Tag: streaming

Napster brand sold for $207 million

"Why Physical Album Variants Have Exploded in the Streaming Era"

"The UK music industry is reporting record revenues. The reality is much gloomier" - much gloomier for artists, that is. Eamonn Forde says that measuring the success of an album today is impossible:

Streaming comprised around 85% of the total recorded music market last year, while physical sales made up 13%, and downloads the remainder.

...streaming effectively is the market.

The Hollow Allure of Spotify Wrapped

Spotify Unwrapped - How Much Did You Pay Your Favorite Artist?

New book: Streaming Music, Streaming Capital by Eric Drott in which the author examines the political economy of music streaming, including music production and consumption, consumer surveillance and climate change

Aslice: The Inevitable End But Does It Have To Be This Way? - Attack Magazine rue the loss of a great business idea in Aslice and highlight the lessons learned

"A New Obsession for Spotify's Former Chief Economist: A Conversation with Will Page" - Chris Dalla Riva sits down with Will Page to talk about the biggest problems with streaming today

Emily White was dragged for predicting the future of music streaming 12 years ago. Where is she now?

The music industry is engineering artist popularity – listeners are right to be angry

"Why I Finally Quit Spotify"

Global music streams are up in 2024

Apple hit with first ever EU fine following Spotify complaint

Music streaming platforms must pay artists more, says EU - "the EU has proposed sweeping changes within the music streaming industry to promote smaller artists and make sure underpaid performers are being fairly compensated"

Spotify changes: artists will have to hit a minimum number of streams before they get paid anything

Andrea Porcu, the man behind the Music For Sleep moniker, is being forced to change his artist name because music distributors and streaming platforms have decided to prohibit artists from using this kind of artistic name (including, for example, the words "Sleep Music").

Governments Ready Music Streaming Policies - David Turner (Penny Fractions newsletter) looks at evolving government policy on streaming

UK: Music streaming royalties to be discussed by government - "the music industry has committed to improving metadata for tracking songs on music streaming platforms, following widespread criticism from artists"

Has streaming killed the one-hit wonder?

How Digital Piracy Shaped Modern Music (Part 1) - insightful article from David Turner

"Has streaming made it harder to discover new music?"

Changing streaming’s royalty model will unlock a new music economy

How Artists Get Paid From Streaming

Music and Technology - a series of articles from Pitchfork covering subject like streaming, NFTs and digital music.

Just how difficult is it to make a sustainable living from streaming? - Cherie Hu digs deep

UK Parliament Inquiry Into Streaming Releases Report

Justice at Spotify - the Union of Musicians and Allied Workers make their demands known