Streaming
(Hypebot) — Here David Lowery delves into what possible reason forty-two IP law professors could have for wanting to prevent the closure of ...
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Sony, Universal Earn $500K Every Hour From Streaming
(Hypebot) — While streaming is often slammed for how little money it brings in, it turns out that this is more an issue ...
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David Crosby Expresses His Dismay With Streaming Royalties
(Hypebot) — David Crosby of Byrds, Crosby, Stills, Nash (+ sometimes Young) and solo fame has tweeted his displeasure with the payments he’s receiving. ...
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Spotify Opens Access To Official Playlist Editors To All, Guarantees Release Radar Placement
(Hypebot) — Spotify has launched a new beta feature that gives artists, labels and their teams a channel to submit unreleased music directly ...
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Do Playlists Kill Album Sales Or Multiply Them?
(Hypebot) — Michael Foster weighs in on how streaming and playlist culture is affecting album sales for niche genres including ambient, electronic, new ...
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Spotify Stock Jumps After News Of Direct Licensing Deals
(Hypebot) — Spotify stock begins the week trading at $171.48 per share, near its all-time high of $172.93. That gives the music streamer ...
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South African Artist Sues Spotify, Apple, Google, Amazon, Orchard, Deezer, Others For Copyright Infringement
(Hypebot) — Sony, Apple, Amazon, Spotify, Google, Microsoft, Orchard, Deezer, Shazam, MediaNet, CD Universe and Saavn are being sued for copyright infringement by ...
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Pandora Learns More Ads Doesn’t Mean More Subscribers
OAKLAND, CA (Hypebot) — Having been in financial hot water for some time, Pandora is anxious to crank up its revenue, and so ...
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What Sweden Has To Tell Us About Streaming’s Future
STOCKOLM, Sweden (Hypebot) — Although none of it is shocking new data from the most recent IFPI study has given us a glimpse ...
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Artists Without Label Revenue Up 27%, Industry +$1.4B
(Hypebot) — 2017 global recorded music revenue hit $17.4 billion, up from $16 billion in 2016. Streaming drove the increase, but the fastest ...
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