by Paul Resnikoff If you want to fix the music industry, here’s one place to start: SoundExchange. SoundExchange is a music industry organization tasked with administering hundreds of millions in royalties from Pandora, Sirius XM Radio, iHeartRadio, […]
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57 Million Americans Are Actively Stealing Music, Study Finds
by Paul Resnikoff Streaming music killed piracy, right? Wrong, according to MusicWatch, the latest research group to point to increasing music piracy levels. Last year, Digital Music News pointed to data showing massive increases in BitTorrent […]
Love My Music? Then Buy My $1,000 Album
by Charlotte Hassan Would you pay $1,000 for an album? Welcome to the latest industry experiment. The Toronto-based Heights is best known for producing music in Canada’s hip-hop scene, with production credits for likes of Shad, Greenpeace, TED, […]
Aivvy Puts the Streaming Service Directly Into the Headphones
by Charlotte Hassan Good idea? Aivvy has announced via their blog the launch of headphones with a built-in music streaming service. The headphones will â€automatically be bundled†with the company’s streaming music service for the first year. […]
Unlimited Free Music Is About to End, Sony CEO Says
by  Paul Resnikoff Sony Music is now preparing a massive, company-wide shift towards Hollywood-style ‘windowing,’ according to a bombshell statement by Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton. Virtually all Hollywood releases march through a windowed release cycle, starting with […]
Leaked Correspondence Complicates Spotify’s $150 Million Lawsuit
by Paul Resnikoff Leaked Correspondence Complicates Spotify’s $150 Million Lawsuit Earlier this week, Spotify’s high-priced lawyers pointed their guns at David Lowery, the artist activist who started a class action now valued north of $200 million. […]
Spotify CEO Claims the Music Industry Would Be Dead Without Spotify
by Charlotte Hassan Are streaming services helping the music industry grow, or having a harmful impact? Streaming services are now enjoying unprecedented growth, though it’s been non-stop warfare with the music industry.  At the dawn of Apple Music in […]
RIAA Accepts Streams for Gold and Platinum Certifications
by Billboard Staff The Recording Industry of America has announced that streaming will, finally, now contribute to the certification of albums as Gold or Platinum. Effective immediately, the RIAA will include on-demand audio and video streams […]