David Lowery Asks NY Attorney General To Investigate Spotify, YouTube Over Millions In Unpaid Royalties
Musician and music industry critic David Lowery has called on the New York state Attorney General to investigate Spotify and YouTube. "Spotify routinely fails to pay songwriter royalties for songwriters. Continue reading
Gracenote Launches “Rhythm Curation” Tool For Playlisters, DJs
[UPDATED] Data driven playlists or hand pick music? Which better serves the listener? Gracenote has found a way to combine the two in a new web app aimed squarely at. Continue reading
Spotify Could Go Away Overnight And No One Would Care
Although Spotify was able to get its foot in the door early, the presence of companies like Apple Music, Amazon Prime, and others means that the historically un-profitable streaming service either. Continue reading
Global Digital Music Distributor ONErpm Adds Free Analytics, Logs 30% Month-On-Month 2015 Streaming Growth
[UPDATED] Increasingly, analytics are driving music industry decision making. But access to good data does not come easily. So global distributor ONErpm has built a one of a kind analytics dashboard. Continue reading
Do Messaging Apps Foretell The End Of Music Streaming Services?
With the rise of apps such as WhatsApp, many people are moving away from larger public social networks in favor of smaller group and one-on-one messaging services. This raises some. Continue reading
How Your SoundCloud Upload And Digital Distribution Can Work Together
As with many web-based marketing strategies, it pays to cast a wide net, and by confining yourself to a limited number of online retailers, or using exclusively SoundCloud, you could. Continue reading
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Cuts “Unprecedented” Direct Deal With Pandora [NYSE: P]
Pandora (NYSE:P) and music publishing giant Sony/ATV Music today announced a multi-year catalog licensing agreement. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the direct publishing deal creates business benefits. Continue reading
Streaming Music, Social Media And Damned Statistics
The prevalence of on demand streaming services has caused the current generation of listeners to develop an increasingly fickle relationship with both the music they listen to and the artists who create. Continue reading
