Selling Music Audiences To Advertisers Is The Future Of Recorded Music Revenue
By Audience Development Executive Paul Goldstein of The Content Is King. [OpEd] Uncertainty rocking both the broadcast radio and record industries has opened an enormous opportunity for recording artists and. Continue reading
Amazon’s Contract Reveals Plans To Radically Lower Streaming Music Royalties
By Rachel Bailey of the Sonicbids Blog. [OpEd] Jeff Bezos’s online mega-store, Amazon, is the Walmart of the internet. In the two decades since its launch, it has positioned itself. Continue reading
Twitter Reports Strong Quarter, But Growth Is Stalling…. [CHART]
Twitter reported some strong numbers to Wall Street yesterday. The social network now has 255 million monthly active users, 198 million of which are also active mobile users. The company also. Continue reading
Exclusive: BuzzAngle Music Preparing To Pose Serious Challenge To SoundScan’s “Fuzzy Math”
A lot of folks in the music industry are somewhat underwhelmed by SoundScan's approach to reporting sales especially indie shops and small labels who feel their contributions are underreported. You. Continue reading
Exclusive: Topspin Media Set For Renewal Under New VP of eCommerce Nic Seitz
When Transom Capital Group announced the purchase of Topspin Media and its integration with the recently combined force of BandMerch and Cinder Block, the question of what would become of. Continue reading
Digital Music Services and The Rise Of EDM
By Grammy nominated electronic artist, songwriter, producer and DJ Ryan Farish. When I first started releasing my albums about a decade ago, I challenged myself to find my own voice,. Continue reading
Sprint Partners With Spotify For Music
(UPDATED) Following the lead of other mobile carriers Sprint has partnered with Spotify for music. But while the partnership offers the usual discount services, Sprint, the 3rd largest carrier in. Continue reading
SoundCloud Adds Fan Location Analytics
My holy grail of music marketing is to know where an artist's fans are so that energy and assets ranging from marketing messages to live performances can be deployed judiciously.. Continue reading
100 Days After Beats Music Launch: “It’s Working” says CEO Ian Rogers
Beats Music has taken a bit of a beating in recent days,with industry insiders expressing concern over early subscriber numbers and pundits pounding the startup for its bravado filled launch.. Continue reading
Lyynks Music: Where Any Artist, Venue Or Label Can Function As A Business
By Diana Hereld of Pathways in Music. This weekend, a new digital platform was unveiled to attendees of ASCAP’s 9th annual “I Create Music” Expo. With the existing array of. Continue reading
