Music industry
Spotify’s most personalized playlist is now for sale to brands
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- Tuesday, 22 January 2019
Discover Weekly was a triumph of algorithm and curation, and now it’s an ad product.
The African Music Industry Top Players
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- Tuesday, 22 January 2019
The African Music Industry is very diverse. Making it “big” in the African music scene is almost impossible if an upcoming artist is not in contact with a “big player” in the industry.
Classical listens surge as genre outperforms rest of music industry
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- Tuesday, 22 January 2019
The number of plays of classical music increased by more than 10% in 2018, with the genre growing faster than the UK music industry at large.
The Lazarus effect: how the music industry saved itself
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- Tuesday, 22 January 2019
The collapse of HMV looks like a nail in the coffin for a music industry long declared “dead”. But music sales are higher than in the glory days of Britpop.
Tout pour la playlist
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- Tuesday, 22 January 2019
Figurer sur une «liste de lecture» très suivie de Spotify ou de Deezer est un formidable accélérateur de notoriété pour un artiste. Derrière ces playlists, des algorithmes évidemment, mais aussi des éditeurs en chair et en os, qu’il faut savoir convaincre.
Mobile Music Streaming In China
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- Tuesday, 08 January 2019
China’s music streaming market is remarkable on several fronts, including the vast size of the market, the high percentage of use of mobile devices for music, high smartphone penetration, prevalent mobile cell coverage (in urban areas), and aggressive government funding for an upgraded and expanded mobile broadband; claiming over one billion 4G subscriptions.
Music Industry Influencers Debate Blockchain's Business Impact In 2019
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- Tuesday, 08 January 2019
The narrative around the anticipated massive disruption in the music industry, given the promise of blockchain technology, is rooted in change that could revolutionize areas from the tracking of royalty payments to the rise of completely new gatekeepers in the arena.
Why the Mainstream Music Industry Is Still Struggling to Address #MeToo
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- Tuesday, 08 January 2019
Though many artists, producers, and executives were accused of misconduct this year, the consequences for such actions often remained unclear.
5 Music Industry Predictions 2019
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- Tuesday, 08 January 2019
With the music business in a constant state of tumultuous evolution, 2019 is shaping up to be a wild year for the industry. Here we look at five major developments we're likely to see unfolding in the coming months.
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