In this piece, Daniel Pines looks at how mainstream media is reinventing itself in order to accomodate the rise of independent online content creators, and how this new media model is, and will continue to impact the music industry. ________________________ Guest post by Daniel Pines from the Berklee College of…
Category archives: Digital Music
When Economic Theory Fails: A Critical Look At Waldfogel’s Digital Renaissance
In this piece, Neil Turkewitz digs deep into the recently released book by Joel Waldfogel entitled "Digital Renaissance: What Data and Economics Tell Us About the Future of Popular Culture, a work which explores how the entertainment industry is fairing in the current explosive digital age with regard to the…
Mobile Music Streaming In China: A Vibrant Industry In A Tough Market
As the Chinese company Tencent Music Entertainment…
5 Music Industry Predictions 2019: Fan Clubs, Apple Music, Chart Decline and More
With the music business in a constant state of tumultuous evolution, 2019 is shaping up to be a wild year for the industry. Here we look at five major developments we’re likely to see unfolding in the coming months. ___________________________ Guest post from Haulix Daily Everyone knows the saying, “new…
10 Music Industry Predictions For 2019
While predicting the future is no easy task, a careful look at the best can least give us a sense of where the industry might be headed in the coming year, whether its the next development in the ongoing streaming war, the future of live music, or something else altogether….
Copyright Office Issues Interim Ruling On MLC Applications Including Oversight Of MLC Board By Librarian of Congress
The United Sates Copyright Office recently issued an interim rule which maps out a carefully crafted approach to the registers position in designating the Mechanical Licensing Collective and Digital Licensee Coordinator. ________________________ Guest post by Chris Castle of Music Technology Policy The U.S. Copyright Office issued an interim rule for…
Why You Won’t Ever See A Market For Used Digital Music
The secondhand market has been a strong feature of the music industry ever since music was fixed in a tangible medium, so it’s only natural that this secondary economy would evolve to encompass, "secondhand" digital music as well – at least if the court of appeals hadn’t shut it down….
Neil Young Launches Personal Streaming Service That Could Actually Work
While the prohibitive costs of the necessary music licenses has made launching a new streaming service next to impossible, Neil Young is trying a different approach by rolling out a platform that only offers his own music, in joint venture with Warner music that might actually be successful. ___________________________ Guest…
Sounds Of Music 2018 From Pandora’s Music Genome Project
How did music change in 2018? It’s not an easy question to answer, but the data gurus at Pandora have crunched the mountains of data that power the Music Genome Project to find out. _______________________________ By Emily Blake and Sergio Oramas of Pandora Most of us can likely recognize an…
Tencent Music IPO Demonstrates Music Tech Investment Coming To Its Senses
While the Chinese music streaming service Tencent Music debuted with an impressively initial public offering of $14.10, music tech investors seem to have come back down to earth somewhat and reduced its value to a more modest level. ___________________ Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 The Chinese music…