Daily News & Analysis Feeds - 2020
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January 15, 2020 – Music Biz Member Stemit Announces Long Term Partnership and Licensing Deal with Audionamix
Music Biz member Stemit this week announced that it has licensed exclusive rights to advanced AI music stemming algorithms from Audionamix, offering rights holders a solution to unlocking stems from recorded music. Audionamix’s AI separation technology automatically separates songs into stems, including a cappella, backing tracks, drums, bass, and remaining music. This new solution allows… Read More
January 15, 2020 – Why Music Podcasts Are a ‘Gold Mine of Good Ideas’ For Artists and Labels Alike
As Spotify invested heavily in podcasting in 2019 — including a deal with Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground production company reportedly worth over $10 million — labels were also getting in on the action. In April, Universal Music Group announced a partnership with Wondery to produce original audio content based on its catalog; the following… Read More
January 14, 2020 – [Keeping Tempo With Music Biz] — 2020 Vision: A Look at What the Music Industry Faces in the Coming Year
The 2010s has arguably been one of the most transformative eras for our industry, as the RIAA reports that music streaming increased from 7% to 80% of the U.S. music market over the past decade. With old becoming new as vinyl sales sharply increase and the advent of social media changing how music fans interact… Read More
January 13, 2020 – A Majority of US Podcast Listeners Tune In Regularly
Many US podcast listeners tune in frequently, and three in 10 daily listeners have bought products based on podcast ads, according to research from CivicScience. The September 2019 survey found that nearly one-third of US podcast listeners tune in daily, and a similar figure listens weekly. But the study also found a difference in purchasing… Read More
January 13, 2020 – NEW MEMBER PROFILE: Revelator
We’re excited to welcome Revelator to the Music Biz member community! Over the past 18 months, Revelator has developed and tested a blockchain-powered mobile and web application to accelerate the settlement of streaming royalties to a daily cycle. Revelator’s digital asset platform and artist wallet were designed to help copyright owners and independent music creators… Read More
January 10, 2020 – The Future of What Episode #174: Trends For 2020
After several years of growth, the music business no longer feels like its in freefall, and some hopeful industry insiders are hinting that the best is yet to come in the 2020’s. As streaming goes global, and the overall adoption rate goes up across the board, continued revenue growth will be the norm in 2020… Listen
January 10, 2020 – Nielsen Music/MRC Data Releases 2019 Year-End U.S. Music Report; Showcases Double-Digit Growth in Album Equivalent Audio Consumption and Vinyl Sales
Nielsen Music/MRC Data has released its 2019 year-end U.S. Music report, which shows that album-equivalent consumption — comprised of full album sales, track-equivalent album (TEA) units and streaming-equivalent album (SEA) units from on-demand audio streams — rose 11.4% in 2019. In the physical space, vinyl album sales grew to a new yearly high for the… Read More
January 9, 2020 – BuzzAngle Music Releases 2019 Year-End U.S. Music Consumption Report
BuzzAngle Music has released its 2019 year-end report monitoring music consumption in the U.S. Below are some of the key points featured the report: For the third year in a row, total consumption growth was up double-digits (13.5%). Overall consumption growth in 2019 in total consumption was fueled by the continued growth of on-demand streams.… Read More
January 9, 2020 – The Smart Audio Report Winter 2019 from NPR and Edison Research
The latest survey from The Smart Audio Report, conducted after the December 2019 holidays, confirms continued growth in the smart speaker market with 60M people in the U.S., aged 18+ (24% of the population) owning at least one smart speaker device. The average smart speaker household now features 2.6 devices, up from 2.3 devices per household… Read More
January 8, 2020 – Music Biz Member Vydia Helps Kanye Release “Jesus Is Born” on Christmas Day
Transferring files from Kanye’s hard drive to Spotify’s sounds easy, but in practice requires preparation and coordination. Massive, red-tape-laden major-label structures aren’t always suited to do this quickly, and West himself has missed a number of self-imposed deadlines in recent years. This time, though, everything went smoothly. “The record was mastered at 1 am Christmas… Read More
