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Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube to Share New Payout Rates
Controversy and confusion tend to abound regarding actual numbers when it comes to streaming rates. In order to clarify things further, David Lowery shares his per stream rates across various platform…
New Playlist Economy Resulting From Music Streaming
More and more consumers are now relying solely on playlists when it comes to listening to music, this since streaming came onto the scene. The music business and music itself are both feeling the resu…
Verified Spotify Accounts
Good news for Beatrising artists and labels regarding Verified Spotify Accounts: it is now possible to create one and start building a community of fans who want to discover music through you. Once yo…
The slow fall of the CD
Here’s cheers for the compact disc which is surprisingly still hanging on. It is king in Japan, Germany and South Africa even today; for gift giving it is hands-down the choice over iTunes vouch…
Vinyl records will surpass $1bn
This year, for the first time since the 1980s, annual sales of vinyl records will shoot beyond $1bn (£820m), as revealed in a report published a week ago. Everyone thought the 12-inch record was on it…
Cassette tapes are making a comeback, for real
Hard as it may seem – Cassette tapes are making a comeback, for real. Just when you thought cassette tape was dead and buried, which once ruled the music delivery system of the 1970s, here it is makin…
High-Resolution Streaming: we might be closer
The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) – an industry association dedicated to hi-res releases – has got the support of all 3 major labels, Pandora, Rhapsody/Napster, HD Trax and the RIAA wh…
Facebook looks set to start making more of its own music
Facebook’s internal ‘sound design’ team is about to get bigger and better, with the recruitment of an experienced composer on the books in order to tackle the creation of its own mus…
The multi-million dollar royalties deal between YouTube and publishers goes through
Under the umbrella of NMPA (The National Music Publishers’ Association), music publishers and songwriters have forged an agreement with YouTube for the distribution of royalties for musical works of p…