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Goldman Sachs Estimates Global Music Revenue Will Reach $131 Billion

Goldman Sachs Says Global Music Revenues Will Reach $131 Billion by 2030

June 5, 2019

According to a new report from Goldman Sachs, nearly 1.2 billion people will be paying for music streaming in just 11 years. The latest report from the investment bank – dubbed 'Music In The Air' – comes nea... Read More...

Streaming Has Already Generated $1 Billion for Sony Music This Year

Daniel Sanchez

October 31, 2017

As fans move away from digital downloads and physical formats, music streaming brings in over $1 billion at Sony Music. For the first quarter of 2017, Sony Music reported an impressive 18.8% sales and operat... Read More...

I’m Warning You, Universal Music Group. Don’t Make This Stupid Mistake…

Paul Resnikoff

April 4, 2017

Windowing albums for Spotify's premium users? I applaud you, UMG. Making those albums exclusive to Spotify? I will burn you, Universal Music Group. I woke up this morning to some pretty game-changing news... Read More...

Thanks to Streaming Revenue, Warner Music Group Posts Strong 3Q Earnings

Daniel Sanchez

August 4, 2016

In very, very good news for the music group, in a conference call announcing its third-quarter financial results ended on June 30, Warner Music Group posted only a $9 million loss on revenues of $811 million, a... Read More...

Music Ownership Incredibly Unimportant to 15-19 Year Olds, Study Finds…

Charlotte Hassan

July 13, 2016

In case you were wondering about the future of music downloads... According to market research company Loop, 15-19 year olds in the US overwhelmingly prefer to listen to music through on-demand streaming ser... Read More...

Why I’m Totally Unimpressed With SoundCloud Go

Charlotte Hassan

July 8, 2016

What's the real difference between SoundCloud and SoundCloud Go? The answer to that question is a big, big problem for SoundCloud. Prior to SoundCloud launching its paid subscription service, SoundCloud G... Read More...

SoundCloud’s ‘Stations’ Feature Just Got Interesting…

Charlotte Hassan

July 7, 2016

But will this be enough to convert SoundCloud's 175 million users to its paid subscription service, ‘SoundCloud Go’? Earlier in the year, SoundCloud announced the addition of a stations feature. Now, the st... Read More...

On-Demand Audio Streaming Outweighs Video Streaming

Charlotte Hassan

July 6, 2016

Good news for artists. Music fans are streaming more music through on-demand audio streaming services than video streaming platforms, according to the latest data. According to BuzzAngle, Americans are consu... Read More...

Happy First Birthday, Apple Music…

Charlotte Hassan

June 30, 2016

One year on, and Apple Music is the second most popular music streaming service. This time last year, Apple Music had just surfaced onto the music streaming market. 365 days later, the service now boasts 15... Read More...

One Billion People Will Be Paying For Music By 2021…

Charlotte Hassan

May 17, 2016

According to John MacFarlane, CEO of Sonos, the music industry will hit a billion paying music streaming users and it will only ''take around 5 years'' (so by 2021). Interesting... But how? ''Apple and Chin... Read More...

Guess Which Streaming Service Is Planning a $600 Million IPO?

Charlotte Hassan

May 11, 2016

China wants their share of the music streaming market... According to a report by the WSJ, a China-based music streaming service backed by Tencent Holdings Ltd, plans an IPO in the U.S. Goldman Sachs Grou... Read More...

Apple Music Subscription Is Now Half Price For Students

Charlotte Hassan

May 6, 2016

Watch out Spotify, Apple Music wants a bigger share of the music streaming market... Just two days ago, DMN reported Apple Music's plans for a complete design overhaul of its music streaming platform to make... Read More...

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Goldman Sachs Says Global Music Revenues Will Reach $131 Billion by 2030

Streaming Has Already Generated $1 Billion for Sony Music This Year

I’m Warning You, Universal Music Group. Don’t Make This Stupid Mistake…

Thanks to Streaming Revenue, Warner Music Group Posts Strong 3Q Earnings

Music Ownership Incredibly Unimportant to 15-19 Year Olds, Study Finds…

Why I’m Totally Unimpressed With SoundCloud Go

SoundCloud’s ‘Stations’ Feature Just Got Interesting…

On-Demand Audio Streaming Outweighs Video Streaming

Happy First Birthday, Apple Music…

One Billion People Will Be Paying For Music By 2021…

Guess Which Streaming Service Is Planning a $600 Million IPO?

Apple Music Subscription Is Now Half Price For Students

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