http://musically.com Music industry consultancy covering digital music marketing and strategy Mon, 20 May 2013 06:42:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://musically.com/2013/05/20/grooveshark-copyright-case-moves-on-with-individual-settlements/ http://musically.com/2013/05/20/grooveshark-copyright-case-moves-on-with-individual-settlements/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 06:42:51 +0000 Stuart Dredge http://musically.com/?p=49244 Grooveshark is far from out of the water regarding the copyright infringement case filed against it by several major labels, but there have been developments that take five individuals out of the picture. Five Grooveshark employees – although only one still works at the company – have reached 'consent judgement' settlements that bars them from future copyright infringement or working for any company that systematically infringes copyrights. TorrentFreak has published the relevant court documents, and points out that Grooveshark's co-founders Sam Tarantino and Josh Greenberg have not yet signed similar agreements. Their company is pitching the new developments as a positive thing for its case though.]]> http://musically.com/2013/05/20/grooveshark-copyright-case-moves-on-with-individual-settlements/feed/ 0 http://musically.com/2013/05/17/merlin-hails-growth-of-streaming-services-for-indie-labels/ http://musically.com/2013/05/17/merlin-hails-growth-of-streaming-services-for-indie-labels/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 09:47:47 +0000 Music Ally http://musically.com/?p=49220 Indie rights body Merlin published some research into digital growth for its member labels yesterday, claiming that a third of them have seen streaming and subscription revenues more-than double year-on-year.]]> http://musically.com/2013/05/17/merlin-hails-growth-of-streaming-services-for-indie-labels/feed/ 0 http://musically.com/2013/05/17/vevo-launches-in-poland-while-planning-demi-lovato-london-gig/ http://musically.com/2013/05/17/vevo-launches-in-poland-while-planning-demi-lovato-london-gig/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 09:36:56 +0000 Music Ally http://musically.com/?p=49219 A busy week for music videos service Vevo, which has launched in Poland and revealed its third Vevo Presents gig for the UK.]]> http://musically.com/2013/05/17/vevo-launches-in-poland-while-planning-demi-lovato-london-gig/feed/ 0 http://musically.com/2013/05/17/beethovens-9th-symphony-gets-a-glossy-ios-app/ http://musically.com/2013/05/17/beethovens-9th-symphony-gets-a-glossy-ios-app/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 09:33:06 +0000 Music Ally http://musically.com/?p=49216 Apps publisher Touch Press has teamed up with Deutsche Grammophon for an iOS app called Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, which is very impressive indeed.]]> http://musically.com/2013/05/17/beethovens-9th-symphony-gets-a-glossy-ios-app/feed/ 0 http://musically.com/2013/05/17/songkick-detour-opens-up-to-all-in-london/ http://musically.com/2013/05/17/songkick-detour-opens-up-to-all-in-london/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 09:26:59 +0000 Music Ally http://musically.com/?p=49215 Songkick is taking the next step towards making its Detour live-crowdfunding service widely available. Detour London has emerged from private beta.]]> http://musically.com/2013/05/17/songkick-detour-opens-up-to-all-in-london/feed/ 0 http://musically.com/2013/05/17/soundhalo-app-will-sell-concert-audio-and-video-to-fans/ http://musically.com/2013/05/17/soundhalo-app-will-sell-concert-audio-and-video-to-fans/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 09:18:17 +0000 Music Ally http://musically.com/?p=49210 The latest startup looking to help music artists sell live recordings to fans is Soundhalo, which launched yesterday. ]]> http://musically.com/2013/05/17/soundhalo-app-will-sell-concert-audio-and-video-to-fans/feed/ 0 http://musically.com/2013/05/17/yahoo-tipped-to-buy-tumblr-for-as-much-as-1bn/ http://musically.com/2013/05/17/yahoo-tipped-to-buy-tumblr-for-as-much-as-1bn/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 09:09:19 +0000 Music Ally http://musically.com/?p=49209 This is all just speculation for now, but it's very interesting: Yahoo is reportedly in talks to buy blogging service Tumblr for what AdWeek suggests could be up to $1bn. ]]> http://musically.com/2013/05/17/yahoo-tipped-to-buy-tumblr-for-as-much-as-1bn/feed/ 0 http://musically.com/2013/05/17/windows-phone-now-bigger-than-blackberry-but-still-very-small/ http://musically.com/2013/05/17/windows-phone-now-bigger-than-blackberry-but-still-very-small/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 08:55:20 +0000 Music Ally http://musically.com/?p=49208 http://musically.com/2013/05/17/windows-phone-now-bigger-than-blackberry-but-still-very-small/feed/ 0 http://musically.com/2013/05/16/comparing-spotify-play-counts-for-daft-punk-justin-timberlake-psy-and-more/ http://musically.com/2013/05/16/comparing-spotify-play-counts-for-daft-punk-justin-timberlake-psy-and-more/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 15:59:04 +0000 Rob MacAllister http://musically.com/?p=49204 We’re pretty excited about Spotify’s latest update in which can see how many times a track has been streamed worldwide. Only last week we called for a wider understanding of streaming numbers in our Sandbox lead (issue 84) as the requirement for increased transparency from streaming services has been evident for some time. The Spotify update shows individual track streams for an artist’s top 10 tracks. Although the count represents the all-time cumulative number of streams, they are ranked by popularity over a recent period.]]