Business, Services And Guides For Music Labels
Free streaming contributes a pittance to the overall music industry. So why not just kill it? Right now, the music industry is losing its war against YouTube. But maybe that’s because they haven’t deployed the nuclear option. That is, turning the lights off entirely on free music streaming. According to separate sources at major music […]
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The summer of 2017 is shaping up to be a season of uncertainty. Some areas of the music industry are faltering while others appear to be doing remarkably well. New technology also is playing a role. How will it all play out? Only time will tell.
Midem
SoundCloud and the uploads of its many rappers, producers, noise bands and nascent podcasts are safe, for now.
NPR
The market is dominated by one company: Tencent, the biggest of the country’s online giants.
“Despacito” and “Mi Gente” are leading a surge of Spanish-language songs on the charts as mainstream artists and labels get in on the action.
Billboard
YouTube cherche à faire grimper sa cote de popularité chez les artistes et tente pour cela de les toucher au porte-monnaie. L’idée étant de leur rappeler le potentiel qu’a YouTube sur le marché musical tout en cherchant à se montrer plus transparent.
What’s the difference between relaxing piano music and a recording of crashing waves? Depending on how you answer that question, Amazon Music is also pedaling ‘fake artists’. For decades, recordings of nature sounds have been packaged and sold at a handsome profit. And it’s the same rotating list: crashing waves, birds chirping in a forest, […]
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Yesterday, DMN highlighted dozens of neo-Nazi, white supremacist bands on Spotify. Now, the streaming service has started removing them. Spotify has taken swift action to remove dozens of neo-Nazi, white supremacist hate bands from their service. The move comes less than 24 hours after Digital Music News published a piece highlighting the presence of 37 […]
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Now there’s a conference for that. Get ready for ‘Making Vinyl,’ an event dedicated to the burgeoning vinyl records industry. Somehow, I don’t think Wall Street Journal writer Neil Shah will be showing up for this one. But even the staunchest vinyl skeptics might have something to learn here. The conference is called ‘Making Vinyl,’ […]
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SoundCloud’s traffic is tanking — fast — according to just-released data. SoundCloud has more than just money problems. According to data shared with Digital Music News this morning, it has very serious traffic problems as well. Since January of 2016, SoundCloud’s overall traffic has dipped by roughly 25 percent, according to tracking data from SimilarWeb. After […]
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