Why Does Spotify Pay So Little? [An Analysis]

Both artists and their loyal listeners have expressed disdain about artist payouts (or lack thereof) – but why are streaming services like Spotify, who are seemingly so successful, paying the. Continue reading

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TIDAL Absorbs WiMP As Jay Z Takes Ownership Of Music Streamer, U.S. Relaunch March 30th

Apparently, Jay-Z and I have something in common besides the love of an occasional cigar. Neither of us liked the strange name WiMP for a music service. So, as of today,. Continue reading

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TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts on Hypebot.com

Did The $7.3 Million “Blurred Lines” Verdict Kill Songwriting? 5 Reasons to Kick Out That Band Member How To Get Your Music Featured On Music Blogs Sony Music CEO –. Continue reading

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How To Thrive In A Post-Download Era With Superfans

Have you read the news recently? Download sales are declining. Think about it, when was the last time you bought a download from iTunes?

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Beats Music Trumps Spotify In Artist Payouts

In terms of subscribers and market share, Beats Music (acquired by Apple as part of its purchase of Beats in May of last year) is way behind Spotify. But there's. Continue reading

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Ticketfly Acquires Northern Tickets, Passes $1 Billion In Sales

Ticketfly is among a handful of companies threatening Ticketmaster's dominance.  Today they took the fight north of the border, acquiring Northern Tickets.

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“Zero Effect”: Do New Consumption Charts Penalize Artists Windowing Streaming and Compilation Records?

"Although we can’t tell how consumption charts are weighted (as far as I know that info hasn’t been released publicly), it’s pretty clear that if you are not on streaming. Continue reading

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Deezer Elite Expands Globally With Sonos

High definition audio is one of streaming music's hottest battlegrounds; and Deezer is leading the charge with a global launch of Deezer Elite via a partnership with in-home music leader Sonos.

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Kendrick Lamar Sets Global First Day Spotify Streaming Record

Kendrick Lamar’s new album "To Pimp a Butterfly"  was streamed more than 9.6 million times on Spotify on its first day, Monday, March 16.  That is a new global record. Continue reading

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The Music Industry Says Farewell to Freemium

It is clear that the way we consume media is very different from 10 years ago. In the age of "freemium" music services like Spotify, who actually wins? 

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