Blockchain Could Transform the Music Industry

Blockchain Could Transform the Music Industry — venturebeat.com 
 Digital music really could use some help. Industry revenues are dipping due to piracy and illegal use of content. Singers and composers are being short-changed by music companies and streaming services.

An Ode to the Digital Download, and Its Impending Death — noisey.vice.com 
 What happens when the future dies before it’s happened?

TIDAL Says It Has Legal Right To Stream Prince’s Music — hiphopwired.com 
 The estate of the late Prince has been embroiled in a battle with TIDAL over streaming his music, which the service claims it has legal right to do.

IBM, Sacem to Deliver New Global Online Music Copyright Management Platform — Platform & Stream — platformandstream.wordpress.com 
 IBM and Sacem announced today a 10-year strategic alliance to develop URights, a world-class copyright platform on IBM Cloud designed to track and capture the value of online music for both creators and publishers.

SiriusXM exec interested in buying Pandora ‘at the right price’ — nypost.com 
 Gregory Maffei, chairman of SiriusXM, has told some shareholders this week that the satellite radio company is still interested in buying Pandora, The Post has learned.

The Real Story Behind Apple iTunes’ 69¢ Song Option — www.hypebot.com 
 In this piece we dive into the history of Apple’s song pricing structure, who was responsible for dictating prices, and the rationale behind the 69¢ song, both over the past few years, and in its current iteration.

Want to know where TV is headed? Take a look at music streaming services — www.polygon.com 
 They just might be onto something

Ed Sheeran Keeps Breaking His Own Spotify Record — www.forbes.com 
 Ed Sheeran has now broken the record for the most streams on Spotify for a single song not once, but twice, in the same week.

Pandora Reducing Workforce by 7% | Variety — variety.com 
 Music streaming service Pandora is going to reduce its workforce by 7% in Q1 of 2017, the company announced Thursday after the close of the markets.

Spotify, Netflix, LINE, Pandora & HBO NOW top the list of 2016’s biggest apps by revenue — techcrunch.com 
 According to a new year-end report from Sensor Tower detailing the top apps of 2016, streaming services dominated when it came to which apps, outside of..

Aaliyah’s Hits Removed From Apple Music After Brief Appearance — pitchfork.com

Many of late singer’s most popular songs have never been made available on streaming services or iTunes.