Nielsen Music has released it 2018 Year-End Highlights. The survey shows a year of significant overall industry growth, with total album equivalent audio consumption up 23% over 2017, driven by a 49% increase in on-demand audio song streams compared to 2017. A similar analysis of 2018 stats by BuzzAngle Music…
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How Music and Video Will Rescue Apple [Mark Mulligan]
Music saved Apple’s business back in 2003 when a new iTunes Music Store boosted iPod sales and the entire company, paving the way for the greatest ever period in Apples history. As Apple stock struggles, MIDiA’s Mark Mulligan sees a repeat performance coming with music, along with video and maybe…
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2018 On-Demand Music Streams +42%, Paid Streams +50% In Q4 [BuzzAngle Music]
[UPDATED] On-demand audio streams set a record high of 534.6 billion in the US in 2018, up 42% over the previous year, according to the BuzzAngle Music Industry Year End Report. But the best news for artists and labels came thanks to 50% growth in streams by paid subscribers. Those…
YouTube’s Streaming Domination Clips the Market’s Wings [Mark Mulligan]
For all the media attention given to Spotify and Apple Music, YouTube is still the world’s most popular music streaming service. But its unique licensing position and massive free offering often has a negative effect on the entire music streaming market. _________________________________ By Mark Mulligan of MIDiA and the Music…
Music Biz Weekly Podcast Looks Back At 2018 And What’s Next In 2019
For the last Music Biz Weekly Podcast of 2018, co-hosts Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert look back at 2018, comment on industry shifts that excited and disappointed them and look ahead to 2019.
Apple Officially Removes All Ads on Shazam
Apple celebrates its Shazam acquisition by removing all ads from the music identification app. Late last year, Apple made a relatively expensive purchase. In a bid to build up its streaming music service, the Cupertino company acquired Shazam for $400 …
Zoe Keating Shares Spotify, Streaming Earnings 2018
Cellist and composer Zoe Keating has won legions of fans with recordings and performances that use live sampling to create a rhythmically and sonically dense, almost otherworldly sound. To her fellow independent artists, she’s also an inspiration and a thought leader. _______________________________ Snowmelt (EP) by Zoe Keating The centerpiece of…
Moving On Up: Apple Gets Into The Business Of Elevator Music
Although the tinkly, saccharine iterations of current major hits, dubbed ‘Muzak’ is much maligned by those forced to endure it, such watered down covers are a fairly profitable vein of music business, enough so that apple has decided it wants its piece of the pie. ____________________________ Guest post by Bobby…
Like Ping, Apple Quietly Kills Off Apple Music Connect
Let’s face it – Apple just doesn’t do social. Apple Music executives found out the hard way. Several years ago, Apple shuttered a highly-publicized feature. Similar to Last.fm, the iTunes-based social network allowed users to follow people, including …