January 30, 2017

Most Billboard Album Charts To Now Include Streaming

Billboard 200

After updating the Billboard 200 chart to reflect both streaming and track sales a few years ago, Billboard is now doing the same for most of it’s other genre-based album charts as well.  The following charts will now reflect the new measurement methodology starting this week: Top Country Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, plus: -R&B Albums -Rap Albums […]

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#Billboard #charts #Nielsen Music

January 27, 2017

Music Industry News Roundup For The Week Of 1/27/17

Music Industry News Roundup

Here’s the Music Industry News Roundup for the week of January 27th, 2017. There’s lots of varied news that covers the spectrum of the music business. Here are some of the news highlights for the week. Spotify wants to pay a lower royalty rate. It’s contract with the major labels is up, but it’s offer is to […]

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#copyright #Google Play Music #movie trailers #online music #Pandora #Sony #Spotify #virtual reality #YouTube

January 25, 2017

Jay-Z Gets Bailed Out As Sprint Invests In Tidal

Sprint logo

Recently there’s been a lot of speculation on how long Tidal could financially hold on before it would have do something drastic. Today those fears are allayed with the news that telco Sprint has bought a 33% interest in the music streaming service for $200 million. Each of the company’s much celebrated two dozen artist-owners will remain […]

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#Jay-Z #Sprint #TIDAL

January 20, 2017

Music Industry News Roundup For The Week Of 1/20/17

Music Industry News Roundup

Here’s the Music Industry News Roundup for the week of January 20th, 2017. We’re back in the swing of things as everyone hits the ground running in the new year. Here are some of the news highlights for the week. There’s speculation that Sony Japan is tiring of the entertainment business and might now want to sell […]

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#Apple #Apple Music #Facebook #iHeartRadio #Metallica #Netflix #Pandora #Sirius XM #Sony Music #virtual reality

January 19, 2017

Artist Sponsorship Is Today’s Payola

Payola has always been part of the music business and many insiders feel that it’s the reason that some artists become stars, and some stars become superstars. Without money or favors changing hands between the record label and the radio station/streaming service, a song might never gain the visibility it needs to become a hit. […]

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#iHeartRadio Warner Music #payola #Pepsi #sponsorship

January 18, 2017

France’s SACEM Might Have Created The Copyright Management Technology Of The Future

SACEM copyright system

For the most part, performance rights organizations use an antiquated system to determine the payouts to their members. For radio, it all depends on a survey at certain times of the year that looks at a cross-section of what stations are playing in order to determine the royalties. For streaming, it depends on the data they […]

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#copyright management #IBM #measurement #PRO #SACEM

January 13, 2017

Music Industry News Roundup For The Week Of 1/13/17

Music Industry News Roundup

Here’s the Music Industry News Roundup for the week of January 13th, 2017. Everyone is back from holiday vacation and the year is starting to get busy. Let’s see what’s in the news. Pandora lays off 7% of its workforce. Things are getting tough in streaming land as the company tries to overcome a cash crunch. Deezer’s […]

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#copyright #Elton John #iHeart Radio #Instagram #music critics #Pandora #Sirius XM #Snapchat #Tunecore #YouTube

January 12, 2017

High-Resolution Streaming Might Be Getting Closer

high-resolution music logo

I’ve been predicting for over a year that the streaming world would eventually move to high-resolution audio, and a recent announcement from a group of large industry players makes it look like things are finally moving in the right direction. All 3 major labels, Pandora, Rhapsody/Napster, HD Trax and the RIAA announced their support for […]

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#Apple Music #DEG #Digital Entertainment Group #hi-res #high-resolution streaming #Mastered for iTunes #Spotify

January 10, 2017

Strings Guy Stevie Blacke On Episode #143 Of My Inner Circle Podcast

Stevie Blacke

Stevie Blacke is a multi-instrumentalist known around Hollywood as the “strings guy” because he’s often called upon to record full string sections of violin, viola, cello and double-bass (up to 40 tracks!) all by himself. He’s much more than just an orchestral string player though, as he also does sessions on mandolin, dobro, sitar and […]

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#paid subscriptions #Stevie Blacke #strings

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