Dubset today has partnered with TIDAL to deliver legal mixes, remixes and DJ sets to music streamer. The startup previously partnered with Apple Music and Spotify, and has deals for content from Sony and Merlin. “Sampling and mixtapes has long been a foundational part of the music ecosystem,” said Lior…
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Spotify Announces 70 Million Paid Subscribers, Then Deletes Their Tweet
Spotify announced via a tweet that it now has 70 million paid subscribers. That’s up from 60 million during the summer. In June, Spotify reported 140 million combined paid and free users; and while that total has certainly grown, it would appear that the streamer’s ratio of paid to free…
Bono On Chance The Rapper, Going DIY, Spotify Payouts and How Streaming Made Him A Better Songwriter
In a wide ranging interview with Rolling Stone, Bono shared his perspectives on the modern music industry. For a man that can afford to never sing another note in his life, the U2 frontman showed a surprising grasp of the limitations and opportunities presented to all musicians by streaming and…
BuzzAngle Year End Music Report 2017: It’s All About Streaming
Music data firm BuzzAngle Music has some good news for the recorded music industry, unless one loves old-fashioned purchasing habits. Album and song sales dwindled in 2017, dropping 14.6% and 23.2% respectively, with physical sales declining only 7%percent, according to BuzzAngle. Audio stream consumption leaped 50.3 percent to 377 billion…
Why Did Wixen Just File A $1.6B Lawsuit Against Spotify: The Music Modernization Act
A clause in The Music Modernization Act, a proposed U.S. law filed just weeks ago, prompted Wixen, the publisher for 50,000 songs by 2000 songwriters including Tom Petty, Neil Young and Weezer, to file a $1.6 billion lawsuit against Spotify alleging massive streaming of songs without licences. _________________________________ "We have…
Spotify Has Filed For IPO [Report]
Spotify confidentially filed its IPO documents with the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission at the end of December. "All indications are that Spotify wants to list in Q1, and timing of the confidential F-1 filing would support such a calendar," reports news site Axios, citing multiple sources. So far, Spotify…
Top Shows Of 2017 And Netflix’s Inexorable Rise
As audiences have grown increasingly fragmented with the rise of streaming and expansion of viewing options, gathering accurate consumer data has become more difficult. Here we examine how MIDiA’s TV Brand Tracker is utilizing new methods for improved audience research. ____________________________ Guest post by Tim Mulligan of the Music Industry…
Unblocking Music’s Blockchain: Berklee’s Panos Panay On CNBC
Berklee College of Music’s Panos Panay recently explained to a CNBC panel how “blockchain,” the system behind Bitcoin, has vast revenue potential in the world of music.“The vision behind it is to create an open protocol that dramatically simplifies the way that rights owners are identified across the supply chain…
Spotify Hit With $1.6B Lawsuit By Tom Petty, Neil Young Publisher Wixen, Up To 6M Songs Stream Without Licences
[UPDATED] Wixen Music Publishing, which controls songs by Tom Petty, Neil Young, Weezer, The Doors and many others, has sued Spotify demanding $1.6 billion in damages for alleging using thousands of songs without the proper licenses or compensation. _____________________________________ The battle between songwriters, music publishers and Spotify intensified with the…
Amazon Prime Music Shares Most Played Of 2017
Amazon Prime Music is the 3rd most popular streamer in the US. But each streamer has its own flavor, and today the usually secretive Amazon shared its most popular music of 2017. Amazon is taking on established companies across sectors with unrivalled success, and 2017 was the year it found…