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Al Jazeera
Category archives: Music industry
‘Spotify are selling adverts, not music’: how to stream ethically
Major services pay musicians as little as £0.004 per stream, a rate it’s impossible to live on. What other options are there?
The Guardian
Music industry losing revenue thanks to short video apps
The music industry in India is losing about Rs200 crore in revenues annually as short-video apps bypass payments and access libraries of music labels illegally.
Mind
Classic bands accused of crowding out new music on streaming services
Up-and-coming pop stars are facing “massive competition” from classic bands like Queen and the Beatles due to streaming, MPs have been told.
BBC
Spotify a enfin été lancé en Corée du Sud
Il s’agit du dernier ajout aux près de 100 pays desservis par Spotify dans le monde, avec plus de 320 millions d’auditeurs dans le monde.
Japan FM
La música ya es un activo de inversión
El streaming permite a la industria musical cerrar el 2020 en positivo. Las canciones proporcionan ingresos estables y cotizan al alza.
La Vanguardia
This is a new NAMM show, not a replacement
Like all trade shows and gatherings, NAMM was faced with a choice during the COVID-hit summer months of 2020 – postpone indefinitely until in-person events are safe to go ahead as planned or reinvent as a digital proposition.
Audio Media International
Germany generated 139bn music streams during COVID-hit 2020
In the six months to end of June 2020, audio streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music generated approximately €514.9m ($562m) in Germany, which German Music Industry Association BVMI reported was up 20.7% year-on-year.
Music Business Worldwide
Singapore plays a role as the backbone of the music industry in Southeast Asia
The biggest players in the music scene have traditionally been Europe and the US, along with sub-markets like Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China.Meanwhile, most Southeast Asian countries, being former Western colonies, tend to take influence from the West ra…
La musique rapporte plus d’argent à l’Europe que le vin et la bière
Le secteur de la musique rapporterait autour de 80 milliards d’euros par an à l’Union européenne.
Konbini