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Universal Music Revenue Up 13% As Sale Plans Accelerate
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Revenue at Universal Music Group grew 13.5% year of year last quarter, according to financials reported by corporate parent Vivendi. But on everyone's mind were Vivendi's plan to sell a 50% stake in the world's largest music group. Vivendi said that it has chosen 15 banks to help it find an investor for UMG, according to a filing: “Following the preliminary work carried out by the Management Board, about fifteen banks were chosen for the bank selection process. The banks ...
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Ethical Streaming Royalties: More For Few Or Fewer For More
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In an effort to improve the methods by which royalties are calculated, Chris Castle theorized something known as the “ethical pool". Here he takes a deeper dive, taking a look at a new study on the topic and how it compares more conventional royalty calculations. Guest post by Chris Castle of Music Tech Solutions I call my version of “user centric” royalties the “ethical pool”. Since I posted my short paper on the ethical pool, I’ve been hearing from people who ...
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Pitchfork and Vinyl Me, Please Launch Reissue Series With Slowdive's Pygmalion
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Pitchfork and record of the month club Vinyl Me, Please are partnering to curate and reissue four special edition vinyl albums over the next year. The series will kick off in December with UK shoegaze legends Slowdive and a limited 2,000 record pressing of their 1995 album Pygmalion. Pitchfork will drive the album selections released on a quarterly basis by Vinyl Me, Please. Each limited edition pressing will include special features such as reimagined cover art, remastered audio, and exclusive ...
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CDs Are Dead! ...Or Are They?
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Although vinyl has been making a significant comeback in the age of streaming, the CD has largely been thought of as a relic of the past. New data suggests, however, that calling time of death on the CD may have been premature. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 All the focus has been on streaming music the last few years, with the comeback of the vinyl record getting much attention as well. Meanwhile the once mighty CD has ...
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Lead Sheets To 10 Charles Nathan Songs Now Available
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Greg Nathan
Soaring Music Publications has redesigned its store page to include links to 10 Charles Nathan “lead-sheet pages." At each lead-sheet page you can listen to a recording of the song, and see samples of the lead sheet and three different types of lyric sheets which are included with the download. All 10 of the Charles Nathan Songs are available in seven different keys. Each lead-sheet page contains a picture and notes. The 10 lead-sheet links are located in the middle ...
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The Other Playlists: How Behavior Impacts Songs
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Since the beginning of the recording industry, the limitations imposed by format have directly influenced music, from wax cylinders to MP3s. Here we look at how the now dominant format—streaming—is reshaping music. Guest post from AWAL “We should get good enough that you don’t have to take your phone out of your pocket to get the right stuff,” Echo Nest CEO Jim Lucchese told FiveThirtyEight in 2014, soon after Spotify acquired the Boston-based music intelligence startup. The corporate absorption would lead to Discover ...
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Music Has More To Gain From The Future Of Transportation Than You Might Think [Cherie Hu]
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Going as far back as the FM radio receivers of the 1950s, transportation and music have been inextricably linked; and as the landscape of the transportation industry changes, new marketing opportunities for music and artists are emerging. By journalist Cherie Hu this first appeared on Forbes.com “Ridesharing, 5G and edge computing are poised to alter transportation, and its accompanying media ecosystem" Ever since the 1950s, when car manufacturers first introduced FM radio receivers inside their vehicles, the mainstream music industry has relied heavily on cars as a significant- if arguably ...
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10 Fantastic But Under-Appreciated Music Cities
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While the term “music cities" likely evokes the classic behemoths like NYC, LA, or Nashville, some of the best music cities out there are much smaller and still fly somewhat under the industry radar. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 When artists and bands think of “music cities” the ones that immediately come to mind are the big 5 – New York City, Los Angeles, Nashville, Seattle and Austin. There are other cities that have great scenes that ...
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