by Bram Teitelman | Mar 30, 2016 | News, Streaming Music
If there’s one place where the music industry keeps growing, it’s vinyl. But thankfully, there’s more than one, as streaming is experiencinga banner year as well. In fact, in 2015, the music industry actually brought in (slightly) more money than it...
by Metal Insider | Feb 17, 2016 | Current Events, News, Streaming Music
In 2016, nearly everyone listens to music digitally. There’s iTunes, Spotify, Bandcamp, Soundcloud and more. The debate over whether it’s beneficial or not is endless. Today, Mick Fleischmann, bassist for Vision of Disorder voiced his opinion on the...
by Bram Teitelman | Nov 20, 2015 | News, Oops, Streaming Music, Stupid
From producing albums by Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Nicks and U2 to co-founding Interscope Records to co-founding Beats By Dre, it can’t be denied that Jimmy Iovine is one of the most successful businessmen not only in music, but overall business. Now one of the...
by Bram Teitelman | Nov 16, 2015 | News, Streaming Music
While we’re going to end 2015 with more streaming services than we started it with, the landscape is certainly changing. It was announced today that Rdio will file for bankruptcy and shut down, with Pandora acquiring “key assets” of the on-demand...
by Alix Vallecillo | Nov 10, 2015 | News, Streaming Music, Updates
It’s been a relatively dramatic few weeks following the dispute between Victory Records and Spotify, beginning with the label’s entire catalog taken down from the streaming service. Just last week, a leaked document brought up the possibility of laying off...
by Bram Teitelman | Nov 3, 2015 | News, Streaming Music
Last month Victory Records took a stand against Spotify in claiming that an audit done by independent organization Audiam found that the streaming service owed the label money (about $23,000) for a large number of streams. Spotify reacted by pulling the label’s...