REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
As we sift back through a busy week in the music business, we revisit Spotify's scheme to pre-load phones with itself, Apple Music's stand as the only major streaming not. Continue reading
Publishers, Songwriters Respond To ‘Tech Bullies’ Spotify, Pandora, Google, Amazon Appeal Of Royalty Increase
National Music Publisher President & CEO David Israelite and Nashville Songwriters Association International Executive Director Bart Herbison have issued responses to Spotify, Google, Pandora and Amazon's decision to fight the. Continue reading
Spotify, Pandora, Google and Amazon Join To Fight Higher Royalties For Songwriters
Spotify, Pandora, Google and Amazon are teaming to appeal the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board ruling that would increase streaming payouts to songwriters by 44%. The four plan to file an. Continue reading
Ticketmaster, Amazon Partner: ‘Hey Alexa, Who Bought All The Good Seats?’
Live Nation’s Ticketmaster has announced that it was partnering with e-commerce titan Amazon to sell tickets via Alexa, Amazon’s cloud-based voice service. The partnership will allow fans to discover events. Continue reading
Streaming Revenue Impressive, But Can It Ever Make Up For Lost Physical Sales?
With streaming revenue showing a massive increase in comparison to previous years, the major three record labels are rejoicing at their annual haul. A big part of this income still. Continue reading
100 Million Use Paid Music Streaming Services In US [MusicWatch]
Fresh off the release of RIAA revenue numbers MusicWatch shared its year-end numbers assessing the size of the US streaming market and how music listening is evolving. Among the internet. Continue reading
Did Technology Bring About The Death Of Good Music?
After new research was released suggesting that millennials prefer golden oldies to contemporary pop, Stephen Carlisle did some digging to determine if this was in fact accurate and, if so,. Continue reading
This Week In Music Commentary
Music industry commentators this week weighed in on the moral quandary of whether or not to drive fans to big tech, when and why we lose interest in discovering new. Continue reading
TIDAL Launches $1 Million Emerging Artists Grant Program ‘TIDAL Unplugged’
TIDAL and benefactors Mark Lampert and Robert Nelsen today announced the launch of TIDAL Unplugged, a million dollar grant program for emerging artists. Funded by a donation from Lampert and. Continue reading
