There’s One Place Where They’re Still Buying CDs
“Around the world, the music business has shifted toward downloads and streaming. But in Japan, the compact disc is still king” – and Tower Records still has 85 stores.
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What Does It Take For Content Creators To Get Some Royalties?
Publishers, record labels, digital distributors, streaming music services – these days it seems like everyone involved in creative works can earn some money except the creators themselves. (Rosanne Cash earned $114 from 600,000 streaming audio plays.) Here are the stories of two struggles – by John Steinbeck’s descendants and by one particular singer-songwriter grand-nephew and … Continue reading “What Does It Take For Content Creators To Get Some Royalties?”
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Spotify Keeps Growing, Loses More Money
“After five years, the streaming music service Spotify has established itself as a financial force in the music industry, with more than $500 million in revenue last year. Yet its losses have also grown as the company expands around the world and tries to attract paying customers.”
Who’s In Charge Of These Gizmos, Anyway?
“What were the good old days of technology? Have we increased the work day with our efficient smart phones? I ask this as my smart phone plays music and my tablet is open with Twitter streaming.”
How About A Spotify For Culture?
“Developing successful, revenue-generating subscription models for the digital content of arts organisations has to be explored. Just as Spotify and Last.fm are in different ways exploring subscription or ad-based models for streaming music, so a ‘cultural’ subscription model needs to be explored, providing access to multiple platforms across different devices.”
Library of Congress Launches ‘National Jukebox’
“The new website provides access to more than 10-thousand historical recordings for free on a streaming-only basis – no downloads. It covers the first quarter of the twentieth century and includes music, poetry, political speeches and other spoken word recordings.”
Concert Tours Doing Well This Summer
“Just when you might think that Canadians would have good reason to stay home and watch TV, they’re streaming out to concerts, club shows and music festivals.”
Recording Companies Court The Casual Pirates
“Over the past year, as sales of CDs have continued to fall and paid-for downloads from services like Apple’s iTunes have fallen short of hopes, record companies have moved to embrace casual file-sharers. Legal services offering free, unlimited streaming of music, rather than downloads, are proliferating. According to a survey published last week, they are … Continue reading “Recording Companies Court The Casual Pirates”
Theatre Online, V. 2.0
“The New York-based Ontological-Hysteric Theatre is in the process of rehearsing its new show, Astronome – A Night at the Opera, and will be streaming its rehearsals online every Wednesday evening until the show opens. This idea has excited bloggers stateside. George Hunka says, ‘It’s a unique offering from two unique theatre and music artists… watch … Continue reading “Theatre Online, V. 2.0”