Streaming Music

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What’s going on with Spotify and streaming payments?

March 13, 2019March 12, 2019 Amber Healy 2 Comments Apple Music, Copyright Royalty Board, Google, Lawsuit, Pandora, Royalties, SiriusXM, Spotify, Streaming Music

Musicians are paid fractions of a penny every time their song is streamed. The U.S. Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) ruled

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Is Facebook preparing its own streaming service?

February 26, 2018February 26, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment Facebook, Streaming Music

Streaming music is huge and getting huger. According to a report called Music in the Air prepared by Goldman Sachs,

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Amazon Gets into the Streaming Music Business and is Charging Less. (Sorry, Canada. This Not for You)

October 12, 2016October 12, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amazon, Echo, Streaming Music

After months of hinting that something was coming, Amazon announced yesterday a new streaming music service with a monthly cost

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Which Streaming Music Service is Best? JD Power Rates Them All.

October 10, 2016October 18, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments JD Power, Streaming Music

JD Power is best known for telling us which auto manufacturers make the best-built vehicles. But the company also rates

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Is Spotify Ready to Buy SoundCloud?

September 29, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Soundcloud, Spotify, Streaming Music

That’s the word. “Advanced talks,” we’re told. Good idea? Bad idea? Music Industry Blog takes a look. The Financial Times

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How Long Before There’s More Consolidation in the Streaming Music Sector?

September 27, 2016September 27, 2016 Alan Cross 1 Comment Amazon, Apple Music, Consolidation, Deezer, Google, Napster, Pandora, Spotify, Streaming Music, Tidal, YouTube

Sure you’ve heard of Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play Music and YouTube. If you go one level deeper, you’ll find

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So Where Is All the Money from Streaming Going?

September 22, 2016September 21, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Streaming Music

Yesterday I had a post that linked to an article that insisted that thanks to revenues from streaming, the record

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Hang On: You Mean the Recording Industry is Okay Again?

September 21, 2016September 20, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple Music, Record Labels, Spotify, Streaming Music, YouTube

How long have we been hearing that the recording industry was in decline? Since 2000, at least. Revenues peaked in

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Random Music News for Wednesday, September 21, 2016

September 21, 2016September 26, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments AirBnB, Biggie, Courtney Love, David Bowie, Disc Jockey, Drake, Elton John, iHeartMedia, iPhone 7, Rush, Streaming Music, Susan Jacks, Terry Jacks, Tupac, Weezer

I woke up in Nashville. I seem to be here for the NAB/RAB Radio Show. I’d better get moving–but not before

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The Streaming Wars: It’s Pretty Much Down to Spotify and Apple Music

September 17, 2016September 16, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Apple Music, Spotify, Streaming Music

The war for dominance in the streaming space has many players–Google/YouTube, Tidal, Napster, Deezer and a dozen or so others–but

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Random Music News for Saturday, September 17, 2016

September 17, 2016September 16, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Backstreet Boys, Carpool Karaoke, Donald Trump, Jamie Foxx, Kanye West, Pink Floyd, PIxies, Sony, South Park, Steve Van Zandt, Streaming Music, Universal

New pet peeve: people who stop dead at the top of busy escalators. What are they thinking? And now, some

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