An Indie Streaming Success Story: Secrets In Stereo

NPR recently posted an article about how the tiny royalties coming from music streaming can add up and chose one artist as a great example. Josh Colum and his band Secrets In Stereo signed up with Rumblefish, a. Continue reading

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5 Reasons The Major Labels Didn’t Really Blow It With Napster

Pundits are fond of saying that the major labels blew it by suing Napster instead of doing a deal with them. It's as though they're obligated to repeat it as. Continue reading

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Deezer Adds 20,000 Podcasts, Downplays Importance Of Free Music

[UPDATED] Everyone seems to be trying to find new ways to stand out ahead of Apple Music's relaunch. Today music streamer Deezer added podcasts to its offering, and more interestingly, downplayed. Continue reading

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Starbucks Shifts Music Gears From iTunes to Spotify In Major Multi-Year Partnership

Digital music deals and launches are accelerating ahead of next months Apple music relaunch. Spotify hit a solid double yesterday with multi-faceted Starbucks deal that includes 200,000+ free Spotify Premium. Continue reading

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VOTE: Should Streaming Services Limit Free Music?

Many in the music industry are concerned that income from streaming will not adequately fund artists and the music industry.  With the shift to streaming accelerating, should record labels and. Continue reading

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RIAA Trims More Staff, But Bonuses Already Well Paid Execs

The RIAA represents over 1,600 U.S. record labels that collectively create and distribute about 90% of recorded music sold in the United States. It's largest and most influential of the members are. Continue reading

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Spotify To Launch “Spotify Now” This Wednesday May 20th

When Spotify sent out media invites for a press event this Wednesday May 2oth, multiple reports pointed toward the addition of a video service including content from top media companies. Now. Continue reading

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GETTING IT DONE – Last Week In D.I.Y and Indie Music: Apple Music Gets Artist Friendly • Pay For Play • 12 Facebook Tactics • More

It's hard to keep up, but that why we're here with  news that the new Apple Music is adding some artist friendly social features, a chart that show just how. Continue reading

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REWIND – The New Music Industry’s Week In Review: BMI • WMG • Spotify • Rdio • NPR • More

Another eventful week in the new music industry: BMI scored a major victory for songwriters, streaming revenue passed downloads for the first time at a major label, Spotify unveiled a surprising stat and. Continue reading

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Last Week In Music Commentary: Streaming Music Matures • Who Pays When Spotify Discounts • Rdio Finds Music’s Middle

As streaming matures, how is the music industry changing?  And when Spotify and Tidal offer deeps discounts, who pays the creators?  That's just the start of what the music industry. Continue reading

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