Tag: Deezer

Spotify Plays The Big Numbers Game

Hot on the heels of Apple’s less-than-dazzling entrance into the streaming market Spotify made two big announcements: a further $526 million in funding and 20 million paying subscribers with 55 million free users. Not a. Continue reading

Guest Post on 06/16/2015 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Artist, Associated Press, Beats Electronics, Deezer, iTunes, Spotify, Streaming media, Subscription business model

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REWIND – The New Music Industry’s Week In Review: Apple Music • Spotify • 8Tracks • More

The unveiling of Apple Music dominated this week's music industry news. But Spotify responded with impressive new paid subscriber stats and a bug funding round. And yes, there was other. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/13/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Cannes, Deezer, Doug Morris, Midem, music industry, Sony Music Entertainment, Spotify, Streaming media

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On Demand In Demand: Meeting The Needs Of The On Demand Fan [Mark Mulligan]

Today at MIDEM I presented the findings of an exclusive piece of research conducted by MIDiA Research in conjunction with MIDEM entitled ‘On Demand In Demand: Meeting The Needs Of. Continue reading

Guest Post on 06/08/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Cannes, Deezer, Doug Morris, Jay-Z, Midem, music industry, record label, Spotify, Streaming media

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Lil Wayne Joins Team As Tidal Announces Ticketmaster Partnership, Desktop App, Student Discounts

UPDATE: Superstar rapper Lil Wayne has become the newest co-owner of Tidal, reports Forbes and premiered a new song exclusively there.“Glory,” is the first single from FWA (Free Weezy Album) which will be given. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/04/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Compact disc, Deezer, Disc jockey, Freestyle rap, Google, Hans-Holger Albrecht, iTunes, Jay-Z, Microsoft Windows, Spotify, Streaming media, United States, YouTube

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How Much Musicians Earn Online – 2015 Edition [Infographic]

How much musicians earn online (download sales, on demand streaming, online radio) though a range of distributors (Tunecore, CD Baby, others) and providers (like Spotify, YouTube) is a moving target.. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/03/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Abbey Road Studios, Abigail Breslin, Action film, Alan Blumlein, Anschutz Entertainment Group, AOL, Apple Inc., AT&T, Bandsintown, CD Baby, Deezer, EMI, Garageband, Google, Recording Industry Association of America, Spotify, Tunecore, Unsigned artist, YouTube

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When Spotify, TIDAL Offer Deep Discounts, Who Pays The Creators?

In the race to to sign up paying subscribers Spotify, TIDAL and their competitors are offering extended free trial subscriptions and deep discounts. But how are creators and rightholders being. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/13/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: Associated Press, Deezer, Google Play, Grooveshark, Los Angeles, Rdio, Rhapsody (online music service), Sony, Spotify, Universal Studios

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Warner Music Group Reports Strong Quarter

This afternoon Warner Music Group Corp. announced strong second-quarter results for the period ended March 31, 2015.

Bruce Houghton on 05/11/2015 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Atomic Weapons Establishment, Deezer, Earnings before interest and taxes, Fiscal year, Generally accepted accounting principles, Grooveshark, Hipster PDA, Sony, Streaming media, Warner Music Group

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Simfy Is Shutting Down, Points Users To Deezer

2015 is shaping up as the year that some of streaming music's earliest players shut down or sold out. Pioneer WiMP is history, absorbed into TIDAL, and six year after launch,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/05/2015 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Deezer, Google Play, Grooveshark, record label, Recording Industry Association of America, Sam Tarantino, Sony Music Entertainment, Spotify, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group

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Deezer Exec Outlines Global Music Strategy

In this episode of Music Biz Podcast, we talk with Julien Simon, who is the VP of Music Rights and Label Relations at Deezer, a subscription music service. We discuss. Continue reading

admin on 04/27/2015 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Deezer, IOS, iTunes, Los Angeles Times, music industry, podcast, Research, Soundcloud, Soundhound, Youth culture

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Pandora Dropped 2.3 Million Listeners In Last 3 Months, Stock Falls As Net Loss Widens

UPDATED: Pandora is heading into a stormy season, with court decisions, rate hearings and Congressional action all just ahead. Today's report to Wall Street, however, did nothing to calm investor. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/24/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: A+E Networks, Adam Cahan, Apple Inc., AT&T, Black hole, Copyright Royalty Board, Cosmic Evolution Survey, Cricket Wireless, Deezer, depreciation and amortization, Earnings before interest, Generally accepted accounting principles, Internet radio, Marissa Mayer, Pandora Radio, Spotify, Streaming media, taxes, The Wall Street Journal, Wall Street, Yahoo!

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