Streaming growth is slowing down in the US according to the Nielsen Music Mid-Year Report. But don’t hit the panic button, writes Bobby Owsinski, There’s still plenty of room for growth worldwide. By Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 The latest Nielsen Music Mid-Year Report shows that streaming has actually dropped…
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Spotify’s ‘Dance Like Nobody’s Paying’ Serves As Call For User-centric Royalties
Spotify’s new ad campaign ‘Dance Like Nobody’s Paying’ drew ire from musicians and artist advocates “Dance like nobody’s paying because we aren’t,” tweeted singer/songwriter David Poe in response. The ad is also an ironic reminder of the need to shift to user-centric royalties, writes Chris Castle. ____________________________ By Chris Castle…
Free Trials Get Longer As Apple Music Offers Students 6 Months At No Cost
Apple Music has extended its free trial for students from three months to six months. With the usual music streaming free trial lasting from 30, 60 and 90 days, this is the longest free trial of a premium service ever offered by Apple Music or any other major streamer. This…
BBC Names Lorna Clarke First Ever ‘Pop Controller’
Lorna Clarke has been named as the first BBC controller of pop music. She will be responsible for all pop stations including Radio 1, Radio 1Xtra, Radio 2, Radio 6 Music, and Asian Network, in addition to other music output such as BBC Music and music television. She will also…
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SXSW 2020 PanelPicker Opens: Just 10 Days Left To Submit
The SXSW PanelPicker is officially open to accept proposals. The two-step online process gives attendees a voice in conference programming including presentations, panels and at SXSW. Competition is fierce with 6100 proposals submitted in 2018. The 2020 SXSW Conference & Festivals will run from March 13-22, 2020 in Austin, Texas….
Spotify Draws Fire For ‘Tone Deaf’ Ad Campaign: ‘Dance As If No One Is Paying"
Spotify is under fire from artist advocates and music fans over a new ad campaign that offers 4o day free trials of its Premium service. "WTF @Spotify!?! How did anyone in your company think this was a good idea?? #FAIL," tweeted ECR Music pr executive Amy Gardner. The ad reads…
PledgeMusic Board Says It’s "Continuing To Pursue a Sale"
It has been a little over 5 months since PledgeMusic suspended all campaigns and payments, and two months since FRP Advisory began contacting buyers as part of Pre-Administration, the UK equivalent of bankruptcy. To date, however, no formal filing of Administration has been made. In its first public updated since…
Music Trending On Twitter Today: 7.9.19
THE HOTTEST MUSIC TWEETS FOR 7.9.19: Forget charts that are updated once a week or even once a day. You want, you need to know what’s hot in music and music news right now. Here is what’s happening in the Twitterverse this today. Ariana Grande Tweeted a throwback of her…
Jaxsta Inks With Merlin To Deliver Indie Music Credits
Australian music tech startup Jaxsta has announced a deal to deliver track and album credits from global independent music licensor Merlin and its thousands of label members. With the deal, Jaxsta now has access to the credits of more than 80% of all global music releases. Just last month Jaxsta…