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Sony’s Contract With Spotify Shows How Labels Actually Make Money Off Streaming
Sony’s Contract With Spotify Shows How Labels Actually Make Money Off Streaming
Sony’s Contract With Spotify Shows How Labels Actually Make Money Off Streaming
With Jay Z's purchase, re-branding and re-launch of Tidal, the digital music streaming arms race has reached a fever pitch. The various services--Rdio, Apple's Beats Music and the biggest of all, Spotify--have tried to separate themselves, by means of price, library size or in- and out-of-browser user experience...
Spotify Plans to Start Streaming Videos
Spotify Plans to Start Streaming Videos
Spotify Plans to Start Streaming Videos
The digital music streaming world is an arms race. As Jay Z's maligned but well-funded Tidal throws exclusives and live shows at the wall to see what sticks, and while Apple attempts to squeeze competitors out of the game altogether, Spotify is attempting to clutch onto its number-one spot. Acc...
Online Music Streaming Was More Profitable Than CD Sales in 2014
Online Music Streaming Was More Profitable Than CD Sales in 2014
Online Music Streaming Was More Profitable Than CD Sales in 2014
For the first time, digital music streaming has surpassed physical CD sales in terms of profitability. According to the RIAA and Business Insider, 2014 saw CD sales slide 12.7% to $1.85 billion, while streaming sites like Spotify, Rdio and recent Apple acquisition Beats Music raked in $1.87 billio...
Apple Buys Analytics Company To Help Support Beats Music Relaunch
Apple Buys Analytics Company To Help Support Beats Music Relaunch
Apple Buys Analytics Company To Help Support Beats Music Relaunch
Maybe Kanye West's Steve Jobs worship isn't misplaced. The late Apple CEO's spirit of innovation seems to run through the company, with the music and computer giant rumored to be making another in a series of shrewd moves. The Guardian reports that the company has purchased UK-based startup Semetric, an analytics company...
Hip-Hop/R&B Was The Most Popular Music Genre Streamed In 2014
Hip-Hop/R&B Was The Most Popular Music Genre Streamed In 2014
Hip-Hop/R&B Was The Most Popular Music Genre Streamed In 2014
Hip-hop had a bad year when it came to album sales as no projects went platinum in 2014, but when it comes to streaming services, hip-hop reigns supreme. While hip-hop and R&B music made up just 14 percent of total album sales in 2014, the genre accounted for 29 percent of all streaming consumption in the year, according to Nielsen. Th ...
Stream J. Cole’s Album ‘2014 Forest Hills Drive’
Stream J. Cole’s Album ‘2014 Forest Hills Drive’
Stream J. Cole’s Album ‘2014 Forest Hills Drive’
J. Cole's unexpected 2014 Forest Hills Drive album is on-sale today but if you'd like to stream the album before copping, you can do so via Beats Music. There are no features on the project and the 13-songs feature production from Cole, DJ Dahi, Illmind, Cardiak and more.  ...
Apple Reportedly Relaunching Beats Music As Part Of iTunes Next Year
Apple Reportedly Relaunching Beats Music As Part Of iTunes Next Year
Apple Reportedly Relaunching Beats Music As Part Of iTunes Next Year
In late September, rumors began circulating around Apple shutting down Beats Music—the subscription based music streaming service made available for customers online and as an app—in order to make some "changes." Today, The Wall Street Journal reports Apple will be relaunching Beats through iTunes next year instead of pulling the plug on the service completely. Due to a p ...
Apple Allegedly Will Pull The Plug On Beats Music
Apple Allegedly Will Pull The Plug On Beats Music
Apple Allegedly Will Pull The Plug On Beats Music
Looks like Apple might be following through with their decision to shutdown Beats Music, the subscription based music streaming service made available for customers online and as an app, according to a recent Tech Crunch report. While, Apple denies the rumors, calling them "untrue," sources close to Tech Crunch say Apple “may, however, modify over time, and one of those changes could i
Spike Lee And Beats Music Present: Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary
Spike Lee And Beats Music Present: Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary
Spike Lee And Beats Music Present: Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary
Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing (1989) changed the lives of minorities across the country and raised the bar for African-American filmmakers, by portraying the gritty, true-to-life, images of racial division in New York. Giving us beloved characters like Mookie, Radio Raheem, and Tina, the film quickly made its way into the homes and hearts of millions...
Jimmy Iovine Leaves Interscope Records After 25 Years
Jimmy Iovine Leaves Interscope Records After 25 Years
Jimmy Iovine Leaves Interscope Records After 25 Years
Jimmy Iovine, the Interscope Records co-founder who has run the highly successful label since its inception in 1989, is leaving the company after 25 years, according to Billboard. The announcement came shortly after it was officially confirmed after a three-week wait that Apple was purchasing Beats Electronics, the company Iovine launched with Dr...

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