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In even more good news for the music industry as a whole, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, or just plain IFPI, reported that music sales in Norway grew 7.8% over last year. For the first half of 2016, there was a reported growth of 333 million NOK, or $40.3 million from music sales […]
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Following the popular torrent site being taken down in July as well as the arrest of “mastermind” Artern Vaulin, TorrentFreak is reporting that former KickAss Torrents moderators and administrators have started a GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign to raise money to bring back the site. But what are they exactly looking to resurrect? The ability to download […]
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Music Dealers was all about synchronization. Now, it’s all about liquidation. The imploding nightmare around Music Dealers is now getting worse, with a last-ditch liquidation sale now happening. That follows a brief period in which Music Dealers and its principal, Eric Sheinkop, appeared to holding out for a last-minute buyer. That knight in shining armor has […]
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Fans record everything these days. That could be a huge problem for Ed Sheeran’s defense. The question is whether this proves that Ed Sheeran actually plagiarized Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On,’ or whether the songs just bear some similarity. But if a musically-uneducated, emotional jury is involved, this video will probably crush Ed Sheeran’s […]
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After buying out social music video selfie app creator Eyegroove several days ago, and in a strong push towards their video platform, social networking giant Facebook recently posted brand new video metrics as well as new 360 Video tools so that publishers can better engage their audience. We’re going to take a look at these […]
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Search-driven piracy is a red herring, Google argues. Pirate sites are now an ‘infinitesimal’ part of Google search results, according to a new copyright-focused report created by Google and shared with Digital Music News. “Worldwide, more than 3.5 billion searches are made each day on Google Search, making it the most widely used search engine in […]
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With the arrival of new music formats, usually eager news reporters looking to post a story with an appealing headline are quick to announce, “The death of ____.” We’ve seen this with cassettes once CDs came out and VHS tapes once DVDs became mainstream. Lately, CDs and most other physical formats have been on marked […]
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Business Insider: You know nothing of what you write. Yesterday, Business Insider slammed Digital Music News for our coverage of Apple’s recent Apple Music launch in South Korea. In the piece, ill-informed writer James Cook claims that not only is Apple not dumping music downloads in Korea, but Digital Music News didn’t even check the iTunes application and, […]
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Looking to branch out from their already well-established music streaming platform, Spotify has launched their new cartoon series, “Deconstructed,” on YouTube. In a planned series with ATTN, the first video takes a look at EDM’s roots, how the genre became popular, and where it’s headed today. According to top multilingual tech blog Engadget, this isn’t […]
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This is either really excellent or really horrible news for users of the popular musical selfie app, Eyegroove is apparently closing its doors, with most of its staff “joining Facebook to work on new experiences for people to create, share, and connect”. In a statement posted on their website, Eyegroove notified users that “after two […]
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