Apple revolutionized the music industry with the launch of the iPod and iTunes in 2003, when it became the first company to monetize music successfully…
In the last four months three new streaming platforms were launched: Apple Music, Tidal, and Google Play Music. Others, among them YouTube, Deezer, and Rdio,…
MIDEM, the music industry conference held in France that is owned by communications company Reed MIDEM, targets the creativity and synergy of musicians, music entrepreneurs,…
Over 32 million people in the US attend at least one music festival a year and more often than not travel 600 miles on average…
Of the issues that have bedeviled the music industry, perhaps the most insidious has been that of transparency, or, more accurately, a lack thereof. In…
In the era of the Internet, it is still difficult to obtain information about the ownership and control of musical rights and works. This can…
Before celebrity hip-hop mogul and businessman Jay Z came along, WiMP and Tidal hardly made an impact on music streaming. The two services are now…
The Internet has been a catalyst for the democratization of creativity in art. The low-cost, high-reach communication tools it affords its users have allowed creators…
With recorded music sales in free fall and touring being a very expensive gamble to try to end up in the black, it has never…
Founded in 1987, the South by Southwest Music Conference initially was introduced as a series of events highlighting both the unique location and year-round music…
It’s been rumored for quite some time that Google is working on an on-demand music streaming service to be run through their video streaming service…
Americans spend $21 per capita on music products, about as much as they spend today on recorded music. The figure exceeds concert grosses per head…
Records and live performances define the state of the music market. 2014 was special for two things: a consumer preference for accessing a recording with…
A&R executives are being forced to change their game. This is in part because streaming services such as Spotify and YouTube are fragmenting the music…