UPDATE: Jay Z’s solo catalog has been pulled from Spotify and Apple Music, but remains available on Tidal, which he founded and controls. Jay Z had pulled his debut album "Reasonable Doubt" from all streaming services except for Tidal when he launched the service. Last year, his Blueprint series was…
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3 Great Services Finding Royalty Money In Unusual Places
Although there is a high volume of derivative music content online in the form of things like covers and remixes, it can often be difficult for artists to capitalize on the royalties from such things, something these three services are looking to fix. _____________________ Guest post by Ta’Rikah Jones on…
Q1 Stats Show A Growing Music Industry IF It Can Figure Out Streaming
New sales and streaming stats from BuzzAngle Music show a recorded music industry that’s growing again, led by an explosion in streaming. But with digital and physical sales plummeting, the pressure in is own to make streaming profitable for all – the labels, the creators and the services themselves. _____________________________…
Miranda Lambert’s ACM Awards Performance Spurs Massive Sales Bump
One of the year’s biggest nights in country music, the ACM awards not only offer fans a chance to catch some outstanding live performances from their favorite artists, but also give the artists a chance to experience a massive post-performance sales bump. Here we look at several of the artists…
Spotify ‘Seriously’ Explores Nixing IPO In Favor Of Direct Listing, Motivated By $1B Funding Terms
This week’s announcement that Spotify had cut a multi-year licensing deal with UMG, and the subsequent deals with other rightsholders that will certainly follow, paves the way for Spotify to become a public company. But instead of the traditional IPO, Spotify is seriously exploring taking a more unconventional approach. ______________________________…
How To Get A Job At Spotify
Spotify hires about 1000 new workers each year; and CEO Daniel Ek says that he’s asked how to get a job at the music streamer so often that he tasked the Human Resources Department to write a guide, "How To Get A Job At Spotify". ______________________________ I quite often get…
Why Spotify, UMG Windowing Deal Won’t Work
With yesterday’s announcement that Spotify and Universal Music Group had struck a multi-year licensing deal came to revelations: 1) the music streamer would pay lower streaming rates IF it delivered specific higher revenue targets and 2) some new releases would not to available to free users for two weeks in…
Universal, Spotify Deal Is Even Bigger Than It Looks [Mark Mulligan]
Yesterday’s announcement that Spotify had signed a multi-year licensing deal with UMG is a clearly a big deal, clearing the way for a Spotify IPO. But it’s also much, much more than that, says respected industry analyst Mark Mulligan. _______________________________________ Mark Mulligan of MIDiA and the Music Industry Blog Universal…
YouTube Go Launches In India
YouTube has expanded the footprint of its YouTube Go service to India. The YouTube Go beat app is now available for download in the Google Play Store. Key features of YouTube Go include: A home built for you: YouTube Go home screen features trending and popular videos in your area,…
Spotify and Universal Music Ink New Deal That Includes Album Windowing
[UPDATED] Spotify and Universal Music Group have completed a new licensing deal. The music streamer, which is under month to month agreements, must still get Sony, Warner Music and indie licensor Merlin on board before it can IPO. ____________________ Spotify and Universal Music have finalized a new multi-year licencing deal…