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On Streaming Payouts: Is a User-Centric Payment System Better for Indie Musicians?

Caleb J. Murphy
August 2, 2022
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Photo credit: Sara Kurfeß People have been debating whether streaming platforms should change their method for paying streaming royalties to artists. This is driven by the desire to see fairer streaming pay... Read More...

Spotify Canvas: Increase Your Track Shares by 145%

Caleb J. Murphy
March 7, 2022
You know when you play a song on Spotify and you see a short looping video? Yeah, that’s a Spotify Canvas. This post is all about creating and uploading a Canvas for your songs on Spotify. I'll go through th... Read More...
Goldman Sachs Estimates Global Music Revenue Will Reach $131 Billion

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

Daniel Sanchez
June 5, 2019
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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

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
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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...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
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