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Despite Predictions, Blockchain Will Not Be The Future Of The Music Industry

Blockchain

Just about every month for the past couple of years there’s been an article or post by a major publication about how blockchain technology is going to revolutionize the music business. It’s supposedly the savior of the industry because finally “artists will get paid,” record labels will be able to charge CD-level prices again, and […]

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Music Industry News Roundup For The Week Of 9/9/16

Music Industry News Roundup

Here’s the music industry news roundup from the week of Sept 2nd, 2016. Lots of big news this week so lets get into it. Apple Music now over 17 million subscribers. It still trails Spotify by a lot, but that service has a 5 year head start. The future still looks bright in Apple-land. Pandora about to offer […]

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Music Industry News Roundup For The Week Of 9/2/16

Music Industry News Roundup

Here’s the music industry news roundup from the week of Sept 2nd, 2016. As it happens just about every week, Spotify is in the news again, but there were lots of other great news articles this week as well. Let’s get into it. Spotify is making its own records. Yes, it’s commissioning releases from different producers especially for […]

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