In September 1997, Capitol Records made history by releasing Duran Duran’s “Electric Barbarella” as the internet’s first-ever digital single for sale, heralding a massive shift in how the music industry operates.
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The music industry bands together to finally get paid online
Last fall, A group of music industry heavyweights gathered in New York City to do something they’d mostly failed to do up to that point: work together.
Spotify, YouTube Music to End Free Streaming
Free streaming contributes a pittance to the overall music industry. So why not just kill it?
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L’industrie musicale génère toujours de l’argent, mais les gagnants ne sont plus les mêmes
Le marché de la musique est en pleine évolution depuis déjà plusieurs années, mais, pour la première fois, la vente de musique digitale dépasse les ventes physiques.
Facebook Attacks One of YouTube’s Biggest Weaknesses: Portability
What’s one thing that sucks about YouTube? Portability. So Facebook just fixed that. For all of its serious flaws, YouTube still dominates music listening. And yes, a massive percentage of music video ‘viewers’ aren’t ‘watching’ anything. But they’re also not listening on-the-go. Because portability sucks on YouTube. Which might explain why about 10,000 ‘YouTube to […]
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50 Years Ago, Newark Was in Shambles. Now It’s Home to a Brand-New Grammy Museum
Fifty years ago, Newark was a city in ruins. Now, as the city thrives, the Grammys will lend a helping hand with the opening of an interactive museum. It’s been a dark few decades for Newark, New Jersey. In 1967, Newark police brutally beat a black man to death, and it was all downhill from […]
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Why “Labels Don’t Pay Their Artists” Is a Myth…
The following statement comes from Adrian Strain of global recording industry trade group IFPI, and specifically responds to Berklee School of Music and Rethink Music’s recent report that artists are routinely underpaid on royalties by an average of 20-50%. IFPI response to the Berklee College report The recent Rethink Music report contains useful information on the […]
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And the Grammy Winners Are…
The 58th Annual Grammy Awards tally, as of 7:30 pm PT… 1. Record Of The Year Really Love D’Angelo And The Vanguard D’Angelo & Brent Fischer, producers; Russell Elevado, Ben Kane & Rafa Sardina, engineers/mixers; Dave Collins, mastering engineer Track from: Black Messiah Label: RCA Records Uptown Funk Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars Jeff Bhasker, […]
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This Year, Not One Grammy Winner Thanked Radio During Their Acceptance Speech
Radio used to make Grammy winners. Now they don’t even get mentioned. What’s going on? Is traditional radio dying? That depends on who you ask. Traditional, ‘terrestrial’ radio has been on death watch for more than a decade. And many teens and twenty-somethings report listening to zero hours of traditional broadcast. Yet there I am, sitting […]
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Warner Music Bets Big on This ‘Dance EDM’ Thing the Kids Seem to Like
Warner Music Group has just acquired Spinnin’ Records, one of the largest indie EDM labels. This morning, word leaked that Warner Music Group was finalizing its renewal with Apple Music. Just a few hours later, the label confirmed its acquisition of indie dance label Spinnin’ Records. And both deals are somewhat related. These days of […]
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