Much as streaming has replaced traditional album sales, Spotify and Apple music ‘pre-saves’ have replaced pre-orders. While these pre-saves are certainly good news for artists as a metric of gauging listener interest, there is concern that artists are missing out some valuable listener data as a result. ___________________________ Guest post…
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10 Trends Reshaping The Music Business [Mark Mulligan]
Streaming may get all the headlines, but it is far from the only factor that’s driving strong and and sustained growth in the recorded music industry; and the ripple effects of these trends will reshape the music industry for years to come. MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan offers 10 trends reshaping…
Radio Nowhere – Is Anybody Alive Out There?
Radio giant iHeartMedia has filed for a $100 million IPO, even as it just emerges from bankruptcy. William Paterson University Music Business Professor David Philp takes a look at the state of terrestrial radio, its less than graceful handling of the internet’s rise, and why it needs to adapt, as…
Pandora, SiriusXM Launch Pandora NOW
SiriusXM and Pandora has launched the first cross-platform listening experience since the satellite broadcaster acquired the streaming service. Leveraging Pandora’s listener data, Pandora NOW is be both a SiriusXM channel and a Pandora interactive station and playlist for its combined audience of 100 million listeners. The music played on Pandora…
Techstars Music’s Bob Moz On The Music Business and How Tech Is Reshaping It
Bob Moz (short for Moczydlowsky) is a fixture in music tech. Now the Managing Director of the Techstars Music startup program, Moz worked at Yahoo Music, as Topspin VP Product & Marketing and Twitter’s Head of Music. David Weiszfeld, the CEO of Music analytics dashboard Soundcharts, launches his new video…
‘Hey Google, Talk Like Johnny Legend’
Google is rolling John Legend’s silky voice as a cameo on Google Assistant, available for a limited time in the U.S. Want to experience it yourself? Just say, “Hey Google, talk like a Legend," and you’ll hear Legend’s voice for select content when you ask Assistant for jokes or for…
Stream-Ripping Finally On The Decline
As with so many consumer practices, piracy has its own trends which, in the age of streaming, most recently took the form of stream-ripping, an illegal process whereby, content is ‘ripped’ from existing streaming sites. Fortunately, this practice appears to be on the decline, according to a recent report. ____________________________…
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iHeartMedia Files For $100M IPO As It Nears Bankruptcy Exit
iHeartMedia, the dominant player in US radio broadcasting, has filed a $100 million IPO offering of Class A shares, just as it nears exiting bankruptcy. With 855 stations and numerous digital properties, iHeartMedia estimates a monthly reach of 275 million listeners over the age of 6, outpacing Google (251 million)…
25 Songs Have Each Played Over 1B Times On Spotify
Two and a half years ago, Drake’s “One Dance” became the first song on Spotify to be played one billion times. This week, the 25th song joined the billion stream club. Here is the list of the the all the songs played 1 billion or more times on Spotify. Ed…