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4 Brutal Realities of Modern-Day Piracy…

January 22, 2015

The following guest post comes from Russ Crupnick, a longtime music researcher and current partner at MusicWatch. The entertainment press ended 2014 with several big stories. Front pages covered Taylor ... Read More...

How Do You Measure Success? Apple Acquires Musicmetric for $50 Million…

Nina Ulloa

January 21, 2015

Apple's App Store brought in over $14 billion in 2014, but declining digital sales are nothing to celebrate. Deeply behind streaming power-players like Spotify, Deezer, and Pandora, Music Ally reports that... Read More...

Would You Pay $1,000 For This Album?

Ari Herstand

January 21, 2015

LA based rapper Nipsey Hussle's latest album, Mailbox Money is on SoundCloud and Spotify. It's available for free download from the mixtape site, datpiff.com and has been downloaded over 200,000 times. On i... Read More...

What Racial Diversity Looks Like In the Music Industry…

Paul Resnikoff

January 19, 2015

I. Top Executives at Pandora. II. Top Executives at Live Nation Entertainment. III. Top Executives at Spotify. IV. Top Executives at Universal Music Group. I. Pando... Read More...

Rdio Becomes the First Global Streaming Company to Enter India…

Paul Resnikoff

January 15, 2015

Why is everyone so scared of India? Well, one reason is the massive piracy rate that riddles the music industry in India, not to mention persistent poverty that renders half the population unable to purchase... Read More...

People Who Pay for Music Have Better Taste In Music…

Paul Resnikoff

January 15, 2015

We've seen ample evidence of this in vinyl, and now we're seeing it in streaming. Because people who voluntarily pay more for music generally have better taste in music. Enter Tidal, a CD-quality, lossl... Read More...

Streaming Music vs. Downloading, 2014…

Paul Resnikoff

January 9, 2015

I. Total number of streams versus total number of downloads (2014) II. Total revenues from streaming versus total revenues from downloads (2014). *source: RIAA and Nielsen data. Streaming incl... Read More...

On-Demand Streaming Subscriptions Account for 3% of Music Spending…

Paul Resnikoff

January 8, 2015

Add them all up - Spotify, Beats Music, Deezer, Rdio, Rhapsody, Xbox Music, Sony Music Unlimited - and this is what you get. Paid, on-demand subscription services account for just 3% of overall music spending.... Read More...

Gramofon Expands to Include iHeartRadio, TuneIn, Napster, and More

Nina Ulloa

January 6, 2015

Back in August I reviewed the Gramofon, a WiFi music player and router. I have a Gramofon at home, but its usefulness has currently been eclipsed by the Rocki. Gramofon currently supports Spotify and Wah... Read More...

Here’s Why You Don’t Need To Worry About Low Streaming Royalties

Ari Herstand

December 18, 2014

The most heavily debated topic in the music industry since Spotify launched in the US back in 2011 has been streaming royalties. Spotify claims they pay $.006 - $.0084 per stream. These payments include ALL... Read More...

Will SoundCloud’s Subscription Service Flop? Yes, It Will. And Here’s Why.

Steve Gordon

December 16, 2014

According to the Wall Street Journal, SoundCloud “is in discussions to raise about $150 million in new financing at a valuation that is expected to top $1.2 billion.” Soundcloud may achieve this because of ... Read More...

The 20 Most Blogged Artists of 2014

Nina Ulloa

December 10, 2014

Hype Machine's annual "Most Blogged Artists of the Year" list is here. Hype Machine tracks SoundCloud, Bandcamp, Official.fm, and MP3 embeds on 840 blogs. 1. Banks 2. Caribou 3. Little Dragon 4. S... Read More...

WNXP Director of Partnerships & Projects
Company: Nashville Public Radio
Location: Nashville, Other / Non-US, 37201, United States
Senior Marketing Manager
Company: Sound Credit
Location: Drivable to Memphis, TN preferred, but open to remote for the right candidate. Southeastern, US OK
Social Media & Content Manager
Company: SoundStock
Location: Las Vegas HQ
Director of Marketing
Company: Musixmatch
Location: Bologna or Remote
Vice President, Global Head of Fraud Prevention
Company: UMG, the Universal Music Group
Location: Full Time Remote, California and New York

SRR Capital Launches With a VC-Style Approach to Music Investing

What Is Attribution?

So Busy With "The Quiet Time..."

Netflix Won the Streaming Wars. YouTube Changed the Rules.

Indonesia: One of the World’s Most Promising Digital Music Markets

What Politicians Could Learn from the Music Business: A Midterm Election Primer

4 Brutal Realities of Modern-Day Piracy…

How Do You Measure Success? Apple Acquires Musicmetric for $50 Million…

Would You Pay $1,000 For This Album?

What Racial Diversity Looks Like In the Music Industry…

Rdio Becomes the First Global Streaming Company to Enter India…

People Who Pay for Music Have Better Taste In Music…

Streaming Music vs. Downloading, 2014…

On-Demand Streaming Subscriptions Account for 3% of Music Spending…

Gramofon Expands to Include iHeartRadio, TuneIn, Napster, and More

Here’s Why You Don’t Need To Worry About Low Streaming Royalties

Will SoundCloud’s Subscription Service Flop? Yes, It Will. And Here’s Why.

The 20 Most Blogged Artists of 2014