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New York Times Subscribers Now Get Free Spotify Premium
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On-demand music streamers are all pretty much stuck charging $/€/£ 9.99- much to there detriment, according to MIDiA's Mark Mulligan. So to attract new customers, they are constantly experimenting with discounts, pricing and partnerships like the one that Spotify and the New York Times announced today. The New York Times announced today that new digital All Access subscribers will a free Spotify Premium account. For $5 a week, subscribers will receive unlimited access to NYTimes.com plus unlimited access to Spotify. At ...
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4 Major Live Music Trends Changing The Industry This Year
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It may only be February, but the year 2017 has already proven itself to be one of major change for the live music industry. Here we look at five different trends, whether it's a rise in activism or immersive theater, that are reshaping the live music business. Guest post by Rachel Grate of Eventbrite We’re just one month into 2017, and it’s already proven to be a year of big changes — and the live music industry is no exception to ...
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What Really Happens To Your Concert Ticket Money?
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The price of concert tickets has, in many places, risen to astronomical levels, but that doesn't stop fans dropping their cash on show anyways. Here we take a closer look at exactly where all this money actually goes when the dust has settled. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 The concert ticket you buy today is more expensive than ever, but that doesn’t seem to hinder music lovers from shelling out their cash anyway. With a typical ticket going for ...
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Songtrust Partners with DotBlockchain Music
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Songtrust has partnered with DotBlockchain Music for the second phase of its creation of a “decentralized global database of music rights, combining the publishing and the performance information into a unit of music that the industry can use." The problem that Dotblockchain aims to solve involves the separation of copyrights creative material from the creators and owners themselves, which results in those owners not getting paid for the use of their work. Because rights are often held across different companies ...
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Thanks Alexa, Music Streamers See Lift From Amazon Echo
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With more than 14 million consumers in the US now users of an Amazon Echo device, the conversation has once again shifted to music in the home, and whether Amazon will be able to make strides in the streaming market in 2017. Guest Post by Russ Crupnick on MusicWatch Based on the 15th edition of MusicWatch’s Annual Music Survey we were able to estimate that more than 14 million US consumers reported using an Echo device, including Tap and Dot. ...
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With Music Marketing, Data Is Power
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Although the digital age has been harmful to the music industry in a lot of ways, it has also opened the door to some valuable data-driven marketing practices, several of which Raffi Keuhnelian outlines here. Guest Post by Raffi Keuhnelian on Forbes Not that long ago, music marketing relied on sending press kits and mixtapes to DJs, radio stations and journalists. However, the tune has changed; marketing and PR in this industry are no longer limited to paper and postage stamps. ...
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Nielsen Completes Gracenote Acquisition
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Nielsen announced on Wednesday that it had completed its acquisition of entertainment metadata provider Gracenote. Gracenote's data and technology is a key element of user interfaces and programming guides and includes everything from song data on compact discs to multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs), smart televisions, streaming music services, connected devices, media players and in-car infotainment systems. Nielsen says the acquisition will give them greater ability to provide audience and usage analytics as well as allowing Nielsen's clients to ...
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Major Labels Under Gun In The Carpenters, Sales v. Licensing Case
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The age old dispute between artists and labels over digital download revenues is once again rearing its ugly head, with Richard Carpenter having recently audited his label A&M/Universal, revealing a rash of under-reported downloads. Guest Post by Erin M. Jacobson, Esq., it first appeared on Forbes The dispute between artists and labels over the income earned from digital downloads continues to rage. Traditionally, record labels sold physical copies of music mediums, like CDs, and then would pay a royalty to ...
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