Last week, Rhapsody consolidated its branding under the single moniker Napster. With it came a supposedly improved interface and user experience, but judging from comments posted online, Rhapsody users are NOT happy with the change. ____________________________________________ Rhapsody users responded angrily to the shift to the Napster brand in comments on…
Category archives: Music Business
Self-Imposed Music Scarcity In The Digital Era
Although streaming is the dominant form of music consumption, and seems to be here to stay, many listeners are turning to vinyl-only, or cassette-only record labels to obtain their music. __________________________________ By Glenn Peoples of Pandora Pitchfork has an interesting article today on vinyl-only record labels. They reside in music’s…
Most Musicians Are Not Entrepreneurs
This article examines how, in the modern era, artists need to be able to not only make music but also effectively sell themselves, something which most musicians are not naturally good at, meaning they need a good entrepreneurial team on their side. _______________________________ By Matt Voyno of The New Rockstar…
Is YouTube Not Music’s Boogie Man After All?
Although YouTube been taking a lot of heat from the music community of late owing to its alleged failure to pay sufficient royalties, some of the numbers used to make this claim may be not be clear enough to fully condemn the service, a service which seems to be waning…
Deezer Enters Crowded U.S Streaming Music Market Without Free Tier
Better late than never? French based music streamer Deezer is finally entering the already crowded U.S. streaming music market. Until now, Deezer was only available to Cricket Wireless customers or on Sonos and Bose connected speaker systems. ____________________________________________ Deezer entered the U.S. market today with a standard $9.99 per month…
TUE. BRIEFING: Deezer Enters Crowded U.S. Market • ITunes Match Revamps • Branson Invests In Sofar • More
TUESDAY 7.19.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Deezer is a well designed service, but they waited so long to launch in the US, it is hard to see how it will catch up. Updated continuously under our More News tab
Drake Scores 10th Week At #1
Drake has returned to #1 on both the Nielsen and BuzzAngle Music charts with "Views," which sold another 92,000 equivalent album units, including 58,000 streaming equivalent albums, this week. It’s the album’s 10th non-consecutive week in the top spot. "Views" only the 10th record in the last 20 years to…
10 Music Marketing Lessons Learned From Lisa Lepine
Following the recent tragic passing of Lisa Lepine, Chris Robley shares with us ten important music marketing lessons learned from the "ProMotion Queen." ____________________________ Guest Post by Chris Robley on CD Baby’s DIY Musician Blog Last week the music community of Portland, Oregon lost one of its true gems: Lisa…
Bankrupt SFX Ended Month $5.5 Million Richer Than It Started It
Late last week, SFX filed its monthly operating report for with the US Bankruptcy Court, alongside a request to increase the cash bonuses it was using to retain key employees, particularly at Beatport, and it contained a few surprises. _______________________________________________________ SFX filed a monthly operating report for May 2016 with…
6 Successful Music Managers Discuss Launching Their Careers
Here an impressive roster of several talented managers offer advice and share their experiences launching the careers of not only the artists in their charge, but also of they themselves as managers. _______________________________________ Guest Post by New Torch Entertainment on Pigeons and Planes In the latest installment of Inside Track,…