Will Streaming Kill Downloading in 2017?
Fearless Forecast 2017: Big Year For Beyoncé, Spotify, Bruno Mars, Protest Music — www.forbes.com
This time last year, I continued my annual December tradition of shifting temporarily from reporter to prognosticator, and I made four fearless predictions for the 2016 music business. I didn’t get them all right, but I came pretty darn close — and I’m doing it again for 2017.
Will Streaming Kill Downloading in 2017? — ajournalofmusicalthings.com
Filtering what’s happening in music to save you time, money and effort.
Tidal Touts Exclusives (But No Update on Subscribers) in Year-End Numbers — www.billboard.com
Jay Z’s Tidal streaming service has released a series of numbers — but no new subscriber update — in its year-end wrap up.
FC Barcelona Footballers Share Their Hype Music With Deezer Playlists — www.billboard.com
Deezer and FC Barcelona have initiated a partnership with the “Sound of Barça” channel. Deezer announced a similar partnership with Manchester United.
LiveXLive to build content production studios — www.rapidtvnews.com
Loton Corp’s LiveXLive subsidiary has entered into an agreement with Big Boots Studios to build LXL Studios.
Live Nation Announces Free Blackberry Smoke Webcast — www.jambase.com
Tune in tonight to watch a free webcast of Blackberry Smoke’s concert in Cleveland.
Internet Gives Musicians Double-Edged Sword — www.hypebot.com
In the shifting landscape of the music industry, more and more artists are turning from traditional record labels to streaming services to get their songs and their names out there.