Music industry

Kickass Torrents won't die, but the music industry is trying

How much does it cost to block a website like Kickass Torrents? According to Australia's internet service providers, AU$50 per domain.

CNet

Why Streaming Is Taking Over the Music Industry In One Handy Chart

Revenues are finally headed back up again.

Fortune

Chinese music industry sees dramatic change, emergence of an oligopoly

Piracy was significantly reduced after the National Copyright Administration issued a notice giving all online music service providers a July 2015 deadline to stop providing unauthorized music.

Global Times

Can Spotify dent streaming-averse Japan?

Spotify’s long-awaited launch last month has industry watchers wondering whether it will make a major breakthrough in altering Japan’s $3 billion music industry, where 80 percent of sales still come from CDs and other physical formats.

The Japan Times

Here's Why 2016 Is Set to Be Music Industry's Best Year Since 2009

or those willing to equate “total album consumption units” with good old-fashioned sales, at 411 million units in the first three quarters of 2016, the U.S. music industry appears set to enjoy its most robust year since 2009.

Billboard

Jimmy Iovine on the Future of Apple Music

17 months after the launch of Apple Music -- which has generated plenty of headlines due to its exclusives strategy and aggressive pursuit of original content on its way to 17 million paid subscribers -- Iovine still feels like his mission is misunderstood.

Billboard

Surviving the pop apocalypse: A lesson from Congolese pop music

All over the world, the music business as we know it is crumbling. But in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, musicians have found a new (and very old) method of survival.

PRI

Where is the Swedish music industry heading?

With solid growth and a long roster of international stars, the Swedish music industry has plenty to cheer about, but questions remain about the industry’s future.

The Local

Streaming : lancement de Spotify au Japon

Le Japon est le deuxième marché mondial de la musique enregistrée, selon le classement établi par l’IFPI. Son chiffre d’affaires s'établissait à 113,45 milliards de yens (1 milliard d’euros) sur les six premiers mois de 2016, dont 25,66 milliards (227 millions d’euros) de revenus digitaux, selon la RIAJ.

Think Culture


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