Music Is Digital Gold — So Why Do We Treat It Like Digital Plastic?

10 Music Marketing Predictions for 2017 — NUE Agency — medium.com

Prediction 1: Spotify IPO defines the year in music: Spotify has built a worldclass product that is defining mainstream culture due to its catalogue, data, and leadership team. In 2017 expect Spotify to double down on their strengths (playlists, marketing, insights) and expand into new territories (podcasts, video) to grab even more market share. I think we’ll see an IPO in late spring as investors look to finally profit off of this cultural juggernaut.

Nielsen to Buy Tribune Media’s Gracenote Metadata Unit for $560 Million — variety.com 
 Nielsen has reached an agreement to acquire Tribune Media’s Gracenote digital and data business operations for $560 million in cash, the companies announced Tuesday. Advanced talks between Nielsen and Tribune Media for Gracenote were previously reported by Variety.

How Streaming, Exclusives and the Chainsmokers Made 2016 a Disruptive Year for Pop — www.nytimes.com 
 New York Times music critics discuss how pop’s dominant delivery system changed the way music was made and consumed this year.

Music Is Digital Gold — So Why Do We Treat It Like Digital Plastic? — medium.com 
 (This is the unofficial part 7 of a series of blogs from the dotBlockchain Music Project. More detailed technical articles can be found on my medium profile or on our website www.dotblockchainmusic…

Music streaming platform introduces new feature through live festival — www.thejakartapost.com 
 Online music streaming platform JOOX Indonesia rolled out a live broadcast dubbed Streaming 12 hours JOOX Live Festival Saturday, from 12 p.m. to 12 a.m. at Grand Indonesia shopping mall in Central Jakarta.

Spotify staff could lose work permits: report — www.thelocal.se 
 Dozens of Spotify workers may be forced to leave Sweden because of an error that could lead to authorities rejecting their work permit extension, according to a Swedish broadcaster.

The Black Keys’ Discography Is Now on Spotify — www.spin.com 
 Spotify has plenty of glaring omissions within its streaming library, including Prince, Taylor Swift, and some of Jay Z’s output. The Black Keys were also among

Chart company changes formula to reflect rise in streaming — www.bbc.com 
 The Official Chart Company is changing the way it calculates the Top 40 to reflect the rise in streaming.