Massive Changes In This Year’s Music Sales

A recent Nielson report on the year's music sales reveals some interesting new data on how music is being consumed. Massive growth has been seen for streaming services like Spotify,. Continue reading

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Indian Music Streamer Saavn Raises $100 Million, Adding 1 Million Subscribers Monthly

Apple Music launched last week in 100 countries; and that only begins to give you an idea of how big the potential is for streaming music. That universe expands even. Continue reading

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Microsoft’s Xbox Music Reboots As Groove… Or Is It Groove Music? NO, Not That Other Groove Music

Microsoft and Google must be envious.  Despite their massive scale, neither has been able capture a significant portion of the music market, as Apple did with iTunes and appears to. Continue reading

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Merlin Releases 2015 Survey on Digital Music Growth

At A2IM’s annual meeting, Merlin CEO Charles Caldas presented Merlin’s 2015 Membership survey. The survey outlines how international Independent labels are crossing a digital tipping point. Some key findings:

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Why People Like Other Streaming Services More than Apple Music

With the recent launch of Apple Music there is a full-on war going on on the music streaming market. Apple Music is praised for its high quality sound, artist selection. Continue reading

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Last Week’s Most Read Posts: Apple Music Reviews • Kudos For CD Baby • Networking • More

Apple Music dominated this week's news.  There were good reviews and bad, but all of it is worth knowing about given Apple's game changing potential. Our friends at CD Baby got. Continue reading

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VOTE: What do you think Of Apple Music, Beats 1?

Apple launched its streaming music service Apple Music and global online station Beats 1 yesterday.  What do you think of it so far? Is it a winner or a dud?. Continue reading

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Chicago Adds 9% Tax On Spotify, Netflix

The City of Chicago has imposed a pair of taxes that would impose a sales tax on pay-per-view entertainment delivered over the internet. The law seems aimed at streaming services. Continue reading

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Prince Pulls Music Off All Streaming Services Except TIDAL, Soundcloud

Prince does things at his own pace and for his own reasons. He's always has a love/hate relationship with streaming music, but his timing leaves more questions than answers…

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Google Play Versus Apple Music: Who Will Win?

Eager to beat Apple Music's June 30th launch to the punch, Google recently announced its newly-launched free music streaming service. Beginning this Tuesday, the search engine giant is introducing a. Continue reading

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