> http://musically.com/2013/05/16/comparing-spotify-play-counts-for-daft-punk-justin-timberlake-psy-and-more/feed/ 4 http://musically.com/2013/05/16/ok-gos-say-the-same-thing-game-was-apples-50-billionth-app-store-download/ http://musically.com/2013/05/16/ok-gos-say-the-same-thing-game-was-apples-50-billionth-app-store-download/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 13:27:04 +0000 Stuart Dredge http://musically.com/?p=49196 Apple's App Store has passed 50bn app downloads for iOS devices, and it was indie band OK Go whose app hit the milestone. Apple announced today that Ohio resident Brandon Ashmore downloaded the band's new Say the Same Thing word game to take the store past 50bn, winning a $10k App Store gift card for his trouble.]]> http://musically.com/2013/05/16/ok-gos-say-the-same-thing-game-was-apples-50-billionth-app-store-download/feed/ 0 http://musically.com/2013/05/16/spotify-starts-showing-play-counts-for-popular-tracks/ http://musically.com/2013/05/16/spotify-starts-showing-play-counts-for-popular-tracks/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 12:33:50 +0000 Stuart Dredge http://musically.com/?p=49192 Spotify is launching an update to its desktop application that displays play-counts for popular tracks on artists’ profiles. Not every Spotify user can see the counts yet, but the new feature will be rolling out over the coming weeks, with some people already noticing it in the latest update – click on the screenshot for a bigger view. “We’re committed to making Spotify even more artist and fan-friendly and showing play counts is a clear step in that direction,” a Spotify spokesperson tells Music Ally. “Now artists can get immediate feedback on how their music is performing on Spotify and fans can keep up to date with popular tracks” So, from the example above that was screenshotted by Music Ally’s Rob MacAllister, we can see that Ed Sheeran’s ‘The A Team’ has been played more than 56m times on Spotify. We understand that the play counts are for total, global plays on Spotify. It’s another move towards more transparency for Spotify, and it could also benefit the streaming service by making Spotify play-counts a popular metric for success in the music industry, sitting alongside (and, indeed, compared with – ‘The A Team’s official video has just under 60m plays on YouTube [...]]]> http://musically.com/2013/05/16/spotify-starts-showing-play-counts-for-popular-tracks/feed/ 0 http://musically.com/2013/05/16/charles-deenen-ea-buma-music-in-motion/ http://musically.com/2013/05/16/charles-deenen-ea-buma-music-in-motion/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 11:40:43 +0000 Stuart Dredge http://musically.com/?p=49189 As an entertainment industry, games has been rivalling movies for some time now, making it an enticing area for musicians, whether they're hoping to get their work licensed for use in games, or to compose original music for soundtracks. At today's Buma Music in Motion conference in Amsterdam, Charles Deenen gave a keynote speech outlining the opportunities, and talking about his own work as senior audio director at games publisher Electronic Arts.]]> http://musically.com/2013/05/16/charles-deenen-ea-buma-music-in-motion/feed/ 0 http://musically.com/2013/05/16/the-bpi-may-be-about-to-get-grooveshark-blocked-by-uk-isps/ http://musically.com/2013/05/16/the-bpi-may-be-about-to-get-grooveshark-blocked-by-uk-isps/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 09:51:24 +0000 Music Ally http://musically.com/?p=49187 Having succeeded in a series of High Court actions to get specific piracy sites blocked by UK ISPs, the BPI is seemingly preparing to ramp up its campaign.]]> http://musically.com/2013/05/16/the-bpi-may-be-about-to-get-grooveshark-blocked-by-uk-isps/feed/ 0 http://musically.com/2013/05/16/european-commission-clears-wmgs-parlophone-acquisition/ http://musically.com/2013/05/16/european-commission-clears-wmgs-parlophone-acquisition/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 09:45:50 +0000 Music Ally http://musically.com/?p=49186 Warner Music Group remains on course to acquire the Parlophone label by the summer, after receiving clearance for the deal from the European Commission.]]> http://musically.com/2013/05/16/european-commission-clears-wmgs-parlophone-acquisition/feed/ 0 http://musically.com/2013/05/16/pandora-to-launch-new-analytics-tools-for-artists/ http://musically.com/2013/05/16/pandora-to-launch-new-analytics-tools-for-artists/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 09:38:01 +0000 Music Ally http://musically.com/?p=49185 Several streaming music services have suggested that sharing more data with musicians is the key to heading off criticism of streaming payouts.]]> http://musically.com/2013/05/16/pandora-to-launch-new-analytics-tools-for-artists/feed/ 0