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How Musicians, Labels Can Take Advantage Of Key Digital Trends
In looking at how businesses are being changed by digital platforms, music is no exception. Here we examine how consumer expectations, participations and changing demographics will all impact the music industry moving forward. Guest post by Michelle Aguilar of the TuneCore Blog It is probably no surprise that businesses are being transformed by digital platforms such ...
Spotify Shares "How Students Listen 2017" [Eliot Van Buskirk]
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In addition to learning, expanding personal horizons and developing a plan for post student life, college is also a place where many shape their musical identities. Eliot Van Buskirk of Spotify Insights has taken a deep dive into how students listen and shared it via an interactive microsite. Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk of Spotify Insights College ...
New Survey Says Millennials Pay For Streaming Services And Use Pirate Streams When Content Isn't Legally Available
In a further sign of change coming to the music industry, a new survey has revealed that millennials, and those younger, while willing and happy to pay for streaming services, are also more than happy to access the content they want on pirate streaming sites should it be unavailable elsewhere. Guest post by Timothy Geigner on Techdirt ...
Streaming May Have Slowed Piracy, But It Certainly Hasn't Stopped It [CHART]
The convenience of streaming has unquestionably slowed music piracy. But it certainly has not stopped it. According to a late 2016 study by Ipsos for the IFPI which surveyed 12,600 internet users in 13 countries, more than 1/3 said they had still accessed copyright infringing music over the previous 6 months. And how they're pirating music has ...
Fans Have A Growing Willingness To Actually Pay For Music [MusicWatch]
Music fans are showing a growing willingness to actually pay for music, and that is helping to drive the current growth in the recorded music industry. In fact, the value of those fans grew 11% last year driven by tens of millions of $10 per month on-demand subscriptions, according to MusicWatch’s Annual Music Study. By Russ Crupnick of Music ...
ASCAP Reports Record $1B Revenue Fueled By 41% Increase In Streaming Income
ASCAP has announced the collection of record-high revenues of $1.059 billion in 2016 and distributed more than $918 million to its songwriter, composer and music publisher members. Distributions were up 5.6% over the prior year. Revenues from ASCAP’s licensing efforts in the U.S. grew nearly 6% in 2016 to $759 million, up $42.2 million over 2015, fueled ...
Apple Music Had 20% More Users Last Month Than Spotify or Pandora
90 day free trials helped Apple Music amass 20% more unique monthly users in the U.S. in February than Spotify or Pandora, says a new just released study by Verto Index. Apple Music had 40.7 million monthly unique users in the U.S. last month, according a new study, That compares to 36.2 million users for Pandora and ...
Streaming Now Generates More Revenue For Music Industry Than Downloads, Physical Combined
Double digit growth in streaming in 2016 meant that Spotify, Apple Music and their competitors now account for 51.4% of all U.S. music revenue. Digital downloads were 24.1% in 2016 and physical was 21.8% of total revenue. This marks the first time since 1998 that the industry has posted back-to-back years of double-digit growth. These milestones were ...
Growth Slows In Italy's Recorded Music Market
While streaming and vinyl were both bright spots for the sector, growth in Italy's music market appears to have stalled, growing by just 0.4% in 2016. Overall, the market was worth €149m in 2016, according to figures collected by accounting firm Deloitte for trade association Federation Industria Musicale Italiana, (FIMI). The decline of physical product, which remains ...
