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Xriss Jor And How The Web Spreads New Musical Voices

For singer Xriss Jor, recent developments in how music can be shared online have opened up new opportunities for her to get her music (and the greater message contained therein) heard by a broader international audience and. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/19/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: American Federation of Musicians, American Society of Composers, Anti-gravity, Authors and Publishers, Baby boomer, Billie Jean, Broadcast Music, Can't Be Tamed (song), Celebrity, Chief operating officer, Inc., Michael Jackson

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Rdio Deal Is Admission That Pandora Business Model Is Unsustainable, Marks Beginning Of The End For Free Music Streaming

Headlines that Pandora purchased a bankrupt Rdio signal consolidation. But it's also a sign that even Pandora, the largest and most successful streaming music service, knows that its current business model is. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/18/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Deezer, Euronext, Hans-Holger Albrecht, Initial public offering, List of online music databases, Paris, Rdio, Spotify, Streaming media

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Why the Pandora, Rdio Deal Makes a Lot of Sense [Cortney Harding]

Pandora has acquired the assets of music streamer Rdio for $75 million and will use them to add to its paid offerings. Does the deal make sense and should it. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/17/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Cumulus Media, Cumulus Media Networks, Deezer, Google, Rdio, Spotify, Streaming media, Subscription business model, YouTube

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TuneCore Reports 90% Streaming and Download Growth, But Just 6.3% Rise in Payments To Artists

D.I.Y. digital distributor TuneCore announced today that is artists had a collective 3.6 billion downloads and streams in the last 3 months. That resulted in 90% increase versus the same. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/17/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Alternative Distribution Alliance, Approval voting, Aspiro, Associated Press, Atlanta, Austin Scott (politician), Motown, Spotify, The Island Def Jam Music Group, YouTube

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Spotify Launches “Fan Insights” Free Artist Analytics Platform

Imagine if an artist could concentrate their touring only where your fans are? Imagine music marketers could concentrate more effort into magnifying new fan interest as it happened? These are. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/17/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Artist, Compact disc, Digital audio, Facebook, Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, Music download, music industry, Spotify

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Spotify Users Now Log 1.7 Billion Listening Hours Monthly

Spotify announced that its "more than 75 million" users now listen 1.7 billion hours monthly. As Music Ally points out, that matches Pandora listener stats from its 78 million users.. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/17/2015 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Inc., Facebook, Initial public offering, Pandora, Pandora Radio, Soundcloud, Spotify, Streaming media, TechCrunch, Tim Westergren

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Bye Bye Beats, So Long Zune – Apple, Microsoft Retire Major Digital Music Brands

Two major digital music brands are being retired. Apple is shuttering its Beats Music service and pushing users to Apple Music; and Microsoft is shuttering one of the original digital. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/17/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Digital rights management, IOS, IPod, iTunes, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Portable media player, Xbox Music, Zune

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Transparency, Accounting And The Creation Of A Fair Music Report

Dividing and allocating funds to those who deserve them continues to be one of the greatest challenges faced by distributors of music, and labels and publishers often claim that to. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/16/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Digital audio, India, Intellectual property, music industry, Non-disclosure agreement, record label, Spotify, Streaming media, United States, YouTube

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How Teens Consume Media: Music Still Trumps Social [CHART]

According to data from Common Sense Media, teens are consuming media much like they always have, but the delivery vehicle has changed. Video viewing has moved from TV to YouTube. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/16/2015 in Music Marketing | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: CD Baby, Common Sense Media, Digital media, Do it yourself, Facebook, IPad, music video, social media, Television, YouTube

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Who Will Save The Music Industry This Week?

Things have certainly been looking grim for the music industry in many areas, and what exactly is needed to turn things around has a been a subject of constant debate among. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/13/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adele (singer), Financial Times, Fortune (magazine), Google, Independent record label, record label, Robert Kyncl, Rolling in the Deep, XL Recordings, YouTube

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