Search Results for: "spotify"

Financial Filing Reveals Millions of Losses at Rhapsody…

August 14, 2013

Welcome to the twisted economics of music streaming. Because if Rhapsody — a paid-only service — can't turn a profit, then who in the streaming space can? The longest-running music subscription service now h... Read More...

This Is How Distribution Companies Are Stealing Artists’ YouTube Revenue

Jeff Price

August 13, 2013

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"Each time there is a new way for an artist to make money, a new way emerges for others to take it from them." The following guest post comes from Jeff Price, the original founder of TuneCore and now found... Read More...

WillCall Raises $1.2 Million in Latest Funding Round; Set.fm also Raises $500k in Second Round…

Priscilla Kim

August 9, 2013

WillCall, a concert discovery and ticketing app, raised $1.2 million through its latest funding round, bringing the total to $2.1 million. The new funds will enable WillCall to further develop mobile technolog... Read More...

Streaming Accounts for Just 12.5% of All Warner Music Group Revenues…

Paul Resnikoff

August 8, 2013

Streaming accounts for 66 percent of total recording revenues in Norway, and more than 70 percent in Sweden. But when it comes to Warner Music Group, a massive, multi-national major label and a major content ... Read More...

Illegal Streaming Could Soon Become a Felony Offense…

Helienne Lindvall

August 7, 2013

Criminal streaming of copyrighted works is currently considered to be a violation of the public performance right, and so only punishable as a misdemeanour. But the US Department of Commerce Internet Policy Ta... Read More...

Search Results Have Little Impact on Piracy, Study Finds…

Helienne Lindvall

August 6, 2013

The music industry should stop obsessing about getting Google to downgrade copyright infringing sites in its search results, according to a new report published by the Computer & Communication Industry Asso... Read More...

The Most Optimistic Streaming Music Forecast Ever

Paul Resnikoff

August 5, 2013

The report from ABI Research came out on Friday, and constitutes one of the most ambitious streaming forecasts yet. Here's what the future just might look like, according to the 'Cloud Music Services' study. ... Read More...

Why Vinyl Is More Important to Artists Than Streaming, Touring, and T-Shirts…

Chelsea Van Bloom

August 5, 2013

The following guest post comes from Chelsea Van Bloom at Feedbands.com. Feedbands is a crowdsourced vinyl startup that finds one music group every month, presses their album to vinyl, and sends it to subscriber... Read More...

This Is the Story of How Convenience Killed Piracy In Norway…

David Gjester

July 31, 2013

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The following guest post comes from David Gjester, cofounder of digital distributor Indigoboom! David, a Norwegian American, has been a session and concert keyboard player, a commercial composer and sound desi... Read More...

Google Adds “Grooveshark” to Its Piracy Blacklist…

Paul Resnikoff

July 25, 2013

Grooveshark argues that we should wait for the real judge, jury, and executioner, especially given the presence of multiple court battles and lawsuits on this very issue. Which is ironic, because Google often ... Read More...

A UK Music study reveals value gap between YouTube and content creators

The mp3.com Domain Is Being Sold for ‘Multiple Millions’. Any Takers?

Paul Resnikoff

July 25, 2013

Funny, because mp3.com was sold for around $400 million back in the dot-bomb bubble. Of course, Vivendi purchased the broader 'business' as well, which all went poof a long time ago. Fast-forward to 2013, a... Read More...

New iOS App Calls Itself the “Snapchat For Music”

Priscilla Kim

July 24, 2013

A new music messaging app called Rithm was recently released and describes itself as the "Snapchat for music." Users basically send songs to friends (for free) and have the option to attach dancing avatars to ... Read More...

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

Financial Filing Reveals Millions of Losses at Rhapsody…

This Is How Distribution Companies Are Stealing Artists’ YouTube Revenue

WillCall Raises $1.2 Million in Latest Funding Round; Set.fm also Raises $500k in Second Round…

Streaming Accounts for Just 12.5% of All Warner Music Group Revenues…

Illegal Streaming Could Soon Become a Felony Offense…

Search Results Have Little Impact on Piracy, Study Finds…

The Most Optimistic Streaming Music Forecast Ever

Why Vinyl Is More Important to Artists Than Streaming, Touring, and T-Shirts…

This Is the Story of How Convenience Killed Piracy In Norway…

Google Adds “Grooveshark” to Its Piracy Blacklist…

The mp3.com Domain Is Being Sold for ‘Multiple Millions’. Any Takers?

New iOS App Calls Itself the “Snapchat For Music”