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Amazon Launches Free Ad Supported Music Service
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Amazon Music customers in the U.S. who do not have a Prime membership or subscription to Amazon Music Unlimited can now listen to a free ad-supported selection of top playlists and stations for free with Amazon Music on compatible Alexa-enabled devices. It is expected that Amazon's free music service will launch more broadly in the coming weeks. While the press is calling Amazon's new music service a direct competitor to Spotify, a quick test drive showed a stronger resemblance to ...
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CD Baby Partners With Audible Magic To Identify Copyright Infringement
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CD Baby has partnered with Audible Magic to identify content rights conflicts prior to delivery to Spotify, Apple Music and other digital service providers, ensuring that CD Baby remains a trusted distribution partner. CD Baby is currently one of a handful of distributors named as “preferred" partners by both Spotify and Apple Music When a CD Baby artist or label uploads a new music file, Audible Magic's RightsRx checks a registry of 30 million media assets. RightsRx then indicates if the ...
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Amazon’s Ad Supported Strategy Goes Far Beyond Spotify
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With Amazon reportedly close to launching an ad supported music service that directly competes with Spotify's free tier, MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan looks at the wider implications of the internet giant's ad supported strategy By MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan from his Music Industry blog Amazon is reportedly close to launching an ad supported streaming music offering. Spotify’s stock price took an instant tumble. But the real story here is much bigger than the knee-jerk reactions of Spotify investors. What we are seeing ...
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The Beatles, Rolling Stones and Artist Positioning
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Manager Jake Udell reflects on the authenticity and image of modern artists, and how, historically, managers for groups like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones worked to successfully cultivate very distinct but very different images for both groups. By music manager Jake Udell from his Art of Manager The other day, an artist representative told me they aren’t paid to come up with the artist’s vision for them… “That’s the artist’s job.” I couldn’t agree more… The era we live in ...
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Amazon To Launch Free Ad-Supported Music Streamer [Report]
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Amazon is in talks with the major labels to launch an ad-supported music streaming service in direct competition to Spotify, according to a new report. The free music service could launch as early as next week. Currently, Spotify is the only major music service to have a full ad-supported offering. Amazon will market the free music service through Echo and other Alexa voice controlled devices, sources tell Billboard, and have a limited catalog. Amazon currently offers a music service with ...
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How Generation Z Is Redefining The Business Of Music
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While a lot of fuss is made about marketing to millennials (owing to their purchasing power), an increasing number of industries are now turning their attention to how to capture the attention of Generation Z, and the music business is no exception. Guest post by Alyssa Golden from the Berklee College of Music: Music Business Journal Introduction Consumer commerce has long emphasized marketing to millennials due to the peak of purchasing power this young demographic has reached; however, after years ...
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dotBC Adds Digimarc's Barcode For Audio Watermarking
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dotBC and Digimarc have partnered to add Digimarc's Barcode for Audio watermarking technology to the dotBC offering. This will connect the metadata and rights ownership information supplied by artists, songwriters and rights holders to the audio file itself. This collaboration will enable the industry to easily and accurately identify blockchain addresses and the most up to date rights ownership data through audio files delivered to digital service providers like Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Pandora and others. “This partnership enables all music ...
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