Daily News & Analysis Feeds - 2019
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August 19, 2019 – Four Music Industry Trends and Predictions
The music industry is evolving faster than ever. Each year new platforms and mediums skyrocket to prominence, minting household names and reshaping the way audiences connect with artists (see: Tik Tok and Lil Nas X). Simultaneously, new technologies put creative tools into the hands of people who previously couldn’t access them. This article offers a series… Read More
August 16, 2019 – Marketers in Canada Turn to Podcasts for Brand Awareness
In Canada, podcasts are increasingly becoming part of advertisers’ content marketing menu, and many brands are investing in podcasts to deliver branded or sponsored content. And there’s good reason for them to do so: According to the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, about a third (29%) of internet users in Canada listen to… Read More
August 15, 2019 – Money-Inspired Music And Why Hip-Hop Tops The Charts
It used to be all about the Benjamins, all about the cold hard cash – in this case, U.S. $100 bills, as expressed in a Puff Daddy track from 1997. But rap music and hip-hop culture – arguably the greatest global culture force of this and the last generation – is moving on from cash,… Read More
August 14, 2019 – How Pop Stars Are Benefiting From the Netflix Boom
Everyone’s done it. It’s Netflix-and-chill time, and a song comes on. A few quick taps on the phone and that song — say, Jay-Z’s “U Don’t Know” from When They See Us, or Gemma Ray’s “Caldera, Caldera!” from Russian Doll— is now on a playlist and in the rotation. With Netflix producing so much original programming —… Read More
August 13, 2019 – Music Biz Member Single Music Launches New Marketing Tool BoostLinks
Music Biz member Single Music has announced the debut of their new marketing tool, BoostLinks, touting it as “Bundling For The Streaming Age.” The tool allows artists to create a customizable landing page that combines their physical merch with pre-adds, saves and streaming links to increase fan engagement, follows and subscribes. With every purchase, the… Read More
August 8, 2019 – Music Business Association Announces Leadership Transition With Dr. Portia Sabin To Lead Trade Group
Current President James Donio To Remain in Advisory Role The Music Business Association (Music Biz) has announced that longtime President James Donio will be succeeded in this role by Dr. Portia Sabin, who will assume day-to-day operations of the Association beginning September 3. Donio will remain in an advisory role. “We are extremely grateful to… Read More
August 8, 2019 – How Video Game Music Is Driving A Vinyl Record Resurgence
Cuphead. Persona 5. Undertale. Sunset Riders. The Legend of Zelda. Fans know these titles first and foremost as video games, but they all have something else in common, too: each of them has inspired a vinyl record that has charted on the Billboard 200. iam8bit, the first label dedicated predominantly to vinyl video game soundtracks,… Read More
August 7, 2019 – [Register Today] — Music Biz’s Entertainment & Technology Law Conference Returns to NYC Sept. 26!
Join Music Biz at the NY offices of Greenberg Traurig for our Fall Entertainment & Technology Law Conference, taking place Thursday, September 26! This exclusive, limited-seating forum helps attendees navigate today’s most pressing issues through top-in-class presentations delivered by industry influencers and advocates from the entertainment law community. Preliminary Sessions at this Fall’s event will… Read More
August 6, 2019 – Cassettes Are Back, and It’s Not About the Music
In the U.K., cassette sales were up 112 percent year on year in the first half of 2019, even if that means only 36,000 cassettes were sold. Sales in the U.S. are growing, too. In part, the cassette phenomenon is driven by the various mixtapes related to the Guardians of the Galaxy movie, in which… Read More
August 5, 2019 – Back To School 2019: Mobile Shopping, Midsummer Sales and Big-Box Retailers Dominate This Year’s Trends
Amazon Prime Day serves as the unofficial kickoff to the back-to-school shopping season, and spending on back-to-school items is expected to reach $26.2 billion in 2019, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF). Back-to-school spending will decrease by 4.7 percent compared with 2018, per the NRF. However, the drop could be explained by the particularly strong 2017 shopping… Read More
