Search Results for: "spotify"

Attention Artists: Your Facebook Page Is Not Your Website…

April 18, 2012

Sound obvious? Well, you'd be shocked how many artists are sending all of the their fan traffic to Facebook - first - instead of to a site they control. But after sweeping overhauls involving Timeline and Spoti... Read More...

Google: Don’t Blame Us. Users Are Still “Jumping Through Hoops” to Buy Content…

Paul Resnikoff

April 16, 2012

If you want to steal a song, Google is an absolutely fantastic place to start. The world of torrents and free mp3s is just a search away, all at a nice price. But is Google really the problem here, or is it mer... Read More...

TuneCore: We Must Boycott Grooveshark. We Must Pressure Their Advertisers

Paul Resnikoff

April 13, 2012

This is a battle that appears to be bleeding beyond the major labels. We've seen the markings of a broader artist and industry backlash, and now, there's this. The sharpest attack on Grooveshark is now coming... Read More...

How Many Trade Groups Does It Take to Fix a Music License?

Paul Resnikoff

April 11, 2012

On Wednesday, several major music industry organizations, corporations, and a multitude of law firms announced an 'historic' accord related to mechanical licensing rates. That includes the RIAA, whose seven-fi... Read More...

Still Think Streams Are Killing Downloads? Think Again

Paul Resnikoff

April 6, 2012

Spotify payments are ridiculously bad for artists, but are Spotify streams killing iTunes downloads? That probably depends on the artist in question, and in many cases the answer is yes. But on the aggregate,... Read More...

Yahoo Music Is Now Being Dismantled…

Paul Resnikoff

April 6, 2012

As the dust settles on a massive layoff round at Yahoo, there's this: Yahoo Music was a major part of the downsizing, according to sources disclosing information to Digital Music News. Yahoo representatives de... Read More...

First Quarter Music Financing Down Nearly 40 Percent…

Paul Resnikoff

April 2, 2012

We've heard that monstrous rounds are coming, including a gigantic thud from Spotify. But for now, the venture capital landscape is drying for music startups. Songkick recently scored a $10 million round from... Read More...

I’m an Artist Manager. And SoundExchange Definitely Isn’t Screwing Me

Paul Resnikoff

March 29, 2012

This may be the strongest case yet for skipping that direct deal with Sirius XM. It comes from an artist manager, who offered this comment following Sirius' aggressive lawsuit against SoundExchange and A2IM. ... Read More...

So, Who’s Your Album Sugar Daddy? Madonna Finds Smirnoff

Paul Resnikoff

March 26, 2012

For years - decades! - we've been talking about branding bands and releases. Well, the future has arrived, and it's a deeply-discounted reality. Maybe it's all part of an inevitable slide towards $0. On Mo... Read More...

The Black Keys: ‘Sean Parker Made Billions Stealing from Artists…’

Paul Resnikoff

March 26, 2012

Looks like the Black Keys have more problems with Spotify than we initially thought. In a recent radio interview with WGRD in Grand Rapids, Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney pulled no punches while talking abo... Read More...

Collectively, the Major Labels Still License 80% of Downloads Sold In America

Paul Resnikoff

March 20, 2012

That's according to the fairly massive legal team representing the Temptations, who are now suing Universal Music Group in federal court. The group is filing against UMG over a number of royalty concerns, and ... Read More...

Digital Music Created the Resurgence In Vinyl

Paul Resnikoff

March 18, 2012

What's really causing the sudden rebound in vinyl? The easy answer is that fans just want something tangible, a physical memento that isn't iTunes or Spotify. But the more you dig into the vinyl resurgence, th... 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

Attention Artists: Your Facebook Page Is Not Your Website…

Google: Don’t Blame Us. Users Are Still “Jumping Through Hoops” to Buy Content…

TuneCore: We Must Boycott Grooveshark. We Must Pressure Their Advertisers

How Many Trade Groups Does It Take to Fix a Music License?

Still Think Streams Are Killing Downloads? Think Again

Yahoo Music Is Now Being Dismantled…

First Quarter Music Financing Down Nearly 40 Percent…

I’m an Artist Manager. And SoundExchange Definitely Isn’t Screwing Me

So, Who’s Your Album Sugar Daddy? Madonna Finds Smirnoff

The Black Keys: ‘Sean Parker Made Billions Stealing from Artists…’

Collectively, the Major Labels Still License 80% of Downloads Sold In America

Digital Music Created the Resurgence In Vinyl