UK Streaming Sales Cross £1B for First Time; Ellie Goulding, Billie Eilish are Streaming’s New…
UK Streaming Sales Cross £1B for First Time — www.billboard.com That’s four times as much as Brits spent on streaming music just five…
UK Streaming Sales Cross £1B for First Time — www.billboard.com
That’s four times as much as Brits spent on streaming music just five years ago and a mammoth 31 times the level in 2010.
Ellie Goulding and Billie Eilish Are Streaming’s New Normal — musicindustryblog.wordpress.com
Less than a week into the new decade and we already have the first indications that the streaming rulebook continues to be rewritten faster than the ink can dry on its last entry.
Chapel Hill Public Library Announces New Digital Music Streaming Service — indyweek.com
Wading through digital slush can kill the joy of listening. A new Chapel Hill streaming platform hopes to help change that.
Music industry enters 2020 on a wave of growth — and optimism — musically.com
Barring a major surprise, 2019 will have been the fifth straight year of growth for the global recorded music industry, taking it almost back to 2014 levels
YouTube Views To Be Calculated In New Streaming-Oriented Billboard Albums Chart — www.npr.org
Starting Jan. 3, Billboard is changing the way it calculates the top albums of the week. NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with Slate writer and critic Chris Molanphy about what the rule changes mean.
Apple patents technology for surround sound on MacBooks — www.tvbeurope.com
Aims to give viewers watching film or TV content on a laptop a more immersive experience
SiriusXM 360L combines in-vehicle satellite radio with streaming services — www.autoremarketing.com
In-car connectivity. It’s nothing terribly new for most of us. At least, millennials definitely remember getting in their first OnStar-enabled General Motors vehicle years ago.
Wanted: A Home for Three Million Records — www.nytimes.com
The Archive of Contemporary Music is losing its space in TriBeCa.
Economics of nostalgia: Aging rock stars’ access to fan dollars has ‘never been easier’ — www.bnnbloomberg.ca
Scrolling through Billboard magazine’s list of 2019’s top-grossing concert tours, an obvious trend emerges.
Jimmy Iovine explains why he left Apple Music, the problem with streaming music services, more — 9to5mac.com
Jimmy Iovine joined Apple when the company acquired Beats back in 2014, and worked closely on the launch of Apple Music and Beats 1.
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