Billboard's Twitter 140: It's not about how many followers. It's not about the quantity of tweets/retweets. It's about quality. Personality. Excellent linkage. These people are followed by those who work the smartest. Whether it's about copyright, "Entourage," social commerce, the cloud(s), rap radio, Nashville, technology or just techno, these are 140 of the best and brightest music industry characters on Twitter. A list of Billboard Tweets is below -- and follow the list of the Billboard 140 right here.

This is a great little summery of the different types of licenses offered.

Licensing is a very subjective issue, and is typically determined by the user of the music. The choice of licensing a cue can be based on such things as budget, expected use, and available options. How much a client will pay for various licensing is based many factors such as exposure, region, and whether the use is a royalty paying spot. For example, commercials and promos do not pay royalties therefore licensing is much higher. The different types of licenses are:

The following article was written by Ron Mendelsohn, President and CEO of Megatrax, a major music library and founding member of the Production Music Association (PMA)

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After 5 months of planning and building what we think is the one stop portal for all things to do with licensing your music in film, TV, video games, and more. This is officially the first of many blogs we look forward to sharing with you all.

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