Spotify Says It’s Responsible For 10% Of All U.S. Label Revenue
Spotify claims to have been responsible for 10% of all U.S. record label revenue in the first quartet of 2015. The stat came from Will Page, Spotify's director of economics. Continue reading
Google’s Mobilegeddon Has Arrived! How Is Your Web Site Doing?
Mobilegeddon is here. Today is the day that Google begins punishing sites that do not meet its standards of mobile friendliness by pushing them down in mobile search results. How. Continue reading
Making The Case For A Freemium Reset
"Freemium absolutely can work as a model and it has achieved a huge amount already, but it needs recalibrating to ensure it delivers the next stage of market growth in. Continue reading
Is A Single Global Release Day The Right Thing For Every Artist?
In a long awaited move that signals the globalization of the music industry, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) recently announced an international alignment to release new music on a. Continue reading
Music Publishing News Roundup 3.2.15: Global Release Day, Spotify Lyrics, Beatport & More
[UPDATED] Friday has been set as the global record release day according to a recent report from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. This announcement follows the IFPI’S recent report that. Continue reading
Kobalt Raises $60M Round Led By Google Ventures To Scale Artist and Rights Holder Services
Kobalt made a name for itself with innovative and transparent tech solutions for artists and rights holders. Now Google Ventures and an impressive group of tech investors have taken notice and just. Continue reading
OFFICIAL: IFPI Sets Friday As New Global Music Release Day
As we reported yesterday, international recording industry trade body IFPI has declared that by summer Friday at 12.01 AM will be the new official date and time for new global. Continue reading
Tumblr Gets Tough On Music, Implements 3 Strikes Like Policy
Tumblr users publish more than 110 million posts daily (that's not a typo), and naturally some of them include music. But in recent days,Tumblr has been punishing users who publish. Continue reading
Finding The Holy Grail For The New Music Business
Guest post by music industry veteran David Sherbow who blogs at MyMusicLife. The music business is like our Congress – full of factions who can’t work together and special interests trying. Continue reading
The Cost Of Breaking A Major Label Act
By Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 Blog The latest IFPI (International Federation of the Phonograph Industry - boy, is that name outdated) recently came out with a report about the state of the music industry. Continue reading
