Streaming vs. Ownership; The Youtube Music App; Bitcoin & Streaming

A handful of new startups aim to apply Bitcoin's blockchain technology to music metadata ensures artists are paid royalties from even unauthorized streams.

The transparency agenda has been a response to the secretive culture surrounding the commercial deals between rights owners and digital services. Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) were blamed for the opacity in accounting to artists and writers.

In a world dominated by Snapchat and streaming, nobody would be scorned for wondering whether music and the audiovisual arts have become mere ephemera.

Content has always been king in the media and entertainment industry but now data is moving to the centre of the industry’s business models.

A whole new hybrid music experience.

With AO, Saavn is the first streaming company to conceptualise, produce and distribute new music with independent artists in India.

Google is currently exploring the opportunity to introduce a musical alarms feature within Play Music in partnership with its Clock app.

Sizable growth in streaming and subscription services again helped Universal Music Group offset falling physical and download sales in 2016.

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Ten years of innovation, lesson No. 6: Yes, you can teach an old dog new tricks.