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Spotify, Apple, YouTube And The Streaming Pincer Movement [Mark Mulligan]

By Mark Mulligan on Music Industry Blog The Financial Times yesterday reported that Apple is planning on integrating Beats Music into an iOS update as early as the first quarter of 2015. Which. Continue reading

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Tags: Apple Inc., Financial Times, Google, Google Play, IOS, iTunes, Spotify, Streaming media, Subscription business model, YouTube

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Nielsen SoundScan Finally Add Streams, Downloads To Album Sales Chart

[UPDATED] In what most in the music industry see as a long overdue move Nielson Soundscan will add both streams and downloads to their weekly Top 200 album sales chart. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/20/2014 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: album, Billboard 200, Billboard Magazine, iTunes, music industry, Nielsen SoundScan, SoundExchange, Spotify, Taylor Swift, YouTube

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3 Predictions for the Over-Hyped Music Streaming Business

The music industry has drastically changed in recent years. We no longer live in a world where we anxiously wait outside of a record store to get a new album.. Continue reading

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Tags: Cherie Johnson, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, File sharing, law, LimeWire, music industry, Napster, Spotify, Taylor Swift, YouTube

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TuneCore Surveys Indie Artists and Label Management on Current State of The Music Industry

1,112 members of the TuneCore community responded to the survey they dispersed asking indie artists and label management about the current state of the music industry. The industry has been. Continue reading

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Tags: Artist, Billboard Hot 100, iTunes, Jeff Price, music industry, music video, Scott Ackerman, Spotify, Tunecore, YouTube

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More Thoughts On Bandcamp’s Subscription Feature

This article originally appeared on ChinaMusicRadar.com It may come as a surprise to those not familiar with the Chinese indie scene that BandCamp is fairly widely adopted as part of local artists’. Continue reading

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Tags: Apple Inc., Archie Hamilton, Artist, Bandcamp, Baron Hamilton of Epsom, China, iTunes, music industry, South East Asia, Twitter, YouTube

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“Google are going after Spotify and Taylor Swift has just chosen sides,” says Billy Bragg

Singer and activist Billy Bragg has taken exception to Taylor Swift's decision to remove her music from Spotify, calling the move a part of a "corporate power play" between Google. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/19/2014 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Billy Bragg, Google, Google Play, iTunes, List of online music databases, music industry, Sergey Brin, Spotify, Taylor Swift, YouTube

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Iriving Azoff Calls In Lawyers After YouTube Fails To Take Down 20,000 Songs

Irving Azoff is ratcheting up the pressure after YouTube apparently ignored his warning to make a deal or take down music and videos relating to the 20,000 songs under his. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/19/2014 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Google, Google Play, Irving Azoff, music industry, music video, Pharrell Williams, Smokey Robinson, The Hollywood Reporter, YouTube

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Everything You Need To Know About YouTube Music Key and YouTube’s Evolution As A Social Video Channel

By Olsy Sorokina on Hootsuite Blog A revolution is underway in the music industry, and it will not be televised. It will be streamed on YouTube. Then, someone will write a. Continue reading

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Tags: Apple Inc., Free music, Google, Google Play, music industry, music video, Spotify, Streaming media, Subscription business model, YouTube

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Patreon Is Paying $1 Million Every Month To Musicians, Creators

[UPDATED] Patreon is now paying more than $1 million per month to musicians, YouTube stars and other creatives. These payments are coming from 125,000 patrons who have pledged to support. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/19/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Artist, Cherie Johnson, Clowdy, Cover letter, Crowd funding, Customer service, music industry, Spotify, Taylor Swift, YouTube

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Rdio CEO On Taylor Swift and the Spotify vs. YouTube Payment Conondrum

Some simple simple statements just hit the mail on the head, as do these from Rdio CEO Anthony Bay at the recent Web Summit. On Spotify vs. YouTube Payments: “[Artists] say. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/18/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: Big Machine Records, Family Plan, Grooveshark, Internet radio, Multi-user, Rdio, Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift, YouTube

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How Long Do We Listen To A Song?

By Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 We now live in a world where it's really easy to skip a song that we're listening to if we're not satisfied. This is a revelation. Continue reading

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Tags: Apple Inc., Artist, Bandcamp, CD Baby, Compact disc, Fan (person), iTunes, Spotify, Taylor Swift, YouTube

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