ResearchFixing the price of music
Media businesses have long operated from the premise of inherent value — that each media property has some fixed and immutable appeal based on its particular inputs. Read more »
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Media businesses have long operated from the premise of inherent value — that each media property has some fixed and immutable appeal based on its particular inputs. Read more »
New trademark filings suggest Samsung has its eyes on building its in-house Tizen operating system into a full blown device-and-content ecosystem along the lines of iOS/iTunes and Android/Google Play. Read more »
Pandora will open up its submissions process to artists of all kinds. Read more »
Google knows a lot about what people listen to because its Play Music service knows what’s in users’ MP3 libraries. A new tool lets people investigate which albums, artists and genres… Read more »
According to a series of reports, Spotify is set to unveil a new ad-supported service that lets users stream music to their mobile devices for free. Read more »
Unlike in the music industry, digital technology has not yet changed how the money flows in the TV business or (for the most part) who gets it. If and when it… Read more »
Different rights owners and middlemen –including artists — have claims on different music revenue streams and can’t simply substitute one for another. Read more »
Apple radio arrives in September – but it will come with fast food ads and playlists of the company’s choosing, much like old FM radio. Users can avoid the ads if… Read more »
Singer Aimee Mann says a company that licenses songs to streaming companies cheated her for years — raising the question of who is most responsible for musicians’ hard times. Read more »
Halfway through this year, digital song sales are actually down 2.3 percent: 682.2 million in 2013, versus 698 million a year ago. Meanwhile, digital streams of music are up 24 percent. Read more »