Author archives: davide

Des fonds d’investissement mettent la main sur des catalogues d’artistes à coups de millions de dollars. Le boom du streaming n’y est pas étranger.
Courrier International

Hace 20 años, se cerraban los servidores de la primera encarnación de Napster. El juicio frente a Metallica determinó que el servicio debía eliminar todas las canciones del grupo de su base de datos y, luego de que otros artistas impusieran demandas si…

As the shift to streaming takes hold, it is expected that more local language artists will emerge with increased quality of musical output and sustainable fanbases.
Gulf Business

Queen remain the 38th biggest artist on Spotify today, with over 37.6 million monthly listeners. That’s more than Kanye West (35.8m), Beyoncé (32.6m), The Beatles (24.3m), and Jay-Z (21.6m).
Music Business Worldwide

Sony Music has cancelled the debts of thousands of artists who signed to the record label before the year 2000.
BBC

Vivendi va mettre en Bourse sa filiale numéro un mondial de l’industrie musicale.
La Croix

Sin embargo, esta no es una señal de una baja importante en el interés del público por los artistas, eventos y lanzamientos de música electrónica.
Warp

The gaming platform is becoming increasingly attractive to artists, who can earn money by cultivating fan tribes that express their loyalty through patronage.
The New York Times

Octogenarian musicians have never made so much money as now—but why?
Ted Gioia

Musicians join Paul McCartney, Kate Bush and others in campaign for better remuneration from companies such as Spotify, and creation of industry regulator.
The Guardian