Music industry
Forget the DJs: Spotify playlists are the new musical starmakers
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- Tuesday, 28 May 2019
The streaming giant’s blessing can lead to fame, but is there room for innovation amid the algorithms?
Sofar Sounds house concerts raises $25M, but bands get just $100
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- Tuesday, 28 May 2019
In some cases, Sofar pays just $100 per band for a 25 minute set, which can work out to just $8 per musician per hour or less. Hosts get nothing, and Sofar keeps the rest, which can range from $1,100 to $1,600 or more per gig.
Snapchat, comme tout le monde, se lance dans l’industrie musicale
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- Tuesday, 28 May 2019
Snapchat est la dernière application de réseaux sociaux à débarquer dans le monde de la musique.
TuneCore Reaches Record of $1.5 Billion in Artist Revenue
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- Monday, 06 May 2019
"TuneCore is the only global platform that pays artists 100% of what they earn from digital streams and downloads, while also meeting all of their needs across distribution, promotion and publishing administration".
DotMusic Limited wins rights to .Music domain name extension
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- Sunday, 28 April 2019
DotMusic’s Founder and CEO tweeted on Friday that the company had emerged as the successful bidder “after more than decade”.
Beyoncé brings it home: why concert films are big again
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- Sunday, 28 April 2019
The genre makes financial sense for Netflix and artists, as well as offering stars the control they crave.
Amazon is readying a hi-def music streaming service
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- Sunday, 28 April 2019
“It’s a better bit rate, better than CD quality,” said one source. “Amazon is working on it as we speak: they’re currently scoping out how much catalog they can get from everyone and how they’ll ingest it.”
L'Afrique peut devenir un grand marché de musique
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- Sunday, 28 April 2019
Il y a beaucoup de travail à faire ensemble, mais "le potentiel est vraiment énorme. L'Afrique est en première ligne sur ce marché de demain", a-t-il dit à l'ouverture à Dakar du "MIDEM African forum".
Despite Streaming’s Growth, Music Industry Remains Half The Size It Was In 1999
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- Tuesday, 16 April 2019
While paid streaming subscriptions have, in many circles, been billed as the savior of the music industry, the reality is that the business is still operating at a severely reduced capacity since the devastation visited on it in the early days of digital.
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