Home » Search Center » Results: Digital Music News
Results for "Digital Music News"
Soundscan May Only Be Counting 15% of Vinyl Sales...
Could vinyl sales actually be multiples larger? We've been quoting some heady gains from Nielsen Soundscan, but what if those figures are woefully undercounted? “Soundscan only gets about 15 percent," Vince Slusarz of Gotta Groove Records just told the New York Times. “The majority of the stuff we press, it doesn't even have a bar code." ...
Madonna's Brother is Currently Sleeping Under a Bridge in Michigan...
Could there be a starker commentary on America right now? Try this for income inequality: it turns out that Madonna's older brother Anthony Ciccone is now sleeping under a bridge in Traverse City, Michigan, after a fallout with the family. And this is a 'gruesome,' sub-zero existence: as temperatures continue to drop, Ciccone has already suffered ...
Be Honest: Are You Scarfing Down McDonald's on the Road?
The road is so full of desperate food runs it's laughable, and so many end at places like McDonald's. Sound familiar? Well, there's now an app to solve that problem—that is, if you view Chicken McNuggets and a McFlurry as a problem. Which these guys definitely do. “As a touring band, you see those golden arches ...
Sell Stuff, Straight from Your Youtube Channel...
YouTube is arguably the biggest and baddest platform for music consumption. So why not leverage that power-position further into ecommerce? Glad you asked. YouTube is now sharing details on Merch Store, a build-out that will allow artists to layer downloads, merchandise, tickets, and other items into their channels. The formal announcement happens Thursday in New York. ...
Nearly One-Third of Record Store Sales Come from 'Lifestyle' Products...
Indie retailers got the difficult memo years ago: if they wanted to survive, they had to diversify beyond music. Way beyond. Newbury Comics is a great example, but record stores across-the-board now sell dozens of 'lifestyle' categories that have nothing to do with the good old recording. And, this is becoming a bigger and bigger chunk ...
The Post-Jobs Music Industry...
Apple is already marching on, the party line is that life after Jobs will be just as innovative, just as unrelentingly competitive, just as visionary. That guys like Tim Cook will carry the mantle and further expand the company, with Jobs' vision and legacy the guiding light. But how does that work, exactly? It seems that ...
We Asked Rhapsody What They Pay Artists. and This is What They Said...
This is the email thread from this morning, starting about 10am Pacific. If you want to see the actual email, it's here. Digital Music News (Paul): How much does Rhapsody pay artists per stream? On any song? Rhapsody (Jaimee Steele, Senior Director, Public Relations): Anything else you need? The secret formula for Coca-Cola? Colonel Sanders' blend ...
In 24 Days or Less, Apple Will Change Music, Again...
You've had your cloud, but you haven't had it like this. And sometime in “late October," Apple plans to change the music world, again. That's when the much-anticipated iTunes Match hits the streets—at least in the US, according to details disclosed today by the company (the UK is apparently next on the list). And America—and then ...
Confessions of a Cutting-Edge Digital Strategist...
Miguel Senquiz is the digital strategist for indie label Ghostly International, home of rising stars like Matthew Dear, School of Seven Bells, and Gold Panda. He started with a simple task: to fix the label's merchandising platform, but he ended up with much more: a rich and profitable online shop, a music discovery mobile app, and ...
