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Why Music Streaming Isn't Really About The Music
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It may seem strange for companies like YouTube and Amazon to be entering the streaming industry, particularly given how notoriously unprofitable it is, but by offering it bundled with other services, profitability becomes less important than long-term customer loyalty. Guest Post by Alaister Moughan Why Does YouTube need a music streaming service? What’s the point of having music in Amazon Prime? The entrance of YouTube and Amazon into the streaming market is intriguing. Why would they want to enter an unprofitable business, let alone enter ...
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Jimmy Iovine And The Myth Of The Male Music Fan
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In this article, Kelsey Butterworth takes a closer look at Jimmy Iovine's recent and unfortunate bout of mansplaining, an incident which offers some insight into several much larger issues regarding women in the music industry. Guest Post by Kelsey Butterworth, Policy & Communications Intern on Future Of Music Coalition There was a simpler time, not too long ago, when Jimmy Iovine’s most egregious sins were peddling Dr. Dre’s Beats headphones, Weezer’s 2008-2009 oeuvre, and the whiteification of hip-hop. Following an illuminating interview on ...
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The Pros And Cons Of Pandora’s Rdio Purchase
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Pandora's recent procurement of the streaming service Rdio (it's second major acquisition of late, following Ticketfly) could help Pandora to expand its global customer base, but the purchase also brings with it a host of complications, and none of Rdio's customers or licenses. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 The music streaming wars just became a bit more interesting early this week when Pandora agreed to acquire some critical assets of the Rdio streaming service out of bankruptcy for ...
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RIAA CTO David Hughes Responds To Hi-Res Music "Confusion"
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Last week we published a piece by Bobby Oswinski of Music 3.0 describing what he sees as the “confusing" new RIAA campaign to promote Hi-Res music. Today, David Hughes, the Chief Technology Officer for the RIAA responds. Guest post by RIAA Chief Technology Officer David Hughes I understand there might be some confusion about exactly what constitutes ‘high resolution music.’ This confusion is likely because a number of similar sounding terms have emerged to describe music being offered in some form ...
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RIAA Introduces A Hi-Res Music Logo, Plus Some Confusion
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In an effort to get serious about hi-res music, major label lobbying group, the RIAA, has introduced an official hi-res logo. However this new image, along with the RIAA's strange definition of what constitutes hi-res, may simply end up resulting in more confusion. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 While the number of streaming sites that feature hi-res audio is still limited (Tidal and Deezer come to mind), there are plenty of download sites that will happily sell ...
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Streaming Won, But Where’s The Innovation?
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Although music streaming, the most disruptive technologycurrently being used in the industry, is well on its way to becoming the dominant method through which listeners consume music, it has not yet even come close to unlocking its full potential, despite having been around for close to two decades Guest post by Radical.FM founder Thomas McAlevey For a while, it looked like illegal file-sharing and iTunes downloads might be the future of a battered music industry. But streaming is already in the ...
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Muddy Ground Or Pastures Green? The Highs And Lows Of Online Engagement
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Being forced to spend large quantities of time staring at a screen is one of the realities of being an independent artist in 2015, and while this can be frustrating, online engagement and effective use of social media still remain some of the best ways to share what's really important: your music. A trumpet player sits on a bench with perfect posture. Framed by a beautiful blue sky, he’s practicing his instrument in the glory of nature. I’m indoors staring at my computer, grumbling at this ...
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Transparency, Accounting And The Creation Of A Fair Music Report
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Dividing and allocating funds to those who deserve them continues to be one of the greatest challenges faced by distributors of music, and labels and publishers often claim that to accomplish such a task with 100% accuracy is impossible. This article looks at a recent report from The Fair Music Project which examined this issue, as well as possible solutions for fixing it. Guest Post by John Lahr on Berklee's Music Business Journal The logistics of correctly attributing the money earned from ...
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