Category Archives: distribution

Middlemen make things worse for songwriters in a digital age

Posted on April 9, 2012 by b

Good article with graphics showing how difficult it is for artists and even more so for songwriters as the legacy model of payment distribution gets slowed down by performing rights organizations. Digital Music News Article

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Illegal Download? We’ll Throttle You.

Posted on April 3, 2012 by b

Edited from Digital Music News If U.S.-based, your surfing will be monitored in the future, and you will be warned and dealt with if caught accessing infringing content.  It’s part of a program that starts this summer, and is potentially … Continue reading →

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Inflexion Point: Digital Music Sales exceed CD Sales

Posted on April 2, 2012 by b

The Recording Industry Assn. of America released its year-end numbers for 2011 and showed total music shipments up for the first time since 2004. Digital sales exceeded 50% of total music shipments for the first time ever with subscription services … Continue reading →

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MTV launching new platform for artists

Posted on March 16, 2012 by b

MTV is now launching an artist-focused, DIY platform called ARTISTS.MTV.  Artist pages will live on MTV.com with lots of MTV distribution potential, and Topspin wil power key components of the backend.  Right now, artists can jump onto the beta at artists.mtv.com.

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“No One Wants to Pay for Music…”

Posted on February 28, 2012 by b

Muve Music now has over 600,000 paying subscribers in the US.  The catch is that access to music is only sold as an Android-based mobile package that also includes essentials like voice, texting, and browsing.  Unlimited music is positioned as … Continue reading →

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Good infographic on digital distribution

Posted on February 27, 2012 by b

http://www.webpronews.com/steam-takes-over-the-video-game-world-infographic-2012-02

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Music Subscriptions: choosing access over ownership

Posted on January 3, 2012 by b

Interview by Globe and Mail with Rdio, the streaming service that made a successful effort to set up in Canada. click here

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Music Distributor Pulls 234 Labels from Spotify & Rdio

Posted on November 17, 2011 by b

UK-based digital distributor STHoldings Ltd. has pulled 234 member labels from Spotify, Rdio, Simfy, and Napster.  The act was motivated by continued complaints from these member labels, specifically related to payouts, though it appears that a recent study was the … Continue reading →

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Music subscriptions on the rise: Gartner

Posted on November 14, 2011 by b

Gartner Research  is forecasting a fourfold increase in subscription music revenue over the next four years, with sales of physical music media, including CDs and LPs dropping from $15 billion this year to $10 billion in 2015. By contrast, aggregate sales … Continue reading →

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What’s the future of a paid album? An App

Posted on November 11, 2011 by b

Those following Bjork have been introduced to an interactive multi-media experience biophilia which is a customized app for iPad/iPhone. Now comes  eVinyl, an LA-based oufit focused on building a new format for music.  Consider it a mashup of an ebook and … Continue reading →

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The Incredible (Physically) Shrinking Music Industry

Posted on August 23, 2011 by b

Digital Music News has put together a “Thirty Years in 30 Seconds” GIF that shows the changes in both format and music sales. A bit jumpy, but the pie gets smaller and smaller…. Watch the GIF

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Mobile subscription music comes to Canada

Posted on August 16, 2011 by b

On Tuesday, Stingray (mobile arm of Montreal’s Galaxie music subscription service for cable) launches a subscription-based streaming music service for mobile phones. Customers can access its 45 audio-only TV channels through an app on Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, … Continue reading →

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Music/Video Services Make News in Social Media

Posted on July 14, 2011 by b

The bullets: Pandora announced a redesign that allows it to function as a standalone social network. Hulu revised its Facebook integration. Spotify launches in America after becoming hugely popular in Europe. The rumored Facebook Vibes might be a very tight … Continue reading →

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Google launches “Music Beta”

Posted on May 10, 2011 by b

In a long expected announcement to bring music storage to the cloud, Google has launched a streaming music service. Named “Music Beta by Google,” the service acts as a sort of  “digital locker,” allowing users to store their music in … Continue reading →

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Radio still the main source of music discovery

Posted on March 25, 2011 by b

Orpheus Media Research recently released a customer survey indicating that music lovers still rely on traditonal radio and friends for music discovery. The data sample is 500 people, with 40 percent having more than 1,000 songs in their personal music … Continue reading →

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