Search Results for: "spotify"

Right Now: RIP Ray Manzarek, Poor Man’s Pandora, Eminem vs. Facebook, Streaming Holdouts Await, Kobalt+Prince, Miguel’s ‘Fan Connection,’ Crusty ol’ Billboard, Tumblr Post-Game…

May 20, 2013

He tickled the carnivalesque, haunting keys that gave the Doors their signature sound. At 74, 'instrumental' Doors founding member and keyboardist Ray Manzarek has now passed away. Manzarek met Jim Morrison ... Read More...

Right Now: Indie Windowing, isoHunt, Breaking the DMCA, Murders & Acquisitions, TuneWiki+Deezer, As I Lay Dying, Splish/Splash, YouTube Music…

DMN Staff

May 17, 2013

Pray tell: where do indies really stand on streaming services? Whisper calculations show that indies typically get paid less than their major label counterparts on platforms like Spotify (and that doesn't even... Read More...

Right Now: Google Subscription, Annenberg, Bronfman Bu-Bye, Parlophone Secured, Daft Punk, Manatt Phelp$, Sony Drama…

DMN Staff

May 15, 2013

No, no... we said YouTube Music, not Google Music. But Google is about to launch its Spotify-killing subscription play, according to several reports this morning (including the Wall Street Journal). This alre... Read More...

If Only People Cared About ‘Comprehensive Catalogs’ and Millions of Songs…

Paul Resnikoff

May 14, 2013

This industry has been obsessed with signing every catalog, winning every artist, and amassing millions of songs for the perfectly complete service. And part of the reason is that the people building these ser... Read More...

Study Finds that 70 Percent of Streaming Users Are Completely Inactive…

Paul Resnikoff

May 13, 2013

Back in March, respected industry researcher Mark Mulligan unearthed a fairly shocking statistic about Deezer. That is, nearly three-fourths of all Deezer registered users were completely inactive zombies. Th... Read More...

Rhapsody Adds Liner Notes, But How Detailed Is the Information It Holds?

Helienne Lindvall

May 8, 2013

Rhapsody has announced, at the Music Biz 2013 conference, that it's going to add liner notes and credits to its digital music service, giving users the ability to search for specific songwriters, producers – or... Read More...

Rdio Abruptly Pulls the Entire Eagles Catalog…

Paul Resnikoff

May 8, 2013

There's nothing on Spotify or Rhapsody — yet — though Rdio had a major portion of the catalog available for playback on Wednesday. "We are pleased to confirm that as of today, May 8, The Eagles are now availab... Read More...

Artist Development Isn’t Dead. It’s Merely Being Outsourced…

Helienne Lindvall

May 7, 2013

As recorded music revenue has plummeted in the past decade, the old traditional development deals that record labels used to offer have largely disappeared. Instead, major labels generally expect artists to co... Read More...

Be Very, Very Afraid of YouTube’s Subscription Launch…

Paul Resnikoff

May 7, 2013

It's really easy to forget how utterly dominant YouTube is, in music streaming alone. That's a breakdown, based on music views and listens, conducted by Digital Music News last summer. Seems wildly lopsided... Read More...

Every Time Netflix Enters a New Market, BitTorrent Traffic Goes Down…

Paul Resnikoff

May 6, 2013

Which also means, every time someone like Spotify enters a new market, BitTorrent traffic also declines. Actually, that also goes for other forms of piracy, including P2P, and there's research to back that up.... Read More...

What Else? LeeFest, Viva Ltd., RIP Jeff Hanneman, RIP Chris Kelly, araabMUZIK Shot, WiMPy Upgrades, Live Nation+Insomniac, Songza 3.0, Special 301, Del Bryant, BMG Has Rights…

Paul Resnikoff

May 2, 2013

And why not use Kickstarter to fund a festival? Enter LeeFest, which just reached its £50,000 ($77,600) Kickstarter goal to expand a non-profit, self-sustaining (and corporate free) event with a focus on eme... 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

Right Now: RIP Ray Manzarek, Poor Man’s Pandora, Eminem vs. Facebook, Streaming Holdouts Await, Kobalt+Prince, Miguel’s ‘Fan Connection,’ Crusty ol’ Billboard, Tumblr Post-Game…

Right Now: Indie Windowing, isoHunt, Breaking the DMCA, Murders & Acquisitions, TuneWiki+Deezer, As I Lay Dying, Splish/Splash, YouTube Music…

Right Now: Google Subscription, Annenberg, Bronfman Bu-Bye, Parlophone Secured, Daft Punk, Manatt Phelp$, Sony Drama…

If Only People Cared About ‘Comprehensive Catalogs’ and Millions of Songs…

Study Finds that 70 Percent of Streaming Users Are Completely Inactive…

Rhapsody Adds Liner Notes, But How Detailed Is the Information It Holds?

Rdio Abruptly Pulls the Entire Eagles Catalog…

Artist Development Isn’t Dead. It’s Merely Being Outsourced…

Be Very, Very Afraid of YouTube’s Subscription Launch…

Every Time Netflix Enters a New Market, BitTorrent Traffic Goes Down…

What Else? LeeFest, Viva Ltd., RIP Jeff Hanneman, RIP Chris Kelly, araabMUZIK Shot, WiMPy Upgrades, Live Nation+Insomniac, Songza 3.0, Special 301, Del Bryant, BMG Has Rights…