Charlotte Hassan, Author at Digital Music News

UK Introduces 10 Year Prison Sentences to Combat Online Piracy

July 7, 2016

Want to stop piracy? Try 10 year jail sentences… The UK’s current copyright legislation is set for an overhaul, thanks to the introduction of the Digital Economy bill. This bill has been focused on implemen... Read More...

Million Dollar StubHub Scam Ends With a 12 Year Prison Term…

Charlotte Hassan

July 7, 2016

StubHub hacker gets a ticket to the big house... The ringleader of an international ticket scam targeting StubHub has now been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. is... Read More...

SoundCloud’s ‘Stations’ Feature Just Got Interesting…

Charlotte Hassan

July 7, 2016

But will this be enough to convert SoundCloud's 175 million users to its paid subscription service, ‘SoundCloud Go’? Earlier in the year, SoundCloud announced the addition of a stations feature. Now, the st... Read More...

Virtually Overnight, Spotify Boosts Paying Subscribers by 23%…

Charlotte Hassan

July 7, 2016

Spotify stays ahead of competition... According to a report by MBW, Spotify has hit 37 million paying subscribers, adding approximately 2 million paying users a month in the last quarter alone. If these fig... Read More...

Apple Music Loses 3 Times More Subscribers a Month Than Spotify

Charlotte Hassan

July 6, 2016

Apple Music has a huge problem. It's called 'churn'... Last week, Cowen's John Blackledge and Tim Arcuri shared some information in a recent report related to streaming churn. Specifically, on the rate at ... Read More...

Concrete Data Shows That Downloads are Falling Faster Than Physical Sales

Charlotte Hassan

July 6, 2016

The figures prove that digital music sales are falling quicker than physical sales... Last month, DMN was provided with some interesting information from PricewaterhouseCoopers. According to PwC's projected... Read More...

What If Free Streaming Is Causing the Vinyl Boom?

Charlotte Hassan

July 6, 2016

The music industry is still experiencing a vinyl resurgence. But maybe it's not a coincidence that it's happening alongside streaming. We know that the music industry has been experiencing a resurgence in vi... Read More...

Kanye West Faces First Lawsuit Over ‘Famous’ Video…

Charlotte Hassan

July 6, 2016

Ray J has had enough of Kanye referencing him in his songs, and the 'Famous' video was one step too far... Last week, Kanye West released the controversial video to his song 'Famous,' exclusively on Tidal. ... Read More...

On-Demand Audio Streaming Outweighs Video Streaming

Charlotte Hassan

July 6, 2016

Good news for artists. Music fans are streaming more music through on-demand audio streaming services than video streaming platforms, according to the latest data. According to BuzzAngle, Americans are consu... Read More...

First, Elvis. Now, Drake Is Beating Michael Jackson’s Records…

Charlotte Hassan

July 5, 2016

First, Drake started beating Elvis' records. Now, it's MJ's turn. Drake has been dominating the Billboard Hot 100 chart for eight weeks with his smash hit song, 'One Dance,' featuring WizKid and Kyla. Not o... Read More...

Top 10 Songs and Albums by Sales and Streams In the US

Charlotte Hassan

July 5, 2016

DMN brings you the top 10 songs and albums by sales and streams in the US in the first six months of 2016. The information was shared by BuzzAngle in their mid-year music consumption report. Using this informat... Read More...

Executive Shuffle: Universal Music, BMI, Sony Music, Warner Music

Charlotte Hassan

July 5, 2016

The latest executive shuffles across the music industry… Universal Music Publishing Australia/New Zealand has hired Arwen Curson as Vice President, Creative. Prior to her role with Universal Music, Curson w... Read More...

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