NARM Warns: Look At Catalog Sales Before You Get Too Excited About A Music Sales Bump
“This week’s Nielsen SoundScan top releases show a noteworthy combination of new, established, and classic artists, from J.Cole’s debut rocketing in at #1, to the strong showing of the Pink. Continue reading
Rdio Goes Really, Really Free: Free Music, No Ads
Streaming music service Rdio today announced a new free service tier. The new tier and offers access to all the site's 12 million songs. Free users will see a green. Continue reading
Full Text Of Sean Parker Letter To Spotify’s Ek In 2009: “I’ve waited nearly a decade…”
From Napster to Plaxo to Facebook, Sean Parker has proven he knows how to pick future hits. In August of 2009 he discovered Spotify. "In order to create the next. Continue reading
SpotiWHY? Are Subscription Music Services A Sustainable Business Model?
MUST READ: Subscription music and streaming services have been everywhere lately especially Spotify – a service that many either love or hate. We've covering Spotify’s controversy with artist payments and. Continue reading
Winners Of 2012 European Border Breaker Awards
The winners of the 2012 European Border Breakers Awards, celebrating the top new talents in European pop music, were announced today by Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism. Continue reading
Vimeo Teams With Audiosocket, Free Music Archive For Video Music Store
Vimeo's recently launched Music Store provides free music for noncommercial videos, low-cost tracks ($1.99) for use on personal videos and commercially priced tracks ($98.00) for commercial use. It's a service. Continue reading
The Music Industry Remembers Steve Jobs
(UPDATED) Steve Jobs changed the music business forever. He pushed labels towards digital and forced them to embrace single track sales. By creating amazingly designed and integrated delivery platforms and. Continue reading
Soundcloud Suffers Two Days Of Attacks, Outages
(UPDATED) Hugely popular "sound platform" Soundcloud has fallen victim to a DDoS attack and service outage that began on Monday. "Very sorry for the current downtime," the company told users. Continue reading
AM BRIEF: Steve Jobs, Univision vs. Dar.fm, PledgeMusic, Spotify + Western Digital & More
(UPDATED) Overnight a usually cynical music business shared their hearfelt reactions to the loss of Steve Jobs, a man who unquestionably changed music forever. As Ben Sisario wrote in the. Continue reading
