Author archives: davide

Après Warner Music, les français Universal et Believe vont entrer en Bourse cette année. Un retour en grâce du secteur, porté par le streaming. Mais à quel prix ?
L’Express

Habrá quien piense que el mundo se ha vuelto loco, otra vez. Los síntomas detectados incluyen la venta hace unos días de un collage digital del artista Beeple por 58,5 millones de euros.
La Vanguardia

The Real Music Wages Database is an anonymous, crowd-sourced list of real wage transactions reported by musicians. We track how much someone has been paid, who paid them, and how many hours of work it involved.
New Music Box

The dirty little secret of these transactions? People are buying unique digital collectibles – but they aren’t buying any underlying rights.
Music Business Worldwide

A third of musicians could leave the industry due to the financial losses brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, a report cited by NME says. The research was carried out by the Musicians’ Union, who are calling on the UK government to provide greater …

Pendant le confinement, la diffusion numérique s’est imposée, au détriment des CD. Les ventes de vinyles progressent.
Le Monde

El Observatorio Digital de la Música Chilena (ODMC), con apoyo del Ministerio de Economía, Fomento y Turismo, CORFO y Chilecreativo, lanzó un estudio inédito que tiene por objetivo visibilizar y dar cuenta de la magnitud de la industria de la música y …

Last year, Victorian production manager Jenny Moon attended the funerals of half a dozen people from the music industry who took their own lives or died because of mental health-related issues.
ABC

In 1984, a mere 6,000 music albums were released in the UK. Today, streaming services make available a similar volume — 55,000 new songs — every single day.
Financial Times

Monetization of an artist’s craft has always been a tricky issue. It is also a bifurcated one: Very few top names earn big money and the vast majority just get by, if even that.
Arab News