Music industry
SoundCloud’s music subscription goes international
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- Thursday, 12 May 2016
One month after launching its subscription streaming service in the U.S., SoundCloud is kicking off its big international expansion today with a launch in the U.K. and Ireland.
Les majors de la musique haussent le ton face à YouTube
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- Thursday, 12 May 2016
Universal, Sony et Warner ouvrent un nouveau front dans le bras de fer qui les oppose à la plate-forme vidéo de Google.
Professionnaliser le secteur de la musique africaine
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- Tuesday, 03 May 2016
Le Programme pour le Développement de la Musique Africdaine (AMDP), coordonné par le Conseil International de la Musique et soutenu par le Prgoramme ACPCultures+, a organisé les 19 et 20 avril 2016 la seconde édition de l'IMPACT Music Conference. La Conféerence avait pour thème : «Musique, Tech, et nouveaux modèles économiques en Afrique».
Tidal: can Prince and Beyonce save the underdog of streaming services?
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- Tuesday, 03 May 2016
How Much Is Music Really Worth?
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- Tuesday, 03 May 2016
With the music business in an especially volatile state right now, Marc Hogan puts the industry’s woes in perspective by breaking down how we’ve valued songs and albums over the course of more than a century—and learns that the economics of music can be more dark art than dismal science.
Is YouTube a music industry devil or buzz-making deity?
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- Tuesday, 03 May 2016
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ manager Peter Mensch is the latest to slam the internet company for not fairly paying artists. But there’s more to the online music streaming debate than meets the ear.
Radiohead's corporate empire: inside the band's dollars and cents
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- Tuesday, 03 May 2016
The band have proven themselves shrewd businessmen, forming some 20 companies since their inception – including LLLP LLP and Random Rubbish Ltd.
Streaming growth helps digital music revenues surpass physical sales
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- Tuesday, 19 April 2016
Subscription value from streaming services up 66% in a year, and industrywide revenues grow for first time since 1995
Music streaming boosts sales of vinyl
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- Tuesday, 19 April 2016
Music streaming sites are helping to drive sales of vinyl, new research suggests. Half of consumers say they listened to an album online before buying a vinyl copy, according to an ICM poll.
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