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In Japan, Music Business Changes Very Slowly
A recent look at some overseas music industry numbers in Japan has revealed streaming's continued growth, and that physical sales, while still dropping, are slower to decline there. Additionally, and unlike the US, ringtones continue to take up an appreciable share of the market there as well. Guest post by Glenn Peoples of Pandora The CD lives on in Japan. Take ...
YouTube Stats: Is The Service Not As Big For Music As Previously Thought?
Although the music industry has for some time operated under the assumption that music related content made up 40% of YouTube videos, news and drastically different data from Pexeso, offers some very different numbers, suggesting some of the low payout related anger targeted at YoutTube may be misplaced. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 The music industry ...
Soundcloud Logs 175 Million Monthly Listeners To Massive 135 Million Track Catalog
New Soundcloud stats show just how big its footprint is, both in terms of listenership and the size of its music catalog. Most of their listeners are free, however; and monetizing them, along with making such a massive catalog user friendly, present a challenge. SoundCloud announced today that it has more than 135 million tracks and one ...
Playlists Dominate Listening For Most Music Streamers [INFOGRAPHIC]
Streaming music users love playlists and use them to drive their music consumption, according to a new survey and infographic just released by the analysts at Music Watch. 90% of music streamers have listened to or created a playlist, according to a new study by Music Watch. Paid subscribers were the most active, with 80% listening ...
How Economics Of Curation Benefit Emerging Artists And Fans [Scott Keeney aka DJ Skee]
It seems more and more music consumers are eschewing algorithm driven playlists in favor of good old fashioned human curation, a trend which is having promising outcomes for both up-and-coming artists and music fans. Guest post by Scott Keeney aka DK Skee, founder of Dash Radio Digital music services are seeing that listeners want other music ...
Clicks Matter In Music: Here's Why
In this piece, Davin Riley takes a closer look at the “click-access" nature of the internet as it relates to fan involvement, as well as how artists can optimize their content to turn fan awareness and clicks into profitable engagement. Guest Post by Davin Riley, CEO of MSCLVR, on the TuneCore Blog [Editors Note: This is a guest ...
Spotify, Netflix Tip-Toeing Into One Another's Territory
Here we look at Spotify's toe dip into the world of original video content, just as Netflix simultaneously releases music-centric material, while both companies face obstacles to steady growth and profitability. Guest post by Cherie Hu If you didn’t notice Spotify trying to be Netflix NFLX-0.28% last week, you probably were not alone. After years of growing ...
Tunecore Quarterly Payments To Artists Up 24% To $44 Million Driven By Dramatic Streaming Growth
TuneCore payments to artists rose 24% to $44 million last quarter over the same quarter last year. Since TuneCore launched in 2006, their artists have earned $733 million from 36.5 billion downloads and streams. TuneCore independent artists earned $44 million in the second quarter of this year. That's a 24% increase from the second quarter of ...
Infringement Or Fair Use: Knowing The Difference
Copyright is complicated, particularly in the music industry. With the recent rash of lawsuits which has been cropping up of late, we're taking a minute to breakdown the difference between fair use and infringement, with the hope of avoiding the later. Guest post by Jessica Kane Copyright law in the United States can be complicated, especially in the ...
Streaming Music Business Bigger Than Previously Thought
While many industry analysts have already acknowledged that streaming accounts for a huge percentage of overall music consumption, some of the most popular tracks actually received an even greater number of spins once Pandora was factored into the equation. Guest post by Glenn Peoples, Music Insights and Analytics at Pandora Key takeaways: Including Pandora spins to the mid-year point’s top ...
