Daily News & Analysis Feeds - 2020
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January 27, 2020 – India is Now the Second Largest Smartphone Market in the World, Surpassing the U.S.
A new report by Counterpoint Research estimates that India surpassed the United States to become the second largest smartphone market with an estimated 158 million devices shipped to the country in 2019. China is still the global leader at number one. Interestingly, India’s surge to second place is largely thanks to Chinese smartphone manufacturers. Phones… Read More
January 24, 2020 – Billboard Releases 2020 Power List
Congratulations to all the industry professionals named to Billboard’s 2020 Power list. This year’s list honors those who have not only ascended to top levels of the music business, but have also used their positions to both elevate the industry as a whole and further promote initiatives of diversity and inclusion. Music Biz would like… Read More
January 23, 2020 – [IN THE NEWS] — NY:LON Connect 2020, Day Two Recap
The NY:LON Connect 2020 global music summit, powered by Music Biz and Music Ally, was held this past Thursday and Friday, January 16-17, at the Dream Downtown in New York City. Strategically planned for the beginning of the year, this sold-out event hosted high-level executive delegates from 19 countries to discuss the status of the… Read More
January 23, 2020 – How Music Collaborations Evolved in the Digital Era: A Decade in Review
Through music collaborations, or having featured artists on their tracks, artists are able to mix their audiences. Working with other artists also conveys activity and engagement. Audiences get to see that their artist isn’t just hidden away inside some tower, creating music alone in a studio. One need not look further than Lil Nas X’s… Read More
January 23, 2020 – Music Biz Member Amazon Music Announces Subscriber Base Surpasses 55 Million
Congratulations to Amazon Music, who this week announced that they have surpassed 55 million subscribers across all service tiers! This milestone follows an exceptional year for Amazon Music — the service saw 50% growth year-over-year in the U.S., U.K., Germany and Japan; and more than doubled its user base in France, Italy, Spain and Mexico.… Read More
January 22, 2020 – [IN THE NEWS] — NY:LON Connect 2020, Day One Recap
The NY:LON Connect 2020 global music summit, powered by Music Biz and Music Ally, was held this past Thursday and Friday, January 16-17, at the Dream Downtown in New York City. Strategically planned for the beginning of the year, this sold-out event hosted high-level executive delegates from 19 countries to discuss the status of the… Read More
January 22, 2020 – [Keeping Tempo with Music Biz] – Podcasts: Product and Tech Revolution, an Op-Ed by Sergey Bludov of DataArt
Once relegated to the fringes of digital entertainment, podcasts are now on the minds of the entire media industry. Big money acquisitions of podcasting companies are increasingly commonplace, while a growing number of major celebrities are launching podcasts of their own. In a relatively short amount of time, this audio show format has become impossible… Read More
January 21, 2020 – [MEMBER DISCOUNT] — Reeperbahn Festival and Conference 2020
The Reeperbahn Festival and Conference has grown to become one of the most important meeting places for the music industry worldwide. And, as Europe’s largest club festival, it boasts about 600 concerts featuring a broad spectrum of both emerging and established artists. Music Biz has partnered with the Reeperbahn Festival to offer our members an… Read More
January 20, 2020 – NEW MEMBER PROFILE: Songfluencer
Join us in welcoming Songfluencer, an influencer marketing company specializing in music promotion via Instagram and TikTok, to the Music Biz member community! Songfluencer works with artists to distribute their songs to their network of social influencers, who then share the songs in their stories or posts via click-through links to various DSPs. Click-throughs to… Read More
January 17, 2020 – The Future of What Episode #175: Nashville’s Project Music
Since 2015, the Nashville Entrepreneur Center has played host to Project Music, an accelerator program for tech start-ups whose focus is upon creating solutions for the music industry. This first of its kind accelerator program has supported five different cohorts to date, and several members of those cohorts have already gone to market with their… Listen
