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These Are the Biggest Music Piracy Hubs In the World

Daniel Sanchez

October 9, 2017

Updated: Google Intermittently Blocking Access to Youtube-mp3.org…

Paul Resnikoff

December 9, 2016

The World’s Largest ‘YouTube to MP3’ Converter Appears Dead

Patrick Courrielche

November 29, 2016

Music Paradise Pro Downloader: Latest Versions for Android + iOS

Paul Resnikoff

November 19, 2016

What Are the Top Instagram Video Downloader Apps?

Paul Resnikoff

November 8, 2016

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Illegal Downloads and Torrenting Surge On Frank Ocean’s Endless Album

Daniel Sanchez

August 19, 2016

Endless Exclusive = Endless Piracy... Updated: Frank Ocean has just released another album, Blond, which is causing another surge in piracy. That includes a completely free version on Google Drive, more on ... Read More...

Business Insider Slams DMN for Reporting that Apple Is Dropping Music Downloads

Paul Resnikoff

August 11, 2016

Business Insider: You know nothing of what you write. Yesterday, Business Insider slammed Digital Music News for our coverage of Apple's recent Apple Music launch in South Korea. In the piece, ill-informed ... Read More...

Breaking: Song Downloads Plunging More Than 20 Percent In 2016…

Paul Resnikoff

June 8, 2016

Sales of a-la-carte track downloads from platforms like the iTunes Store and Amazon are now experiencing serious declines, according to preliminary Q1 and partial Q2 data shared this morning with Digital Mu... Read More...

Tidal Subscriber Numbers Are Surging Like Crazy

Charlotte Hassan

April 26, 2016

Tidal's exclusive strategy is working. But is it working for music fans... Beyonce exclusively released her latest album, Lemonade, on Jay Z's streaming service Tidal, over the weekend. Shortly after, news... Read More...

95% of YouTube Views Come from Just 5% of Videos

Paul Resnikoff

October 21, 2015

According to just-released stats from Tubular: There are roughly 1.1 billion videos on YouTube. There are roughly 7.8 trillion all-time views. Of the 1.1 billion videos, just 5.... Read More...

YouTube’s Premium Tier Is Coming Very, Very Soon

Paul Resnikoff

September 28, 2015

We're not sure exactly how this fits into YouTube's planned Music Key expansion, but an ad-free version of the video service is definitely on its way. Over the weekend, YouTube started sending letters to h... Read More...

iTunes Song Downloads Are Below 2008 Levels…

Paul Resnikoff

July 8, 2015

2015 is a flat-line projection, based on first-half numbers (531.6 million downloads, down 10.1% from first-half 2014). And remember, this is all before Apple Music launched. Source: Nielsen first-half ... Read More...

Beats 1 Radio May Have Crashed, But It’s Still a Game Changer…

Nina Ulloa

June 30, 2015

Today is the day. Apple Music has finally arrived on iOS in the Music app and on Mac and Windows in iTunes. Android and Apple TV will come later this year. The app has a boatload of features packaged int... Read More...

Taylor Swift Is A Hypocrite And Apple Has Lost Its Way

Ari Herstand

June 22, 2015

Spotify has long been vilified by the David Lowerys and Taylor Swifts of the industry as the downfall of digital music. Despite the fact that digital sales had been falling just as rapidly in Canada long bef... Read More...

Creating and Maintaining Momentum on SoundCloud

Budi Voogt

April 20, 2015

The following guest post comes from Budi Voogt, an artist manager, label owner, and Soundcloud expert. His latest book, The Soundcloud Bible: Second Edition, is available now. The following is an excerpt fr... Read More...

Illegal Torrent and Streaming Sites Made $227 Million Last Year…

Paul Resnikoff

February 20, 2014

Having trouble landing a job after college? Illegal torrent, download, linking, and streaming raked in $227 million last year, according to an estimate by Digital Citizens Alliance. A large percentage of th... Read More...

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These Are the Biggest Music Piracy Hubs In the World

Updated: Google Intermittently Blocking Access to Youtube-mp3.org…

The World’s Largest ‘YouTube to MP3’ Converter Appears Dead

Music Paradise Pro Downloader: Latest Versions for Android + iOS

What Are the Top Instagram Video Downloader Apps?

Illegal Downloads and Torrenting Surge On Frank Ocean’s Endless Album

Business Insider Slams DMN for Reporting that Apple Is Dropping Music Downloads

Breaking: Song Downloads Plunging More Than 20 Percent In 2016…

Tidal Subscriber Numbers Are Surging Like Crazy

95% of YouTube Views Come from Just 5% of Videos

YouTube’s Premium Tier Is Coming Very, Very Soon

iTunes Song Downloads Are Below 2008 Levels…

Beats 1 Radio May Have Crashed, But It’s Still a Game Changer…

Taylor Swift Is A Hypocrite And Apple Has Lost Its Way

Creating and Maintaining Momentum on SoundCloud

Illegal Torrent and Streaming Sites Made $227 Million Last Year…