music streaming
Chronicling how music streaming services work, and reactions to them
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music streaming
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crsreports.congress.gov“Because over-the-air transmission by broadcast radio stations falls outside the definition of ‘digital audio transmission,’ radio stations do not need to pay royalties to the performers, record labels, or other owners of the sound-recording copyright to publicly perform a sound recording.”
Major music rights holders and tech companies are now expected to generate profits for a dizzying array of stakeholders sitting outside of industry borders, including banks, private equity firms, big-tech conglomerates, and sovereign wealth funds — not to mention public retail investors.
There has been no central resource tracking these macro shifts... See more
There has been no central resource tracking these macro shifts... See more
Bow down to our new music-tech overlords
But the music industry does not typically recognise social media as a form of music consumption or YouTubers as artists.
So lately I have been wondering: Is music stuck? Or is the industry unable to see what it is becoming?
So lately I have been wondering: Is music stuck? Or is the industry unable to see what it is becoming?
Tatiana Cirisano • Is streaming music's final form? And if not, what's next?
Almost there.
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Artist ownership is the way to fix Spotify’s broken streaming model (guest column)
Music Allymusically.com
Streaming sites have thus transformed into enterprises whose business is not limited to the sale of music-related services, but relies increasingly upon the collection, aggregation, and exchange of user data. A key issue this article pursues concerns the changing status of music within the commercial strategies of online streaming. While previous... See more
Eric Drott • Music as a Technology of Surveillance
Although late to the party, this year Universal, through Virgin Music Group, acquired Downtown Music Holdings for $775 million in cash in December 2024. Downtown Music Holdings includes a number of companies, most notably CD Baby, Fuga, AdRev, SongTrust, and Downtown. Through these companies, Universal now owns independent music recordings,... See more
Kristin Westcott Grant • Catalogs, Indies, And Emerging Markets: The Strategic Acquisitions Of 2024
14. All those nasty, rebellious songs that defy authorities are now owned by hedge funds.