Prince – Who Pulled All His Music Off Streaming Services – Debuts New Song On Spotify….

Ever the Confusing One, Prince today debuted a new song on Spotify.  Just four weeks ago, he had pulled all of his music off Spotify and other streaming music services, with. Continue reading

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Five Post-MP3 Era Ways To Build Your E-mail List

After a relatively brief run, the era of the MP3 is drawing to a close meaning that free downloads, one of the main incentives for getting fans to sign up for. Continue reading

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Making Free Music Work (Hint: Cannibalize Radio Not Sales)

Is the freemium model truly viable? As concerns continue to be raised regarding the impact of subscription based streaming on music sales, streaming needs to start competing more closely with. Continue reading

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NPR Exits Anti-Artist Mic Coalition

Last month, after Amazon exited the Google and Pandora backed anti-artist MIC Coalition,  pro-artist advocates set their sights on NPR. Why NPR "who artists have worked so closely with over. Continue reading

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This Week In Music Commentary

This week in the world of music there were murmurs of a growing Indian streaming service, a study revealed that college students are willing to part with cash to stream. Continue reading

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Last Week’s Most Read Posts: Apple Music Reviews • Kudos For CD Baby • Networking • More

Apple Music dominated this week's news.  There were good reviews and bad, but all of it is worth knowing about given Apple's game changing potential. Our friends at CD Baby got. Continue reading

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Google Play Versus Apple Music: Who Will Win?

Eager to beat Apple Music's June 30th launch to the punch, Google recently announced its newly-launched free music streaming service. Beginning this Tuesday, the search engine giant is introducing a. Continue reading

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U.S. Music Streaming Market Worth $2.7 Billion By 2019

Yesterday's launch of Apple Music will surely accelerate mainstream adoption of streaming music.  But how quickly will it happen and what does it mean in terms of revenue for artists and. Continue reading

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Google Play Music Adds Free Streaming Tier

Ladies and gentleman, despite Apple's best efforts to kill it, freemium music is not dead. Google today added a free streaming tier to its subscription Google Play Music offering.

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The Bundle Deal: The Miracle of Spotify’s Paid Subscription Numbers

We all knew it was coming.  Of course Spotify was going to answer back the big ballyhoo of Apple Music’s underwhelming unveiling. 

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