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Streaming Accounts for Just 4 Percent of Global Recording Revenues, Study Finds…

March 19, 2013

That's according to research just shared by top industry analyst Mark Mulligan, who found that streaming revenues are just 12 percent of the broader, digital, global pie. In turn, digital formats now account f... Read More...

Because as Long as Fans Aren’t Stealing, It Must Be Okay…

Paul Resnikoff

March 15, 2013

Welcome to the new, twisted logic of the music industry. Because after getting ravaged by theft for more than a decade, somehow, anything that isn't technically stealing must be okay. Even if it basically pay... Read More...

Why Those Who Claim Copyright Enforcement Stifles Innovation Are Wrong.

Helienne Lindvall

March 15, 2013

Innovation has been hit by inflation in the past decade. The word has, that is – not the art. "Innovation" is the new, new "thinking outside the box". It's almost as overused as "amazing". Both words are o... Read More...

7 Music Apps or Websites That Don’t Exist (But Should)…

Paul Resnikoff

March 13, 2013

Why haven't these been built yet? And, if they have, why haven't we heard of them yet? (1) Check a sample, check a tune, stay out of jail. Never infringe again! We have the technology for checking millions ... Read More...

Scary Question: Are Younger People Tuning Out of Music?

Paul Resnikoff

March 12, 2013

It seems that everywhere I go, every music executive always says the same thing... "There's more music being listened to by more people than every before in history." It oozes opportunity and hope. And it se... Read More...

Survey: The Number of People Consuming Music Illegally Is Almost Equal to the Number Paying for Downloads…

Helienne Lindvall

March 12, 2013

A new report published by UK communications regulator Ofcom, covering online copyright infringement during the third quarter (Aug-Oct) of 2012, may make some in the music industry ponder how well the transition... Read More...

Here’s a List of Every SXSW Party Invitation We’ve Received (So Far)…

Paul Resnikoff

March 10, 2013

And remember: this is just one email account, for one publication, and this doesn't include straight showcases. Which means this is just a fraction of the parties being thrown this week, each with great music,... Read More...

Study: 19% of Americans Are Now Actively Using Subscription Services…

Paul Resnikoff

March 8, 2013

That's Spotify, Rhapsody, Muve Music, whatever, free or paid within the past six months, according to findings just shared by Ipsos MediaCT. Which is a bit more than half that of paid download platforms, prima... Read More...

iTunes is ‘Exclusively Streaming David Bowie’s The Next Day,’ Yet It’s Already On Grooveshark…

Helienne Lindvall

March 6, 2013

Last week Apple announced that it would be exclusively streaming the new David Bowie album, The Next Day, on iTunes through March 12. It turns out it's not as exclusive as they, perhaps, expected. The compa... Read More...

What Else? Dai$y, Hands Down, SF Musictech XIII, Who Killed MJ, The Ad Piracy Imbroglio, Pandora Data, A DIY Development, Soggy SXSW…

DMN Staff

March 5, 2013

The subscription-based music service formerly known as 'Daisy' has just raised a massive, $60 million funding round, with none other than Access Industries' Len Blavatnik powering the consortium. All of which ... Read More...

What Else? StubHub Center, A$CAP, Key Club Locked, TPB+North Korea, Songdrop, Sohu, Gay Boy Scouts, Snoop Lion Roars, Thank You for Not Pre-Releasing…

DMN Staff

March 4, 2013

What's transpired over the last 24. Not that the 'Home Depot Center' didn't have that special ring, but the naming rights to the AEG-owned, 27,000-capacity sports arena in Carson, California is now shifting... Read More...

Six Incredibly Predictable Results of ‘Six Strikes…’

Paul Resnikoff

February 25, 2013

Last month, we marveled at how the ISPs effectively de-fanged 'three-strikes,' and replaced it with a far softer 'six-strikes' instead. Then again, the powerful oligopoly that controls broadband access in the ... 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

Streaming Accounts for Just 4 Percent of Global Recording Revenues, Study Finds…

Because as Long as Fans Aren’t Stealing, It Must Be Okay…

Why Those Who Claim Copyright Enforcement Stifles Innovation Are Wrong.

7 Music Apps or Websites That Don’t Exist (But Should)…

Scary Question: Are Younger People Tuning Out of Music?

Survey: The Number of People Consuming Music Illegally Is Almost Equal to the Number Paying for Downloads…

Here’s a List of Every SXSW Party Invitation We’ve Received (So Far)…

Study: 19% of Americans Are Now Actively Using Subscription Services…

iTunes is ‘Exclusively Streaming David Bowie’s The Next Day,’ Yet It’s Already On Grooveshark…

What Else? Dai$y, Hands Down, SF Musictech XIII, Who Killed MJ, The Ad Piracy Imbroglio, Pandora Data, A DIY Development, Soggy SXSW…

What Else? StubHub Center, A$CAP, Key Club Locked, TPB+North Korea, Songdrop, Sohu, Gay Boy Scouts, Snoop Lion Roars, Thank You for Not Pre-Releasing…

Six Incredibly Predictable Results of ‘Six Strikes…’