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Why Do Streams Count As Sales On Billboard Charts? “There is no consumption,” says Digital Music Veteran

This week Billboard and Nielsen added streaming to their genre charts, and digital music veteran Jim Griffin is asking why. He's held top digital posts at Warner Music, Cherry Lane. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/27/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: album, Billboard Magazine, Board of directors, country music, Creative industries, Drake (musician), iTunes, Jay-Z, Marcelo Claure, Nielsen N.V., Spotify, Streaming media, Twitter, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group

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Matador Records Founder Chis Lombardi In Founding An Indie Label, ‘Signing Music You Love’

In this piece Kenny Gates of [PIAS] speaks with Matador Records founder Chris Lombardi, who originally began the label as a hobby, about the label's origins, and where he things the. Continue reading

Guest Post on 01/27/2017 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: album, Album cover, AM broadcasting, Australia, Bellator MMA, Berlin, Brennan Ward, Bush Hall, Julien Baker, Matador Records, music

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Modern Music PR With Jamie Roberts [INTERVIEW]

Here Jamie Roberts, President of the NYC based full-service public relations company Right Angle PR shares her knowledge working in PR for 20+ years for artists ranging from Blondie to. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/28/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: album, Ben Weinman, Bustle, EMI, Greg Puciato, Kerrang!, Musical ensemble, New York City, Roadrunner Records, Sonicbids, The Dillinger Escape Plan

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Fader Adds 2 To Social Media Team

Music and media company The FADER, has announced the addition of two social media editors, Juliana Pache and Ali Suliman.

Bruce Houghton on 12/27/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adobe Photoshop, album, Art museum, Facebook, Instagram, Kanye West, music industry, Philadelphia, social media, The Fader

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How To Launch A Viral Dance Challenge: Taylor Girlz Explain

In this piece we look at the remarkable success story of Atlanta trio Taylor Girlz and what the group has done in order to grow their popularity and launch multiple viral dance. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/12/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: album, Atlanta, Billboard Hot 100, Billboard Magazine, Rae Sremmurd, Spotify, SremmLife, The Beatles, Twitter, YouTube

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Vinyl Sales Tops Digital Downloads In UK

For the first time ever, the recording industry made more money from vinyl album sales than downloaded albums in the UK last week. According to figures published by the Entertainment. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/07/2016 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: 5BARz International, album, Business Insider, Compact disc, Digital audio, Gramophone record, London, Pink Floyd, Record shop, The Beatles

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Apple Music Passes 20 Million Subscribers In 18 Months, But Execs Want More Users and Exclusives

Apple Music has 20 million subscribers 18 months after launch, according to stats released by Apple. But the music industry expected more, and so apparently do some Apple executives.

Bruce Houghton on 12/07/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: album, Apple Inc., Apple Music, Billboard charts, Billboard Magazine, Bitcoin, Chance The Rapper, Eddy Cue, Soundcloud, Spotify

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As Paid Music Streaming Escalates Paying Downloaders Can’t Be Left Behind

Although paid streaming subscriptions have continued to grow at a steady rate, the far more rapid decline of paid downloads, along with CD sales suggests that streaming services need to. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/02/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 5BARz International, album, Compact disc, Digital audio, Market share, music industry, Recording Industry Association of America, Spotify, Streaming media

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The Weeknd Breaks Spotify Single Day Record With More Than 33 Million Streams Every 24 Hours

[UPDATED] Spotify has shared that as of November 26th, The Weeknd is the artist with the most streams on Spotify in a single day. The artist's top 5 tracks have. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/29/2016 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Alanis Morissette, album, Daft Punk, iTunes, Kendrick Lamar, Republic Records, Short film, Spotify, The Weeknd, XO (record label)

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CD Baby Extends 50% Off Album Distribution Sale Through Friday, Offers 1¢ Shipping

Now through December 2nd, standard digital album distribution at CD Baby is 50% off at $24.50. Just enter the code BLACKFRIDAY2016 at checkout.

Bruce Houghton on 11/29/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: album, Apple Inc., Apple Music, Artist, CD Baby, Compact disc, independent music, music industry, Spotify, Streaming media

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