Spotify vs. Apple
Spotify Taking On Apple Is A Key Battle In The Music Industry’s Game Of Thrones — www.forbes.com
Spotify Taking On Apple Is A Key Battle In The Music Industry’s Game Of Thrones — www.forbes.com
The two companies who have arguably done the most to revitalize the fortunes of the modern music industry are at war.
How Record Labels Are Selling Old Music For (Lots of) New Money — www.rollingstone.com
A Warner Music Group executive explains why, and how, record labels are suddenly revisiting their staid back catalogs.
‘Glastonbury opens doors to streaming’: Warner Chappell Music execs on the festival’s impact — www.musicweek.com
Glastonbury is a big TV moment that can power a returning artist’s campaign to new heights.
JioSaavn: ‘We’re doing for music what Netflix did for movies.’ — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
The service’s CEO, Rishi Malhotra, discusses his company’s uniqueness — and the power of parent company Jio.
DC’s Hottest Restaurants Are Sharing Their Soundtracks on Spotify — And Changing the Tune of How We Eat — www.washingtonian.com
The audio streaming service has turned rockstar chefs into DJs.
How Streaming Royalties Are Calculated — thefutureofwhat.killrockstars.com
At this point, we all know that streaming royalties have become a larger and larger share of revenue within the music industry, but how those royalties are calculated by DSP’s is still somewhat of a mystery to artists, labels, and consumers.
Spotify and the death of discovery — spectator.us
The Spotify algorithms have shaped a generation of listeners who are defined by attention deficit disorder and a fear of complexity and difficulty.
House Judiciary Hearing on Copyright Office Reviews Music Modernization Act, Blackbox Royalty Concerns — www.billboard.com
With many indie songwriters concerned about how the Mechanical Licensing Collective created by the Music Modernization Act will handle the buildup of blackbox royalties from 2014–2019, it was announced that distributions will not occur before 2023.
How can you use technology to elevate music? — www.siliconrepublic.com
At Inspirefest 2019, Bell Labs’ Seth Cluett and musician Levy Lorenzo explained the connection between music and technology.
Sending Data Over Sound: How and Why? — www.electronicdesign.com
Demand grows for better IoT connectivity. One emerging solution is sending data-over-sound.
The Recording Academy Will Now Accept Streaming Links in Most Grammy Category Submissions — www.billboard.com
The Recording Academy will henceforth accept links to streaming service providers in lieu of physical product in most categories.
Spotify’s VP head of global ad sales to depart company — adage.com
Brian Benedik has been instrumental in propping up the company’s ad sales.
Major challenges in music data management: UKIPO — www.worldipreview.com
The UK Intellectual Property Office has said that emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain could provide crucial data management solutions for the music industry, but only after several underlying problems are addressed.
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