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Streaming Music Presages The End Of Ownership... Of Everything [George Howard]
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Music is often the proverbial canary in a coal mine, says George Howard. Here, he explores how the rise of streaming led to a full fledged shift to a cloud-based media, making the idea of actual ownership is becoming increasingly antiquated. Guest post by George Howard , this first appeared on Forbes Many moons ago — just around the ...
Why Musicians Need To Care About Making Money
In the music industry, there is a false, recurring idea that music can and should be separate from money, and that once an artist starts to see financial returns from their music, it loses its purity. Here we explore why artists should care about making money off of their music. Guest post by Patrick McGuire from the ...
Washington State Laughs In The Face Of FCC Attempt To Prevent States From Protecting Net Neutrality
Although the FCC recently repealed net neutrality on a national level, states are taking matters into the own hands, and while incumbent ISPs and the FCC are doing their best to prevent this, states like Washington don't seem particularly perturbed. Guest post by Karl Bode of Techdirt from the Unicorns-at-the-FCC dept In the wake of the FCC's net ...
Music Distribution In The Age Of Smartphones
Sound recording is younger than you might think- it was only invented around 130 years ago. Over this time, it has evolved from physical to magnetic, then digital, ultimately losing the need for a physical medium. Today, the majority of sound recordings, no matter if they are speeches, noises or online slots to fit music genres, ...
Americans Listen To 200 Billion Minutes Of Audio Weekly
A new set of data from Nielsen has revealed that the average US dweller is listening to a massive amount of audio on weekly basis, although not all of it seems to be coming from sources which you might expect. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Ever wonder how much we listen to audio ...
Apple Deleting iTunes LP Format: Beginning Of The End?
Apple is deleting the iTunes LP format. The news was shared with labels and distributors two weeks ago; and now an email to iTunes' music partners has surfaced that states clearly, “Apple will no longer accept new submissions of iTunes LPS after March 2018." Apple is killing the iTunes LP format, and some are seeing this ...
Indies Demand Spotify Stock Profit Share, Sony Responds
While the major labels have promised to pay their artists a share of any proceeds from the sale of their stock in Spotify, the independent music community is demanding that a corresponding share be passed on the many labels the major label owned companies distribute. All three major label groups have committed to sharing revenues from ...
47 Million U.S. Adults Have A Smart Speaker At Home
I'm one of many who believe that smart speakers will accelerate the adoption of music streaming, bringing it full into the mainstream. Getting an Alexa-enabled Sonos One doubled the amount of music played in my house simply by making playing whatever tracks or albums I'm in the mood for absurdly easy. So, in my view,, news ...
iHeartMedia, 855 Radio Stations Go Bankrupt At 11:59 PM CST Wednesday
UPDATE 2- The court gave iHeartMedia, its 855 radio stations and creditors until 11:59 PM Central time, Wed. March 7th to agree to a reorganization that would reduce its debt by $15 billion, according to papers filed Monday. As of 8PM CT, no settlement had been announced. The clock is ticking... A proposal filed with the Securities ...
50% Of UK Music Consumption 2017 Was Streaming, 4M Vinyl Records Sold
Stats released by UK label association BPI, based on Official Charts Company data, showed a strong year for recorded music, with consumption across all formats in 2017, growing at its fastest rate in decades. A total of 135.1 million albums or their equivalent were either streamed, purchased on physical format, and/or downloaded over the past 12 ...
