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All Artists Should be Streaming Their Music–Except Adele. Here’s Why.

The biggest music industry story of the last few months has been the insane sales numbers being generated by Adele’s

Three days into the new work week and only two more days until the new Bowie album. But we’re getting

Adele’s 25 album was released on November 20, 2015, meaning it was in the marketplace for just 41 days. During

I’ve been summoned for jury duty. If I’m selected, I may not be around for a while. Pray for me.

This has been a long Christmas break for some. When the everything closed up on Christmas Eve (a Thursday), much

With just one more full sales week to go, will the music industry be able to at least pull even

Today’s music news report comes from the NE Caribbean Command Centre where a listening post has been set up. It’s

I’ll say it again: put aside anything you may think of Adele and her music. The narrative everyone should be

Happy Black Friday. Let us all engage in an orgy of rabid consumerism. And now, the music news. Speaking of

NOTE: I’ll be updating this post until the end of this sales week (Thursday night at midnight PT). Check back

I don’t care if you like Adele or her music. The numbers being generated by 25’s first-week sales is THE

Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver