The Other Playlists: How Behavior Impacts Songs

Since the beginning of the recording industry, the limitations imposed by format have directly influenced music, from wax cylinders to MP3s. Here we look at how the now dominant format – streaming – is reshaping music. ______________________________ Guest post from AWAL “We should get good enough that you don’t have…

Amazon Music Adds Mexico As Anderson.Paak, Future Kick Off Major US, UK Marketing Campaign [VIDEO]

Amazon Music, has begun its first ever marketing campaign in the US, UK and Germany along with a platform launch today in Mexico. Often considered the wild card in the streaming music wars, Amazon Music spots from Future and Anderson.Paak were released this week With "tens of millions of users"…

SiriusXM makes home entertainment move with Amazon Echo partnership

As part of the partnership, Amazon Echo users get their first three months of SiriusXM for free
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Arithmetic Online: The Ethical Pool Solution To Streaming Royalty Allocation

Fans and artists alike are currently more than a little a displeased by the "Big Pool" method with which streaming services calculate how artists get paid. Here we explore an alternative method of calculating these royalties dubbed the "Ethical Pool Solution" which would allow listeners to direct royalties only to…