Music accounts for 5% of all YouTube content — and 20% of all views
Despite being one of the lowest paying streaming platforms, artists worldwide can see their careers change overnight through YouTube. Continue Reading
Despite being one of the lowest paying streaming platforms, artists worldwide can see their careers change overnight through YouTube. Continue Reading
Streaming has drastically changed the way artists make money, but that doesn’t mean the biggest stars of today have fallen on hard times. Continue Reading
The latest data point from Spotify’s founder and CEO, Daniel Ek, reveals a hard truth about competition in the streaming age. Continue Reading
Paid streaming subscriptions have taken the world by storm, and their increasing domination in the recorded music marketplace is likely to continue. Continue Reading
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
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
How much is a song worth? According to most streaming services, the answer is roughly $0.003 per stream. A new ruling Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) aims to raise that value to $0.004 per stream, but Amazon, Spotify, Pandora, and Google disagree. Continue Reading
The latest report from the Recording Industry Association of America shows consumer interest in premium streaming music subscriptions is on the rise. Continue Reading
Spotify shook the music industry late last month by announcing plans to empower all artists to directly upload music to their services. The decision marked a change from the industry norm, which has traditionally required artists to work with distributors… Continue Reading