Business, Services And Guides For Music Labels
DMN zooms in on what Spotify has been up to lately, and what this means for artists and fans… Healthy Subscriber growth. Spotify announced on March 21st that it had hit 30 million subscribers. DMN predicts that they have approximately 32 million paying users based on the fact that the streaming service has been adding 1 million […]
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Today (June 13th) Apple announced that it has now surpassed 15 million subscribers. The news was revealed by Apple executive Eddy Cue announced the new number during a keynote at WWDC. What’s surprising about this milestone is just how quickly the service has managed to rack up millions of users. It was only in February of this […]
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Berklee launches new initiative to help rights owners claim digital music royalties… Today (June 13th) The Berklee College of Music have announced an Open Music Initiative (OMI) which aims to improve the identification and compensation process of digital music for rights owners. The digital revolution has had profound effects on the music industry and this made […]
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Live music revenue just keeps on growing… In the US, Live Music Revenue has been increasing year-on-year. Between 2014 and 2015, there was an increase in expenditure in the US by a massive $240 million. PwC predicts that the US music industry will see a year-on-year incline of 4.7% from 2015 through to 2020, stimulated […]
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Amazon’s paid music service is coming earlier than expected… According to new reports, Amazon is preparing to launch their much-anticipated music streaming subscription service. Back in January, DMN reported Amazon’s preliminary talks about launching a potential streaming service. But, now these plans are more concrete and the service could be launched as early as this […]
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DMN takes a closer look at the latest competitive moves by music streaming platforms… Streaming exclusives. Streaming exclusives have become a major strategy adopted by streaming services to bump subscriber numbers. Tidal have had Rihanna’s ANTI, Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo, and Beyonce’s Lemonade as exclusives, and just this week Tidal released 15 Prince albums […]
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Nice try Mayimba, but now you must pay… DMN have been following the fraudulent case since the beginning. In short, New York-based Mayimba Music LLC filed a suit against Sony Music regarding the ownership of Shakira’s hit song ‘Loca’, alleging that the song was a complete rip-off of a recording by Ramon Arias Vasquez called […]
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Below is a list of the top 10 vinyl releases of 2015…
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But, Troy Ave claims it was self-defense… Two weeks ago at a T.I. concert, a gunman opened fire at Irving Plaza at approximately 10:15 pm. That was right before T.I. was due to perform on stage, creating pandemonium and chaos instead of the expected rap show. The venue had approximately 950 people in attendance when the […]
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According to TMZ, Future has been sued for breaching his contract with A1 Recordings. Back in 2011, the Rapper signed a six-album deal with A1 Recordings. But, later also signed a distribution contract with Epic Records, as well as a separate deal for record advances. A1 Recordings owner, Rocko claims that these separate deals with Epic […]
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