Music industry
The Price of Music
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- Tuesday, 25 March 2014
Will the recorded music industry ever grow again? Since 1999, the industry has been in rapid decline as CDs became unbundled into downloaded singles.
Music streaming breaks through $1bn sales barrier
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- Tuesday, 25 March 2014
Revenues from streaming and subscriptions rose by 50% in past year as listeners turned to services such as Spotify.
Fairer royalties for streaming, demands lobby group
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- Monday, 17 March 2014
Royalties paid to musicians must be modernised to reflect the digital environment in which music is largely consumed, according to AMP (Artists, Managers, Performers), the recently formed alliance between the Musicians' Union, the Music Managers' Forum and the Featured Artists Coalition.
Apple pressuring music labels to release songs solely via iTunes
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- Wednesday, 12 March 2014
Fears Apple's power could grow and move could harm streaming services such as Spotify.
Can this man save the music business?
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- Wednesday, 12 March 2014
Even though many have written off the recording industry as a casualty of the digital age, Universal Music Group's Lucian Grainge is determined to reinvent it.
Uganda: Why Ugandan Songs No Longer Last
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- Wednesday, 12 March 2014
The competitive nature of the industry has surely affected the longevity of songs. Sometimes good songs are actually produced, but better ones do come through in a short span of time making the public forget the previous ones.
Création, production, diffusion de spectacles: L’Afrique vigilante face aux enjeux du numérique
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- Wednesday, 12 March 2014
Avec l'outil numérique, on assiste à de nouveaux modes de création, de production et de diffusion tout en réduisant l'écart nord-sud. "C'est un moyen de rendre justice aux créateurs avec la propriété intellectuelle en rétribuant les créateurs sur des revenus et des business digitaux".
Musicians Sing for a Cause That’s Their Own
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- Wednesday, 26 February 2014
In the music industry's big fights over issues like copyright and royalties, it's usually the titans — record conglomerates, Silicon Valley giants — that clash. But as individual musicians feel squeezed by the digital revolution, they are beginning to speak out in increasing numbers.
Obscured by clouds: streaming music’s effect on Norway
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- Wednesday, 26 February 2014
In the heated debate over streaming music's sustainability, we seem to be gridlocked between claims of Spotify CEO Daniel Ek as the digital Messiah of the music industry, and artists' outcry about exploitative payouts and a poor economy.
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