Songs Are Getting Shorter and Streaming Is To Blame

Songs are getting shorter. The average length of a song on the Billboard Hot 100 fell from 3 minutes and 50 seconds to about 3 minutes and 30 seconds between. Continue reading

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Importance Of Putting Out A Single First, Even In 2019

In this piece, Chris Robley explains why it's essential for new artists getting their start in the industry to release a standalone single before diving headfirst into dropping a full. Continue reading

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Verizon Wireless Adds Free Apple Music, Adding Millions Of Subscribers To Streamer

Verizon has added free Apple Music subscriptions to several of its Unlimited wireless data plans. The carrier had been offering 6 months or free Apple Music, but the move to. Continue reading

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Record Labels Evolve To Stay Relevant In Streaming Era [Musonomics Report]

A new report based on almost 50 interviews with top-level executives at major and independent record labels, industry analyst and educator Larry Miller digs into how streaming and the digital. Continue reading

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Nielsen Music 2018 Report: On-Demand Streams Up 49%

Nielsen Music has released it 2018 Year-End Highlights. The survey shows a year of significant overall industry growth, with total album equivalent audio consumption up 23% over 2017, driven by. Continue reading

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How Music and Video Will Rescue Apple [Mark Mulligan]

Music saved Apple’s business back in 2003 when a new  iTunes Music Store boosted iPod sales and the entire company, paving the way for the greatest ever period in Apples. Continue reading

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2018 On-Demand Music Streams +42%, Paid Streams +50% In Q4 [BuzzAngle Music]

[UPDATED] On-demand audio streams set a record high of 534.6 billion in the US in 2018, up 42% over the previous year, according to the BuzzAngle Music Industry Year End. Continue reading

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YouTube’s Streaming Domination Clips the Market’s Wings [Mark Mulligan]

For all the media attention given to Spotify and Apple Music, YouTube is still the world's most popular music streaming service. But its unique licensing position and massive free offering. Continue reading

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Music Biz Weekly Podcast Looks Back At 2018 And What’s Next In 2019

For the last Music Biz Weekly Podcast of 2018, co-hosts Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert look back at 2018, comment on industry shifts that excited and disappointed them and look. Continue reading

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Zoe Keating Shares Spotify, Streaming Earnings 2018

Cellist and composer Zoe Keating has won legions of fans with recordings and performances that use live sampling to create a rhythmically and sonically dense, almost otherworldly sound. To her. Continue reading

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