Search Results for: "spotify"

The Typical Artist Makes More Than 80% of Recording Revenues from Downloads

August 10, 2012

For all the arguing over streaming income, there's this. According to stats just shared by CD Baby with Digital Music News, the typical artist makes more than 82 percent of their revenue from paid downloads, w... Read More...

Google Is Now Penalizing Sites With Excessive Takedown Notices

Paul Resnikoff

August 10, 2012

Some would call this a half-step, others the biggest step yet by the search giant. Either way, Google announced Friday that it will be downgrading sites with excessive takedown notices, meaning that algorithm ... Read More...

The Latest! Radical.fm: “A Ferrari in a Field of Minivans,” MPAA Parodied, HMV, MUBUTV, OUYA, Beastie Boys

Paul Resnikoff

August 9, 2012

Radical.FM has now launched a new web-based HMTL5 player, available in alpha testing by invitation only. New features include integration with SoundCloud and a completely revamped interface. Radical.FM desc... Read More...

This Is What Streaming Music Looks Like In 2012…

Paul Resnikoff

August 8, 2012

On-demand, video, online radio, whatever: this is who's serving streaming music to the world right now. The breakdown is based on the most updated, figures supplied by the companies themselves, then annualized... Read More...

62 Ways to Discover Music

Paul Resnikoff

August 8, 2012

Does the world really need another discovery app? Here are 62 different ways I already discover, and rediscover, my music... 1. Talking to friends. 2. Going to the supermarket. (it's great for 80s cla... Read More...

The Weekend: OUYA, iHeartRadio, Live Nation, Wahwah.fm, UMG+EMI+FTC, WMG, Lollapalooza, Cee Lo, Primary Wave, UK, Deezer, Google…

Paul Resnikoff

August 3, 2012

OUYA has grown from obscure tech startup to the super-hyped 'Next Big Thing' in less than three weeks. And, the ambitious gaming platform keeps getting plenty of love, including from the music industry. The la... Read More...

eMusic Is Slowly Bleeding to Death…

Paul Resnikoff

August 1, 2012

It's hard to say exactly where eMusic took a wrong turn, though perhaps the space is slowly congealing around the heaviest-hitters like iTunes, Spotify, Sirius, YouTube, and Pitchfork. That, coupled with seemi... Read More...

Two-Thirds of All Apps Are Never Downloaded…

Paul Resnikoff

August 1, 2012

This all sounds depressingly familiar, and probably speaks volumes on broader media consumption patterns. According to some very sobering and flattening stats emerging on the app space, only the tiniest sliver... Read More...

Research: Consumers Are Streaming ‘Marginally Less’ Than Last Year

Paul Resnikoff

August 1, 2012

This is a trend that's too early to call, but definitely worth watching - especially for those interested in label and artist payouts. According to recent, streaming-focused research published by the well-resp... Read More...

The Most Infamous Music Infographic, Updated for 2012…

Paul Resnikoff

July 30, 2012

If you're in the music business, you've probably seen this infographic from 2010, which starkly contrasts payouts from older formats like CDs and iTunes downloads with streaming formats like Spotify. Well, a l... Read More...

70 Percent of All Music Piracy Happens Offline

Paul Resnikoff

July 26, 2012

The FBI can't raid this problem, you can hardly track it! In fact, most music fans would hardly call it piracy, yet offline sharing actually eclipses online sharing when it comes to the acquisition of music. ... Read More...

Billy Corgan: Pitchfork Would Stifle Nirvana Today

Paul Resnikoff

July 25, 2012

No: this isn't about piracy, media oversaturation, Spotify payouts, or tiny attention spans. Rather, it's about the scenes that currently surround music, and their inability to let their artists flourish beyon... 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

The Typical Artist Makes More Than 80% of Recording Revenues from Downloads

Google Is Now Penalizing Sites With Excessive Takedown Notices

The Latest! Radical.fm: “A Ferrari in a Field of Minivans,” MPAA Parodied, HMV, MUBUTV, OUYA, Beastie Boys

This Is What Streaming Music Looks Like In 2012…

62 Ways to Discover Music

The Weekend: OUYA, iHeartRadio, Live Nation, Wahwah.fm, UMG+EMI+FTC, WMG, Lollapalooza, Cee Lo, Primary Wave, UK, Deezer, Google…

eMusic Is Slowly Bleeding to Death…

Two-Thirds of All Apps Are Never Downloaded…

Research: Consumers Are Streaming ‘Marginally Less’ Than Last Year

The Most Infamous Music Infographic, Updated for 2012…

70 Percent of All Music Piracy Happens Offline

Billy Corgan: Pitchfork Would Stifle Nirvana Today