Daily News & Analysis Feeds - 2016
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August 2, 2016 – [IN THE NEWS] Millennials Love Premium Streaming Music, But Are They The Ones Paying?
The number of people turning to streaming platforms and the amount of music they are listening to are both growing rapidly, and revenues continue to climb as well. The millions of listeners paying for access to music as opposed to sticking with free ad-supported options is also getting larger, and at ever-an increasing rate.
August 1, 2016 – How Live Streaming Is Transforming the Music Industry…and Why That Might Scare You.
Digital video is completely transforming the way we view and interact with the world, from communicating with friends and family to keeping ourselves entertained. Mobile video now accounts for over half of all mobile data traffic and experts anticipate that number to increase toward 75% by the year 2020. A relatively new video format — live streaming — is… Read More
August 1, 2016 – [WEEKLY SALES] Drake Passes Swift’s 1989, Spending 12th Week at #1
Music Biz President James Donio commented on the recent sales figures released by Nielsen (published in Billboard) and BuzzAngle Music: “It was another big week for Hip-Hop thanks to Drake’s Views, which will spend its 12th week at #1 on the Nielsen and BuzzAngle Music charts after moving another 85,000 equivalent album units. The feat,… Read More
July 28, 2016 – [IN THE NEWS] The Inaugural RightsTech Summit
Dozens of technology, law and music professionals gathered at the Japan Society in New York on Tuesday for the inaugural RightsTech Summit, determined to brainstorm how partnerships between tech companies and content creators could drive smarter rights management and monetization. The resulting debates were notable as much for their innovation and optimism as for who was absent.
July 26, 2016 – Music Business Association Addresses Fundamental Metadata Standards Issue
July 26, 2016 – The Music Business Association (Music Biz) and its Metadata & Digital Operations Workgroup, in association with DDEX (Digital Data Exchange, LLC), are offering labels and label aggregators a step-by-step guide on how to use the DDEX standard to upload and manage their catalogs on digital retailers. All global music services –… Read More
July 25, 2016 – [IN THE NEWS] Music Startup Resource? Insights into Music Consumers
Music Biz (the Music Business Association) announced during its recent annual conference in Nashville a new data resource of potential value to Music-sector startups and other innovators. New Jersey-based Music Biz collaborated with Washington, D.C.-based Lots of Online People LLC (LOOP) to create the offering, which is initially being offered only to Music Biz members. This resource is… Read More
July 21, 2016 – Mid-Year Touring Update: Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, Beyoncé and The Rolling Stones Soar
In the face of security concerns and an uncertain global economy, the touring business is showing resilience and, despite a few rough spots in the festival sector, looks poised to remain robust through the end of 2016.
July 19, 2016 – 2016 Nielsen Mid-Year Canada Report
In the first six months of 2016, total music consumption in Canada grew more than 7% on a year-over-year basis, streaming volume continues to grow, but total album sales were down almost 20%.
July 18, 2016 – [WEEKLY SALES] Drake Shifts 92,000 Units To Return To #1
Music Biz President James Donio commented on the recent sales figures released by Nielsen (published in Billboard) and BuzzAngle Music: Drake is back at #1 on the Nielsen and BuzzAngle Music charts with Views, which sold another 92,000 equivalent album units (including 58,000 streaming equivalent albums) this week. It’s the album’s 10th non-consecutive week in… Read More
July 18, 2016 – A Mid-Year Look At Vinyl
BuzzAngle reported a 17% increase in vinyl sales for the first half of 2016, and while not quite the torrid pace of the past few years, vinyl continues to post impressive gains. From time to time MusicWatch has posted statistics on the consumer purchasing of vinyl, and we thought this would be a good time… Read More
