Music industry
Could SiriusXM’s buyout of Pandora finally deliver the first true ‘full-stack’ music company?
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- Tuesday, 02 October 2018
On a fateful summer afternoon two years ago, SiriusXM took a swing and a miss.
Universal parie sur un marché africain dépassant l'Europe d'ici dix ans
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- Tuesday, 02 October 2018
Universal Music France supervise une nouvelle filiale du géant de la musique pour l'Afrique francophone. Le but affiché est d'abord de faire prospérer un marché local, pas de dénicher des talents pour les développer ailleurs.
Sorry, Sony Music, you don’t own the rights to Bach’s music on Facebook
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- Tuesday, 18 September 2018
Sony Music Entertainment has been forced to abandon its claim that it owned 47 seconds of video of musician James Rhodes using his own piano to play music written by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Spotify reportedly opening in Middle East, North Africa
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- Tuesday, 18 September 2018
The Swedish streamer has not officially confirmed the move.
Africa: The Rise of an Undervalued Music Powerhouse
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- Tuesday, 18 September 2018
The Sub-Saharan African music industry is a volcano waiting to erupt on the international scene. Talent abounds. The continent boasts a music-hungry population whose average age is under 20. And it is estimated that 500 million African citizens will own smartphones by 2020.
Vine and Musical.ly Transformed the Music Industry - Then disappeared
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- Tuesday, 18 September 2018
The story is almost a cliché at this point: a short-form video app gains millions of users, gets acquired by a massive tech conglomerate and reshapes the music industry’s understanding of A&R and celebrity, by treating consumers as producers and stars in their own right.
Live Nation's grip on music festivals 'stifling competition'
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- Tuesday, 18 September 2018
LiveNation owns Ticketmaster, the world’s largest ticketing company, which has a 46% share of the top 61 UK venue box offices. The US firm also manages more than 500 artists and promoted 30,000 concerts globally in 2017.
La tension est à son comble entre Spotify et l’industrie de la musique
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- Tuesday, 18 September 2018
Spotify, la plateforme de streaming musical basée à Stockholm, aux 180 millions d’utilisateurs et 75 millions d’abonnés payants, est dans la tourmente.
The Music Industry Has a New Tactic to Fight Google: #LoveMusic
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- Tuesday, 04 September 2018
In a collective effort, the music industry has banded together to ensure Google finally pays music creators fairly. But will the #LoveMusic campaign work?
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