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
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
Streaming Music Revenue Up, But Per Song Rates May Have Dropped In 2018
In this piece, Bobby Owsinski breaks down some complex recent streaming data, which highlights the disparity between the royalty rates paid out by major streamers (with YouTube coming up particularly. Continue reading
Music Streaming Rates 2018: Per Stream Rates Drop and YouTube’s Value Gap Is Very Real
[UPDATED] 2018 saw music streaming come into its own as the dominant source of recording music revenue. But as streaming volumes swelled, the YouTube value gap and its pitifully small. Continue reading
NMPA Warns Spotify May ‘Declare War’ On Songwriters Over 44% Royalty Rate Increase
The NMPA and its member music publishers are reminding songwriters and other publishers that Spotify and other digital music streamers thus far "won’t say" if they plan to appeal the. Continue reading
Article 13 Moves Forward As France, Germany Sign On
Article 13 is moving forward to full adoption after France and Germany signed on to a revised version. The on again off again controversial EU copyright directive legislation is set. Continue reading
Paid Streaming Will Surpass Free This Year [Survey]
Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon and other paid music streaming services hare doing a better job of converting free users to paid, according to new figures from the Entertainment Retailers Association. Continue reading
Foreign Stream-Ripping Site Beats Labels, For Now
In the long-running industry-led crusade against stream ripping and torrent sites, the labels have typically come out on top in most battles, with the offending sites usually getting shuttered as. Continue reading
