Nielsen: Radio Trumps Streaming For New Music Discovery; Arena Pays Royalties in Bitcoin

Nielsen’s latest Music 360 report has revealed radio is still the most powerful tool US consumers employ to discover new music, despite the rise of online music streaming.

Arena Music attempts to right the falling music industry by connecting streamers to artists, and its taken the radical step of paying royalties in bitcoin. 

Somewhere out in the blockchain universe, the revolution is incubating.

Pandora and Real Industry have announced the launch of the Pandora Challenge: Music & Social Impact program, to take place at five universities across the United States.

Now that we’re past the first songs composed by artificial intelligence, do you think using AI is the logical next step in optimizing the generation of music for the film, television and games industries?

Together with intellectual property, copyright and royalties is a major talking point in the arts. In music it can be the difference between artists making a living from their recorded efforts or not.

This week co-hosts Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert are joined by Mo Jalloh Co-founder of Zimrii Music to discuss BlockChain technology.

This might sound like crazy talk, and maybe I’ve sensationalized the headline a bit, but here’s the thing: if you link to a single on Spotify you’re wasting an opportunity to drive more streaming activity.

The independent label and distributor’s British operation posted a profit increase thanks to the surge in digital revenue of 22.8% and resilient physical sales.

Mixcloud -- a user-generated audio site similar to SoundCloud but with more of a focus on long-form content -- just signed a licensing deal with Warner Music.