Month: March 2015

Bandcamp Has Paid $100 Million To Artists, Plans Artists Subscriptions

Direct to fan music sales platform Bandcamp has been a hit with independent artists and labels.  Today we found out just how popular Bandcamp is, along with its plans for the. Continue reading

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Apple To Relaunch Beats Music In June With No Free Tier, Lower Price

Ever since Apple acquired Beats for $3.2 billion, we've been waiting to see what they'd do with their music streaming purchase. There have been hints and leaks, but it now. Continue reading

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Dear Bands, Why Are You Still Making It So Hard To Buy Your Music?

The fact that album sales are on the steady decline is old news, but a newer, slightly shocking phenomenon is that bands are STILL making it difficult the buy their. Continue reading

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Blurred Lines Trial Offers Rare Glimpse At The Bottom Line

A verdict is the expected today in the "Blurred Lines" trial, which pits the Marvin Gaye family vs. Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams and offered a glimpse of just how much money is generated. Continue reading

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FRI. NEWS BRIEF: Beats iTunes June Relaunch, Why MySpace Failed, Spotify + Indies, Shazam & More

Friday 3.6.2015 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web Updated continuously under our More News tab. CLICK HERE 

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Instagram Projected To Exceed 100 Million US Users By 2018

Instagram showed tremendous growth in 2014, ultimately edging out Twitter to claim it's place as the second-largest social network in the US. eMarketer has just released a forecast for Instagram. Continue reading

Nia R Jones on 03/05/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Billboard, Twitter Launch Bop.fm Chart Integration

Music is meant to be heard, rather than just read about. So to solve that problem Billboard and Twitter have integrated Bop.fm, "the Switzerland of music services" into select charts.

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Songwriter Equity Act Makes It’s Way Back To Congress

The Songwriter Equity Act returned to Congress yesterday afternoon. While an identical bill proposed last year was unsuccessful, there is an increased level of optimism surrounding it's reappearance. 

Nia R Jones on 03/05/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (2)
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Does Music Subscriber Growth Cripple Profitability?

With streaming services pushing the paid subscription model, profit for those company's should be growing – but not only are the streaming music giants not making money, they're losing it. Who is to blame?

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Merchbar Launches Hot Merch Charts To Track Top Merchandise Globally

Merchbar, the platform that hit the market last September to provide fans with merchandise offerings individually curated to their unique personal taste has launched the Merchbar Hot Merch Chart.

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