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

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FRI. BRIEF: Spotify, Pandora, Google, Amazon Battle Royalty Increase • Int’l Women’s Day • Eventbrite • More

FRIDAY 3.8.19 Music Business News From Around The Web Updated continuously under the More News tab

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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

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Symphonic Distribution Expands To China

Independent music distributor Symphonic has expanded its reach to China via partnershipd with Tencent, NetEase and soon, says the company Alibaba.The new deals were spearheaded by indie rights powerhouse MERLIN.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Soundcharts Launches New Music Data Platform With Unlimited Team Access

Music analytics platform Soundcharts has launched a new version with new pricing. Under the plan, users can share data access with their entire team at no additional cost. Every plan. Continue reading

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WED. BRIEF: Indie Creators Earned $6.8B • Ryan Adams Silenced • ‘Leaving Neverland’ • More

WEDNESDAY 2.20.19 Music Business News From Around The Web Updated continuously under the More News tab

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