While listening to music in the car has long been a tradition, the way in which we do it has changed significantly over the years, as technology has developed to allow greater choice in what we choose to play. Here we look at some numbers relating to listeners on the…
Category archives: Downloads & P2P
Downloads, Streaming See New Lows, New Highs
Although it is unlikely to surprise anyone, some new numbers which have recently come in have revealed milestones for both downloads and streaming, with the forming hitting an all time low, while the latter is growing faster than ever. ______________________________ Guest post by Glenn Peoples of Pandora These news items…
Downloads, Streaming See New Lows, New Highs
Although it is unlikely to surprise anyone, some new numbers which have recently come in have revealed milestones for both downloads and streaming, with the forming hitting an all time low, while the latter is growing faster than ever. ______________________________ Guest post by Glenn Peoples of Pandora These news items…
What We’ve Lost In The Age Of Streaming Music
Here Paul Cantor laments the lost age of downloadable mix tapes, bootlegs, and artist catalogues as well as other forms of content no longer available on streaming services like Spotify or Apple Music, plus the the demise of the blogs which once contained them. ___________________________ Guest post by writer and…
RIAA Names Top Music Pirates, Notorious Markets 2016
Each year the RIAA submits a list of "notorious markets" to the U.S. Government, and this year’s list includes torrent trackers, download sites and stream rippers. In addition, the RIAA called out CloudFlare for making it harder to track illegal activity. The full RIAA list of Top Music Pirates &…
FreshTunes Launches Offering 100% Free Music Distribution To Spotify, Apple, All Major Services
In the digital age, music distribution has become a commodity, and like most commodities the price is almost constantly moving downward. Companies like CDBaby, TuneCore and OnePRM offer flat fee or low cost services and now FreshTunes has driven the price to zero. _____________________________ FreshTunes has launched to offer free…
Music Streaming Reaches A Tipping Point
It seems the industry has finally reached a point where music streaming revenue has become the greatest contributor of royalties for both artists and labels and, as purchases continue to drop, this increasing prominence of streaming will reshape many other aspects of the industry. ___________________________ Guest Post by Glenn Peoples…
Will Someone Explain To The RIAA That SOPA Didn’t Pass?
A recent lawsuit filed against YouTube-mp3.org, one of many easy-come easy-go sites which allow users to get audio download via YouTube video, suggests that major labels and the RIAA are perhaps unaware that SOPA did not in fact become law in 2012, and are behaving accordingly. _____________________________________ Guest Post by…
Down Under, Streaming Is Up, Downloads Are Down
In an extension of a music industry consumer trend seen in the United States, it seems our neighbors to the south are embracing the streaming age, as Australians increasingly eschew CDs and downloads in exchange for streaming. _____________________________ Guest post by Glenn Peoples of Pandora OK, not a big surprise…
Fans Favor Experiences Over Downloads
A new Nielsen Music 360 report is out revealing, perhaps not unsurprisingly, that fans would rather spend their hard earned cash on live music experiences than digital downloads, as well as several other revealing numbers regarding consumer habits. __________________________ Guest post by Taylor Mims from Amplify Fans are more willing…