Search Results for: "spotify"

Here’s Another Idea: A Donation-Based Streaming Music Service…

November 20, 2012

It's hard to get people to pay for streaming subscriptions, so why make them? People hate interrupting ads, so why serve them? If you already hate where this article is going, consider this: not on... Read More...

My Song Was Played 3.1 Million Times on Pandora. My Check Was $39…

Paul Resnikoff

November 20, 2012

The following comment, posted on our site Tuesday, comes from Grammy-nominated, hit songwriter Ellen Shipley. One of her top tracks, "Heaven Is a Place On Earth," got played more than 3.1 million times on Pando... Read More...

What Else? The Myspace Prayer, Clapton, Florence, AMAs, Sasquatch, WiMP

Paul Resnikoff

November 19, 2012

Looks like the new Myspace Music is a bigger prayer than initially thought. Leaked documents published Monday by Business Insider show current-year estimated losses of $43 million at Myspace, and ambitious pla... Read More...

In Britain, a Streaming Explosion Could be Causing an Album Implosion

Paul Resnikoff

November 14, 2012

Is streaming causing an unexpected plunge in the British music market? The UK was once considered safe from monstrous, cliff-like album drops, thanks to a strong, often rabid musical culture. But that abruptl... Read More...

13 Extremely Scary Things About the Music Industry Today…

Paul Resnikoff

October 31, 2012

The music industry: it's scary all year round! And with that, here are 13 extremely scary things about our modern-day, post-apocalyptic biz... (1) There are now three major labels. So if you need radio p... Read More...

Any Questions? Taylor Swift Just Sold 1.2 Million First-Week Albums…

Paul Resnikoff

October 31, 2012

You could still argue that Taylor Swift would have sold even more if she'd licensed Spotify. But most likely, she would have sold less: according to stats just released by Nielsen Soundscan and tweeted by the ... Read More...

Taylor Swift’s Label: Streaming “Doesn’t Make Sense to a Small Record Company…”

Paul Resnikoff

October 24, 2012

Rhapsody says Taylor Swift would sell more t-shirts if her latest album was available on streaming services. Scott Borchetta, head of Swift's label, Big Machine Records, obviously isn't buying that argument. ... Read More...

It Was 2012. And Streaming Hadn’t Yet Gone Mainstream…

Paul Resnikoff

October 23, 2012

Apple sells billions of downloads a year, but the iTunes Store has been around since 2003. And before the iPod debuted in 2001, pioneering competitors were peddling to the niche. It just takes time for things ... Read More...

I’m a Successful Artist. Yet the Digital Music Industry Has Become My Enemy

Paul Resnikoff

October 16, 2012

Benn Jordan is the kind of successful artist you've never heard of. The Chicago-based jazz musician has written for Dove and Verizon, he's won a number of accolades in Europe including a top prize at the Canne... Read More...

deadmau5 First Week Album Sales: 57,604

Paul Resnikoff

October 3, 2012

So, was it worth all the windowing? In its first week on sale, deadmau5's highly-anticipated >album title goes here< scored a rather mediocre 57,604 units in the US, according to Nielsen Soundscan stats ... Read More...

The Members of Grizzly Bear Can’t Afford Health Insurance

Paul Resnikoff

October 2, 2012

There's comfort in a day job, no matter how mind-numbingly boring it may be. But it turns out that even the even the biggest indie artists could use the reliable paycheck: according to a surprising close-up of... Read More...

Songwriters May Never See a Dime from Apple’s New Music Service

Paul Resnikoff

October 2, 2012

The following guest post comes from longtime music industry attorney Steve Gordon. If Apple wants to launch their much anticipated, Pandora-like music service, they must negotiate directly with Sony/ATV for... 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

Here’s Another Idea: A Donation-Based Streaming Music Service…

My Song Was Played 3.1 Million Times on Pandora. My Check Was $39…

What Else? The Myspace Prayer, Clapton, Florence, AMAs, Sasquatch, WiMP

In Britain, a Streaming Explosion Could be Causing an Album Implosion

13 Extremely Scary Things About the Music Industry Today…

Any Questions? Taylor Swift Just Sold 1.2 Million First-Week Albums…

Taylor Swift’s Label: Streaming “Doesn’t Make Sense to a Small Record Company…”

It Was 2012. And Streaming Hadn’t Yet Gone Mainstream…

I’m a Successful Artist. Yet the Digital Music Industry Has Become My Enemy

deadmau5 First Week Album Sales: 57,604

The Members of Grizzly Bear Can’t Afford Health Insurance

Songwriters May Never See a Dime from Apple’s New Music Service