In a weekend of quarantine isolation, DJs kept us going (Complex)
How Dropkick Murphys salvaged St. Patrick's and nailed quarantine streaming (Pollstar)
Songwriters weigh in on how the crisis is impacting their musical lives (American Songwriter)
El Sistema uses glorious Mahler to extol hope as the coronavirus attacks Venezuela (LA Times)
Resources & Relief
Live industry resource guide: COVID-19 (Pollstar)
Resources for music businesses and industry workers in need amidst the pandemic (NPR)
Netflix creates $100 million relief fund (Variety)
German collection society GEMA sets up €40 million relief fund (GEMA)
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