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How Royalties Are Paid On All Three Pandora Music Services

Pandora's recent rollout of its third tier service, Pandora Premium has us taking a look at how artists an labels earn royalties from the traditional ad-supported service, as well as. Continue reading

Guest Post on 04/24/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Chief executive officer, Financial Times, Initial public offering, Kanye West, record label, Royalty payment, Spotify, Streaming media, Universal Music Group

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Neil Young Announces Xsteam ”Adaptive” Streaming Music Service

Neil Young is pivoting his hi-res and high cost Pono Music download service to streaming. The as yet unlaunched subscription service will be called Xstream.

Bruce Houghton on 04/24/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Compact disc, Comparison of on-demand streaming music services, Initial public offering, Pandora Radio, record label, Recording Industry Association of America, Spotify, Streaming media, The Wall Street Journal, YouTube

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Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music

Our tips and advice for independent, self-starter artists this week covered how to make the best use of YouTube Analytics, how to make the touring process easier, why you don't. Continue reading

admin on 04/22/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 49er & 49er FX World Championships, Advertising agency, Ed Sheeran, Independent record label, Justin Bieber, patreon, record label, Spotify, Subscription business model, YouTube

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

In this meander back through the biggest music industry news from the past seven days, we revisit Apple Music's challenge of Spotify as streaming leader, whether streaming has actually stopped. Continue reading

admin on 04/22/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Music, F8 conference, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Google Play, record label, Recording Industry Association of America, Spotify, Streaming media

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How To Get An Internship In The Music Business Without A Single Contact [Cyber PR]

My journey to a life in the music business began as an intern in the A&M Records Boston office. I'll always thank Billy Gilbert and Barry Korkin for giving me. Continue reading

admin on 04/21/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: BBC Radio 2, Beauty Behind the Madness, Donald Trump, independent music, Independent record label, Initial public offering, record label, Spotify, Streaming media, Warner Music Group

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Spotify, Merlin Reach Global Indie Label Licensing Deal

Just a week after Spotify announced a new multi-year licensing deal with Universal Music, the music streamer has cut a similar deal with Merlin on behalf of thousands of independent. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/20/2017 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 2 Chainz, AllMusic, Alzheimer's disease, Apple Music, record label, Spotify, Streaming media, United Kingdom, Universal Music Enterprises, Universal Music Group

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Spotify For Artists Now Available FREE To All Musicians, As Streamer Drops 250 Follower Requirement

With the launch of Spotify For Artists yesterday, the streamer bundled features like analytics and profile management tools that any musicians or music marketer will find invaluable. And with the elimination. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/19/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Music, Ed Sheeran, Facebook, Initial public offering, record label, Spotify, Streaming media, Tidal (service), Universal Music Group

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Music Streamer Deezer Explores Radical Shift To User Centric Licensing [MARK MULLIGAN]

"What if that metal fan only listened to Metallica, yet still 10% of that subscriber’s revenue went to Katy Perry?" It is not a hypothetical question. It's actually how payments. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/19/2017 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Music, Chance The Rapper, Frank Ocean, Katy Perry, record label, Royalty payment, Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift, Universal Music Group

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TUE. BRIEF: Cash Money Sued For Missing Drake $’s • CAA Launches In China • Grammy Museum, Foundation Merge

Tuesday 4.18.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Cash Money appears determined to keep alive the tradition of the dishonest record label. Updated continuously under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 04/18/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adrien Broner, Ani DiFranco, Apple Bank for Savings, Atlantic Records, Barry Weiss, BBC Radio 2, Beauty Behind the Madness, record label, Royalty payment, Spotify

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Closing The Value Gap – On Terrestrial Radio?

For months, YouTube has been the music service the industry loves to hate. Love, because of its huge audience that can clearly break artists and boost releases. Hate, because of. Continue reading

Guest Post on 04/17/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Music, Eddy Cue, Google, IPhone, record label, Shiva Rajaraman, Spotify, Universal Music Group, YouTube

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This Week In Music Commentary

Commentators from deep inside the music industry this week shared their thoughts an opinions on the future of windowed streaming exclusives, the value of authenticity in an artist, and how. Continue reading

admin on 04/16/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Ed Sheeran, Freemium, Initial public offering, Kanye West, record label, Spotify, Streaming media, The Wall Street Journal, Universal Music Group

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