Free GigaOM Pro Report Forecasts “The Evolution Of The Digital Music Industry”
"Forecast: The Evolution of the Digital Music Industry" is a free Midem sponsored research report from GigaOM Pro. David Card authored it with a focus on digital music sales and. Continue reading
Music Smasher: Search Grooveshark, MOG, Rdio, Spotify and More, Simultaneously
Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Music services sometimes issue press releases when their catalogs break certain thresholds — 10 million tracks, 12 million tracks, and so on.. Continue reading
Spotify’s Daniel Ek On Streaming Royalties, Social Media & The Future [INTERVIEW]
This interview by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm with Spotify CEO Daniel Ek originally appeared on GRAMMY.com. Ek is keynoting the GRAMMY Foundation’s Entertainment Law Initiative Luncheon & Scholarship Presentation. Continue reading
Raditaz: Location-Specific User-Created Radio Stations
This week I spoke with Tom Brophy, Founder and CEO of Raditaz, a mobile and web-based radio service with a particularly interesting location-based aspect. Raditaz offers the option of creating. Continue reading
President Obama Tweets His Spotify Playlist
On Thursday morning President Barack Obama shared his Spotify playlist on Twitter. It covers all the music and political bases from Ray LaMontagne to No Doubt and Electric Light Orchestra. Continue reading
First Apple iTune’s Match Payments Arriving, TuneCore Gets $10,000
Tunecore has just gotten its first payment for $10,000 from Apple's iTune's Match, and CEO Jeff Price believes that's a hopeful sign. "Seeing an additional $10,000+ appear out of the. Continue reading
INgrooves CEO Robb McDaniels On Music Streaming: Setting The Record Straight
Guest post by Robb McDaniels, Founder and CEO of INgrooves. It's a format change – that's why it is stoking so much fear and anxiety in the marketplace. The ability. Continue reading
Music Ownership: eMusic’s Molly Neuman Looks At Consumer Motivations
Guest post by Molly Neuman, eMusic's VP Label Relations and MD Europe via digitalmusic.org. For a large segment of music consumers, downloading music to own is something that's seen as. Continue reading
Interview: Sony Exec Tom Schaaff On Music Unlimited, Release Windows & More @ #MIDEM
By Stuart Dredge for Midem content partner Music Ally. Find them at musically.com and @musically. Last year at Midem, Sony's Tim Schaaff was announcing plans for the rollout of Music. Continue reading
