Celebrity Deaths Drive Music Sales in 2016 According to Nielsen, the unusually high number of deaths of iconic musicians this year and the rush of fans to scoop up their albums will likely boost the bottom lines of the major record labels. While co... Read More...
Spotify and Apple Emerge As Music Streaming Winners According to music tech insiders music streaming in general has seen strong growth in 2016 and as it seems this recent increase in subscribers has largely been isolated to two major leaders in the streaming war... Read More...
The Ugly Face of Music Streaming Wars Continues According to a recent article by CNN’s Seth Fiegerman, the face of music streaming is rearing its ugly head as each day passes. Grammy winner Frank Ocean received a ton of backlash from fans little more than a ... Read More...
Here We Go Again: Is Apple Buying Tidal? Apple is allegedly in talks to acquire Tidal, according to a source at the Wall Street Journal, while respected New York Times music journalist Ben Sisario quotes his sources as saying that Apple has no intenti... Read More...
Irving Azoff’s Open Letter Blasts YouTube Irving Azoff, former record label executive and CEO of Azoff Music Management currently representing artists such as Jennifer Hudson, Christina Aguilera, Raphael Saadiq and R&B icons, Earth Wind & Fire ... Read More...
As The Tidal Turns If there is one thing the Tidal is good at its keeping the company name in the headlines, be it good, shady or otherwise. One of Tidal’s most recent headline is nothing related to music. Reports have surfaced t... Read More...
Who’s Winning The Streaming Showdown? According to CEO Daniel Ek, Spotify has reached another milestone as the streaming platform recognizes 30 million paying subscribers and 55 million listeners. The oft referred to market-leading global music ser... Read More...
Spotify bringing in-store “experiences” to Starbucks Spotify has partnered with coffee chain Starbucks for what they’ve dubbed a “new digital music experience” in stores across the U.S. Under this new arrangement, patrons will be able to identify music playing ov... Read More...
The Power of Music Streaming In 2013 we listened to iTunes Radio and Google Play Music . In 2014, Taylor Swift flipped toe bird to Spotify and You Tube launched its' own music subscription service. By 2015, the music streaming landscape... Read More...
Buzz Spotlight: Stratus Digital Music Marketing Barry Benson, owner and founder of Stratus Digital Music Marketing shares why digital marketing is essential for artists and independent record labels. "In today's recording business, independent artists ne... Read More...
