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If Major Labels Are Dinosaurs, Why Do Liberty Media and Softbank Want To Buy One?
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Looking for signs that the recorded music business has a future? Aggressive Liberty Media chief John Malone and a Japanese telecom giant each wanted to buy The Universal Music Group. Liberty Media head John Malone reportedly made an overture to Vincent Bolloré, the chairman and biggest shareholder of Vivendi, expressing an interest in acquiring Universal Music Group. According to the New York Post, Bolloré, who owns an 8% stake in Vivendi, showed little interest in the deal and has in the past, ...
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A Manifesto For The Future Of Free Music
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In the thankfully long gone days of DRM downloads it could be fairly said that ‘music was born free yet everywhere it is in chains’. Now music is free of DRM and, for most consumers, of price too. Guest Post by Mark Mulligan on Music Industry Blog Of course the majority of consumers have always spent most of their time listening to music for free via TV or radio. But the internet transformed free into something that was every bit as good ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, March 6-12
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
It's a weekend of local heroes followed by a week of visiting legends and legends-in-the-making, from JT Bates' Organ Trio, Eric Gravatt and Dean Magraw launching a new weekly jazz series and Anthony Cox and pals in a live recording gig to visits from David Sanchez, Cassandra Wilson, and an ensemble with Jack DeJohnette and Roscoe Mitchell. Be still, my ears! Big Gigs This Week Friday, March 6. If one weekly series is good, another is even better. That was ...
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Does Music Subscriber Growth Cripple Profitability?
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With streaming services pushing the paid subscription model, profit for those company's should be growing - but not only are the streaming music giants not making money, they're losing it. Who is to blame? Guest Post by Jon Maples I recently wrote about how Rhapsody is facing issues as it expands to a worldwide audience and partners with cellphone carriers in Europe, Latin America and the United States. Part of my analysis centered on shrinking margins from signing up new customers on services and how difficult ...
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ASCAP Becomes First PRO In The World To Report $1 Billion In Revenue
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In it's 100th year of providing performance rights support and advocacy for music creators, ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, reported $1 billion in revenue for the calendar year 2014 - breaking global records. Revenue wasn't the only side of ASCAP that soared notably in 2014. Royalty payouts to songwriters, composers, and music publishers exceeded $883 million - a $32.3 million, 4% increase from 2013. ASCAP also doubled the number of musical performances captured, identified, and processed ...
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Why YouTube's 1 Billion Viewers Still Aren't Enough To Turn Profit
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YouTube has succeeded in establishing itself as the premier destination for online video consumption, so how is it possible for a platform with an audience exceeding 1 billion viewers to remain an unprofitable business? It's really quite simple. YouTube is stuck. The company is treading water - while top competitors are gaining ground. According to the Wall Street Journal, YouTube's posted revenue of $4 billion in 2014 (up $1 billion from the year previous) and 6% contribution to Google's sales ...
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Naxos Introduces Lossless Classical Music Streaming With ClassicsOnline HD•LL
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To the average music consumer, the loss in sound quality created by buffering is virtually undetectable - but to the classically trained ear, the difference detectable when streaming music can be shocking. Naxos has countered the problem by introducing ClassicsOnline HD•LL, a lossless streaming service for classical music worldwide. The streaming service on ClassicsOnline HD•LL employs the use of adaptive bitrate technology - allowing subscribers to listen to classical music at the highest possible sound quality available on their home or ...
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5 Reasons Music Streaming Services Can Benefit Artists
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One of the biggest controversies surrounding the music industry is whether music streaming services are good or bad for artists. Here are 5 reasons why music streaming services are good for artists. Guest Post by Daniel Sander on Feature.fm Blog 1. It's where people listen This one is simple. Whether you believe streaming services are good or not, it's where fans are listening to music. You can't fight this. Streaming services are growing exponentially in popularity and are becoming the primary music ...
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