Tuesday 1.24.17 Music Business News From Around The Web This headline says it all: "Jay Z is selling a third of Tidal, which makes sense. Sprint is buying a third of Tidal, which makes less sense." Updated continuously under our More News tab
Category archives: Music Tech
Band Of Heathens, Jamestown Revival, Tift Merritt Top Americana Music Chart This Week
The Americana Music Association’s Airplay chart represents the reported play of terrestrial radio stations, nationally syndicated radio shows, satellite radio and internet stations who have agreed to submit weekly spin counts. Here is this week’s chart: Americana Playlist for week of Monday, January 23, 2017 2W LW TW ARTIST (Stations…
Investors Are Poised To Disrupt Music Funding [Antony Bruno]
As interest begins to grow among private investors, it looks as though music funding will be the next aspect of the music industry to experience disruption, as cash-strapped artists are forced to seek an alternative to labels. _________________________ Guest post by Antony Bruno of Royalty Exchange Contrary to popular belief,…
AM BRIEF: Sprint Invest In Tidal • Net Neutrality Foe To Head FCC • PIAS Acquires Inertia • More
Monday 1.23.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Just in case you needed something else to worry about, net neutrality is in serious danger as the Trump administration enters office. Updated continuously under our More News tab
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
In this look back through the past seven days of music industry goings-on, we revisit how music consumption habits changed in the past year, why Kanye wasn’t permitted to play at inaugural events, the new streaming playlist music economy, and much more. How U.S. Music Consumption Changed 2016 vs. 2015…
Have $9.99 Streaming Subscriptions Reached A Saturation Point? [MARK MULLIGAN]
While music streaming has had good year overall, the financially polarizing pricing structure currently being implemented by the streaming industry seems to have some wondering if the number of customers willing to pay $9.99 has hit a saturation point. _______________________ Guest post by Mark Mulligan of Midia Streaming music had…
FRI. BRIEF: $30M Music Messenger App Returns • Jones vs Jackson Lawsuit Proceeds • Trump vs Nat’l Arts Endowment • More
Friday 1.20.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Does the Music Messenger logo (left) represent $30 million just flying away? Updated continuously under our More News tab
Pandora Tops YouTube, Spotify In 2016 Music Listening, As Streaming Beats Radio For First Time
Pandora, YouTube and Spotify combined to capture 72% of all streaming music listening in 2016. And for the first time ever, enjoying music via streaming was more popular than listening to music on the radio, according to a new MusicWatch survey. ______________________________ Pandora continued to be the most listened to…
Apple’s GarageBand, Logic Pro X Get Major Updates
Apple’s Garageband and the many digital audio toolkits that followed helped revolutionized the music industry by offering affordable and usable music creation and recording tools. This week, Apple pushed out a major update to both of its top audio software offerings. ______________________________ Apple has launched major updates to its music…
Sleater-Kinney’s Janet Weiss: The Gear and Tech That Keep Her Going
In this interview we hear from Janet, drummer, backup singer, co-songwriter, and setlist maker for a variety of different bands, most notably Sleater-Kinney and Quasi about her preferences for hardware, software, and setup. _____________________________ Janet Weiss from CASH Music’s WATT Who are you, and what do you do? I’m Janet…