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Why I Chose Patreon [BRIAN HAZARD]

After pronouncing music sales dead, Brian Hazard here goes on to explain why, of the limited options left to musicians, Patreon is his choice for earning a sustainable living as. Continue reading

Guest Post on 03/15/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Boston, Compact disc, DVD, Netflix, patreon, Rihanna, Spotify, Streaming media, Subscription business model, YouTube

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Join 3700+ Songwriters: SIGN THIS PETITION NOW To Stop Big Tech From Lowering Royalty Rates

The National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA), which represents U.S. music publishers and their songwriters, along with the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) are facing off against Google, Apple, Amazon, Spotify. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/09/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Amazoncom, Apple Inc., Apple Music, Application programming interface, Initial public offering, Music download, Netflix, Spotify, Streaming media, Subscription business model

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OFFICIAL: Spotify Has 50 Million Paid Subscribers

Spotify yesterday confirmed that it now has more than 50 million paid subscribers to its Premium streaming music service. That's up 25% from the 4o million announced 7 months ago. Continue reading

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

Tags: Amazon Music, Apple Inc., Apple Music, Compact disc, Comparison of on-demand streaming music services, Grammy Award, Jay-Z, Netflix, Prince (musician), Purple Rain (film), Spotify, Streaming media, The New York Times, Tidal (service), Twitter, Warner Bros.

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Spotify Is Deleting It’s Inbox And Messaging Feature

Ever wish that you could communicate with fans and playlisters on Spotify? Forget it. At a time when most apps are encouraging communications, Spotify is deleting its own messaging system.

Bruce Houghton on 02/28/2017 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (4)

Tags: 4 World Trade Center, Apple Music, Application programming interface, Data analysis, Netflix, New York, Spotify, Statistics, Streaming media, The New York Times

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Music Streaming Subscriptions Are Still Stuck In Early Adopter Niche [CHART]

2015 was a big year for streaming music but it was a bigger deal for streaming video, generating $16 billion in revenue compared to $4.5 billion for streaming music, reports. Continue reading

Guest Post on 02/28/2017 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Music, Facebook, Initial public offering, Netflix, Pay television, Spotify, Streaming media, Television, YouTube

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

In this re-visitation of a full week of music industry news, we look back on Live Nations impressive growth streak, Virginia's legalization of ticket scalping, the most popular tracks on. Continue reading

admin on 02/25/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Facebook, Grammy Award, Jay-Z, Music download, Netflix, Pandora Radio, Spotify, Streaming media, YouTube

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Congress Preps To Gut Net Neutrality With Bills Pretending To Save It

The Trump administration and its new FCC boss have made clear their intentions to completely trash net neutrality protections, but the threat of backlash and the complications of rolling back. Continue reading

Guest Post on 02/21/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Ajit Varadaraj Pai, AT&T, Donald Trump, Federal Communications Commission, Internet service provider, net neutrality, Netflix, Republican Party (United States), United States Congress, White House

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Soundcloud, Netflix, Vimeo And Other Streamers Sued Over Offline Playback Patent

It seems someone has once again been trip-trapping over the patent trolls' bridge, with the recent news that Blackbrid Technologies (a bonafide patent troll company) is sueing multiple streaming companies. Continue reading

Guest Post on 02/15/2017 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., AT&T, Cloud computing, Donald Trump, DVD, HBO, IPhone, J. K. Rowling, lawsuit, List of video games featuring Mario, LTE (telecommunication), Netflix, Patent, Patent troll, Streaming media, Twitter, YouTube

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Guide To Independent Radio Promotion: Why It Still Matters

The term radio has transcended the idea of terrestrial broadcast, and is now representative of connection through curation. That said, it remains an invaluable marketing tool, perhaps more now than. Continue reading

Guest Post on 02/02/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Music, IPhone, Netflix, Pandora Radio, Sirius XM Holdings, Soundcloud, Spotify, Streaming media, The Wall Street Journal

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Spotify, Playlists and Profitability: On Playing The Long Game

Lucas Gonze shares his response to Mark Mulligan's piece on why Spotify struggles with profitability, and takes a look at what the streaming service's most logical path forward may be. Continue reading

Guest Post on 02/01/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: Alan Cross, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Billboard Magazine, Grammy Award, Netflix, Prince (musician), Spotify, Streaming media, Tidal (service)

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