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Better audio is coming to streaming services. Good–but I do have some concerns.

June 21, 2021June 21, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Amazon Music, Apple, Hi-Res Audio, Spatial Audio, Spotify, Streaming Music Services, Tidal

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Back in September 2019, I was invited to London to hear

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Music News AJMT
Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, December 30, 2020

December 30, 2020December 30, 2020 Alan Cross 2 Comments Canadian Music Week, Jay-Z, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Nashville, Record Stores, Streaming Music Services, Tidal, Weldon Angelos

Pleeeeasee eexcusee any typos in today’s missivee. The eeeee key on my MacBook Pro is screeweed, so eeach keeeystrokeee reeesults

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Music Industry 

New copyright report wants to bring CanCon regs to streaming

May 27, 2019May 26, 2019 Amber Healy 0 Comments Cancon, Hulu, Music Canada, Netflix, Parliament, Royalties, SOCAN, Spotify, Streaming, Streaming Music Services, Streaming Royalties

It’s a bit of an oversimplification, but new copyright policy in Canada wants to make sure streaming platforms are adequately

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The Music Technology Group Goes to London, ON

August 25, 2016August 24, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music, Music Technology, Streaming Music Services, Tech

I’ve partnered with The London Economic Development Corporation and FM96 to bring you a London edition of my Music Technology event series.

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Music Industry 

The New Frontier in Music Piracy? Illegal Streaming Sites

August 2, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music Piracy, Streaming Music Services

Legal streaming services–Apple Music, Spotify, Google Play Music, Deezer and so on–have accomplished a lot when it comes to crushing

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Music Industry 

POLL RESULTS: Which Streaming Music Service is Best?

March 23, 2016March 23, 2016 Alan Cross 1 Comment Poll, Streaming Music Services

On my radio show today (Tuesday, March 22) on 102.1 the Edge/Toronto, I posed a question: If you’re going to

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Music Industry 

Bad Data is Bad News for Streaming Music Services

March 15, 2016March 15, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments ISRC numbers, Royalties, Streaming Music Services

Over the last couple of months, I’ve had a number of conversations with industry people who are very concerned about

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Music News 

Most People Don’t Care About the Audio Quality of Their Music

December 6, 2015 Alan Cross 4 Comments Audio Quality, Streaming Music Services

Here’s a question: if you hand to choose been (a) a great and vast selection of music and: (b) a

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Music News 

How the Beatles are Letting Down a Whole Generation

August 3, 2015August 2, 2015 Alan Cross 1 Comment Beatles, Streaming Music Services

Executive summary: the Beatles are screwing over younger generations of music fans by not allowing their music to be streamed.

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Music Industry 

Record Labels: “Don’t Blame Us for the Low Payouts from Streaming Music Services. Blame Them!”

July 21, 2015July 22, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Record Labels, Streaming Music Services, Streaming Royalties

Wait. Something doesn’t smell right here. The Recording Industry Association of America–the lobby group that represents the interests of record

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Music News 

How the Money from a Single Stream of a Song Gets Paid Out [INFOGRAPHIC]

July 15, 2015July 14, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music Royalties, Pandora, Spotify, Streaming Music Services

How much is a single listen of a song worth on a streaming music service? Billboard (via RAIN) breaks things

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