FRI. NEWS BRIEF: Coldplay Says No To Freemium • R.I.P. Scott Weiland • Global Creatives Study • More

Friday 12.4.2015 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web Coldplay says no to Spotify. The end of freemium or dawn a two class music listening? Updated continuously under our More. Continue reading

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Facebook Starts Selling No Service Fee Concerts Tickets

Facebook has been rolling out the ability to buy a variety of goods for months, and since summer they've talked about getting in live concert ticketing.  Today, their talk turned. Continue reading

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Music Merch Sales And The Power Of Variable Pricing

Many artists may feel that the time and money they've sunk into producing their album requires that they charge the same price for it wherever they go, but by adapting. Continue reading

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Martin Goldschmidt On Cooking Vinyl’s Unplanned Success [INTERVIEW]

Independent label figurehead Martin Goldschmidt talks about his origins as a political activist in the '80s and how he accidentally fell into the music business before founding Cooking Vinyl, and. Continue reading

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Welcome To Our World: The Spread of Content Piracy

The value of a copyright is at the core of most discussions about compensation and fairness in the music industry.  But how we, as a society, value copyright is effected. Continue reading

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How Music Streaming Is Creating A New Kind Of Superfan

While superfans have traditionally sought to develop a personal connection with artists, the "shuffle age" of streaming has brought with it the streaming superfan, who instead seeks to continuously broaden. Continue reading

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Would You Like Your Music Startup Featured On THE PITCH?

Despite rumors of a bubble and investor reluctance to touch anything that might require music licensing, promising new music and music tech startups are popping up daily.  To help find. Continue reading

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ISRC Agency Announces New US Country Code

It seems that, for the second time, the US has run out of International Standard Recording Codes, the number which is used to identify unique recordings. Luckily, the ISRC Agency is already springing. Continue reading

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How Blockchain And Virtual Reality Can Fix The Music Industry [Benji Rogers]

While music consumption has grown exponentially in recent years, this uptick has failed to translate into profit, with much of the revenue being lost in a murky swamp of missing. Continue reading

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

The pros and cons of Pandora's Rdio buy up, Guvera, the dark horse of streaming, and a police officer is fired for singing with a metal band while still on. Continue reading

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