With Convert2MP3 shut down, what’s next for the war on stream-ripping?
The music industry found success in the war against piracy after forcing stream-ripping site Convert2MP3 to shutter operations. Continue Reading
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490,000 songs ‘lost’ by MySpace are now back online thanks to digital hoarders
MySpace may not have maintained good backups of the media hosted on their servers, but a community of digital hoarders has come together to save the day. Continue Reading
Streaming now accounts for 37% of global recorded music revenue
Paid streaming subscriptions have taken the world by storm, and their increasing domination in the recorded music marketplace is likely to continue. Continue Reading
Pre-Adds (Pre-Saves) are the new pre-orders, but is that a good thing?
Consumers are replacing pre-orders with pre-adds and pre-saves, but is something more important than sales being lost along the way? Continue Reading
How Spotify’s new Hulu bundle may hurt musicians
Following an appeal to stop mechanical royalty rates from rising, Spotify’s latest bundle threatens to take even more money away from artists. Continue Reading
Spotify Premium now includes Hulu at no extra cost
Spotify Premium now includes a free subscription to Hulu’s ad-supported plan. That perk goes into effect today, and it is available to new and existing users of Spotify’s Premium streaming service in the US. Continue Reading
50 million US consumers paid for streaming music last year, RIAA says
The latest report from the Recording Industry Association of America shows consumer interest in premium streaming music subscriptions is on the rise. Continue Reading
Paid Streaming Subscribers will soon surpass free users
A new study out of the UK has found a high likelihood that the number of premium music streaming subscriptions will surpass freemium use by the end of 2019. Continue Reading
New Data Reveals Nearly 25% of People Skip Songs In 5 Seconds or Less
The internet has ruined our already short attention spans. In the early days of entertainment, consumers were likely to try anything at least once. New artist? Let’s hear their single. New sound? Let’s see how this compares to what worked… Continue Reading
OP-ED: What movies got right about streaming is everything music got wrong
The following opinion piece was written by Haulix Digital Marketing Coordinator James Shotwell. We’d love to hear your opinion on this piece, so once you finish reading head over to Twitter and tell us what you think. Before I dive… Continue Reading