Major label is now generating around $167k every hour from Spotify, Apple Music et al
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SoundExchange payouts grew 10% to a record $884m last year
Organization distributed nearly half a billion dollars in second half of 2016
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How Facebook can go from villain to hero: Pinch Vevo from YouTube
Why the music business’s own video channel could be the key to helping Mark Zuckerberg
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Smashed by Spotify, can TIDAL find a future which doesn’t end badly?
How long can Jay Z afford to bankroll his minnow of a streaming service?
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Why Netflix’s growing profits will have left Spotify sweating
Film and TV company’s gross margins tower above those of Daniel Ek’s company
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What does the future hold for Sony Music and Sony/ATV?
Why does Sony Corp seem to be treating Pictures and Gaming differently to music?The post What does the future hold for Sony Music and Sony/ATV? appeared first on Music Business Worldwide.
Is BBC radio playing enough independent music?
Just 2% of Radio 1’s 100 most played tracks of 2016 were ‘pure’ independent releases
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Universal and Sony neck-and-neck in US video streaming market share – as Tunecore leads the indies
Universal dominated the US last year – but was neck-and-neck with Sony for video streams
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Ed Sheeran breaks all-time Spotify record three times in four days
As we’ve already covered, Ed Sheeran got off to a blistering start on Spotify with pair of his comeback singles on Friday (Jan 6). Don’t count your chickens yet though… their playcount is growing. On release day, Castle On The Hill racked up 5.63m streams on Spotify, enough to trump the previous one-day record held … Continued
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Warner gains, Sony holds, Universal falls in US 2016 market shares
MBW estimates based on BuzzAngle’s new report lay bare the winners and losers of 2016The post Warner gains, Sony holds, Universal falls in US 2016 market shares appeared first on Music Business Worldwide.