Taylor Swift’s sneaky/brilliant way to boost album sales
There are few fanbases more rabid than Taylor Swift’s Swifties. They will do anything she says. Anything. Case in point:
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Downloads
Here are the most downloaded/most-used apps of 2021
A site called App Annie has gone through all the most popular apps to determine which apps were the most
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Streaming music in Canada increased 20% pre-COVID, Nielsen study shows
Remember when people couldn’t stop talking about Shakira and JLo’s performance at the Super Bowl? Or when Eminem showed up,
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The death of CD and download ownership
Okay, so maybe that headline is a little severe, but there’s no doubt that sales of CDs are cratering. The
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Ongoing History of New Music Podcast Hits 1 Million Download Milestone
I confess to sitting at home Friday night clicking refresh as I tracked the download numbers for the podcast version
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Is Apple Planning to Kill the iTunes Music Store by 2019?
At one point, Apple’s iTunes music store accounted for 70% of all online music sales. That, however, was in the
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Random Music News for Wednesday, August 2, 2017
A thought: a revolving door leading into the West Wing of the White House. It would make staff changes easier
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It’s Now Official: Music Streaming Is Too Big to Fail
Streaming is now making more money than we ever saw with downloads. This is from Music Business Worldwide. It’s a
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iTunes: Not Dead Yet
Back before the world discovered streaming, 70% of us got our digital music video downloads from Apple’s iTunes store. Quaint
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Another Indication that Paid Downloads are in Big Trouble
Once upon a time not that long ago, iTunes ruled the music universe, controlling about 70% of the paid download
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Are Paid Music Downloads Headed for Extinction by 2020?
Remember when downloads were going to be saviour of the music industry? “Sure CDs are falling,” said music industry execs,
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