Tag: Initial public offering

Streaming Now Generates More Revenue For Music Industry Than Downloads, Physical Combined

Double digit growth in streaming in 2016 meant that Spotify, Apple Music and their competitors now account for 51.4% of all U.S. music revenue. Digital downloads were 24.1% in 2016 and. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/30/2017 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Apple Music, Chance The Rapper, Drake (musician), Ed Sheeran, Financial Times, Giggs (rapper), Initial public offering, OVO Sound, record label, Spotify, Streaming media

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Apple Music Had 20% More Users Last Month Than Spotify or Pandora

90 day free trials helped Apple Music amass 20% more unique monthly users in the U.S. in February than Spotify or Pandora, says a new just released study by Verto Index.

Bruce Houghton on 03/30/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, AutoPlay, Initial public offering, Music Genome Project, Pandora Radio, Pay television, playlist, Soundcloud, Spotify, Streaming media

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The Trial That Will Determine Songwriters’ Income Over The Next 5 Years

Big news in the world of mechanical royalties, the Copyright Royalty Board is opening up hearings to set a new mechanical royalty rate. The board will hear from both music. Continue reading

Guest Post on 03/30/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Music, Financial Times, Frank Ocean, Initial public offering, record label, Royalty payment, Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift, YouTube

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Pandora Under Pressure Even As Music Industry Warms To Westergren

Pandora used to be the company the music industry loved to hate. An aggressive campaign to lower royalty payments and a now ex-CEO who cared more about money than music. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/30/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Drake (musician), Financial Times, Frank Ocean, Initial public offering, record label, Royalty payment, Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift

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Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music

In our weekly recap of useful advice for independent, do-it-yourself artists, we offer tips on touring successfully in Australia, what record labels look for in artists, how merchandise can be. Continue reading

admin on 03/25/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Amazon Music, Apple Music, Financial Times, Frank Ocean, Initial public offering, record label, Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift, Twitter

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Slacker Radio Is “On The Cusp Of Profitability,” says CEO

“We are comfortable with the idea of being at a smaller scale,” said Slacker CEO Duncan Orrell-Jones commenting on the unsustainable losses of his larger competitors. “We are on the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/24/2017 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Application programming interface, Business model, iHeartRadio, Initial public offering, MuleSoft, Netflix, Spotify, Streaming media, Subscription business model

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Spotify Says It Can’t Find The Owners of 217,112 Songs

Spotify recently filed 217,112 "address unknown" NOIs with the U.S. Copyright Office saying that they were unable to locate any owner of these copyrighted songs anywhere in public records.

Guest Post on 03/21/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: App Store (iOS), Apple Inc., Apple Music, Chris Castle, Initial public offering, IPhone, iTunes, Netflix, Spotify, Subscription business model

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CD Baby Adds Free Marketing Tools via Show.co Acquisition

Last year when CD Baby aquired Show.co, it said that it had "big plans" for the digital music marketing platform. Now we know what they are – free integration into. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/20/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: AccuWeather, Apple Music, Initial public offering, record label, Spotify, Streaming media, Subscription business model, Taylor Swift, Twitter, YouTube

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SoundCloud Responds To Cash Crunch, Fire-Sale Report

Reports of a SoundCloud cash crunch and sell-off at 40% below investor valuation surfaced yesterday, even as the music streamer expanded its Premier Platform. Now SoundCloud is pushing back, saying. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/14/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Business Insider, Chief financial officer, Google, Initial public offering, Investor, Snap, Soundcloud, Spotify, Travis Kalanick, Uber (company)

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