Rhapsody Users Rebel Over Shift To Napster

Last week, Rhapsody consolidated its branding under the single moniker Napster.  With it came a supposedly improved interface and user experience, but judging from comments posted online, Rhapsody users are. Continue reading

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Drake Scores 10th Week At #1

Drake ​has returned to #1 on both the Nielsen and BuzzAngle Music charts with "Views," which sold another 92,000 equivalent album units, including 58,000 streaming equivalent albums, this week. It’s. Continue reading

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Bankrupt SFX Ended Month $5.5 Million Richer Than It Started It

Late last week, SFX filed its monthly operating report for with the US Bankruptcy Court, alongside a request to increase the cash bonuses it was using to retain key employees,. Continue reading

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Vinyl Sales Up Another 17%, Used Sales Surpass New

The growth in of vinyl music sales makes for great headlines. But the vinyl market is really a dual market, according industry analysts MusicWatch – new vinyl sales and used. Continue reading

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Apple Jabs At Spotify, YouTube With Proposal That Would Pay Songwriters Just $910 Per 1 Million Streams

The amount that songwriters are paid for streaming is diluted by the hundreds of millions of streams on ad-supported music services like Spotify free and YouTube.  Apple has filed a proposal. Continue reading

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AM BRIEFING: Apple Proposes New Streaming Rates • Swift, Kardashian Do Battle • New Katy Perry Apple Exclusive • More

MONDAY 7.18.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Apple's streaming rates proposal is little more than a jab at Spotify.  Updated continuously under our More News tab

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

In this round of our weekly wrap of big music industry news stories we look at the NMPA and Spotify's declaration of victory, broadcast radio's decline in influence, SFX's withdrawal. Continue reading

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Rhapsody Is Now Officially Napster, User Growth Flat At 3.5M Globally

[UPDATED] The planned transition uniting the Rhapsody and Napster music streaming services under the Napster brand is complete and with the announcement came paid subscriber stats. 

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Indie Shuffle, SubmitHub And The Hassle Of Submitting To Music Blogs

In this interview, Jason Grishkoff, founder of the established music blog Indie Shuffle, discusses his latest project, SubmitHub, a site designed to streamline the complex and disorganized process of submitting to music blogs.

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NMPA And Spotify Declare Victory, But David Lowery Says Fight Has Just Begun For Indie Songwriter, Publishers

This week, the National Music Publishers Association and Spotify declared the settlement over unlicensed tracks a smashing success, with 96% of NMPA members signing on. But the fight for fair compensation from. Continue reading

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