How Blockchain And Virtual Reality Can Fix The Music Industry [Benji Rogers]
While music consumption has grown exponentially in recent years, this uptick has failed to translate into profit, with much of the revenue being lost in a murky swamp of missing. Continue reading
Niche Music: The Next Streaming Frontier
While streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music offer a seemingly unlimited buffet of music from which listeners can pick and choose, it may be more variety than most listeners. Continue reading
Chicago Adds 9% Tax On Spotify, Netflix
The City of Chicago has imposed a pair of taxes that would impose a sales tax on pay-per-view entertainment delivered over the internet. The law seems aimed at streaming services. Continue reading
Essence Festival Expands Digital Footprint
Live has been music's slowest sector to jump on the digital bandwagon. That's finally changing with more promoters and festivals increasing their online presence before, during and after the event,. Continue reading
RIAA Says: So Now There’s #AppleMusic – The More, The Merrier.
Apple’s entrance into the subscription streaming market made a predictable splash. It’s telling that Apple continues to pour significant time and energy into music. It confirms once again that music. Continue reading
The Streaming Maturation Effect: What It Means For The Music Industry
What do Netflix and music subscriptions have in common? They both experienced slowing growth in 2014 in the US. Subscriptions are the monetization focal point of streaming but there have. Continue reading
YouTube Challenger Vessel Launches With Better Pay For Creators – GET 1 YEAR FREE
YouTube is so popular that it was bound to attract competitors; and just-launched Vessel may have found the Google owned video giant's achilles heal – low payouts to creators. Along. Continue reading
Bjork On Releasing Albums, Free Music, Windowing and Keeping “Vulinicura” Off Spotify
As both an artist and a savvy business person, Bjork has always done things differently. The release of her new album "Vulinicura" is no exception. You won't find it on. Continue reading
