The recent Rethink Music report on music industry transparency has already drawn a sharp response from US industry body the RIAA for its claims of missing royalties for artists. Now […]
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RIAA welcomes Rethink Music (but also criticises it)
The report on music-industry transparency earlier this week from the Rethink Music initiative has been welcomed by US industry body the RIAA – but it also has some issues with […]
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Report claims Facebook IS planning a music videos push
We reported yesterday on Facebook’s new scheme for monetising native videos and sharing 55% of the income with their publishers – and speculated that this was tied in with separate […]
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Report hints at Vivendi’s aims for post-free digital music
We’ve known for a while now that consultancy firm Bain & Company has been involved at the highest levels of Universal Music Group (and even higher: within parent company Vivendi) […]
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Spotify criticised for Android greediness
Online security company AVG has published a report naming and shaming “the world’s greediest smartphone apps” – ranked by how much they eat up battery life, storage and data allowance […]
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Report claims global games market was worth $83.6bn in 2014
According to the IFPI, the global recorded music market generated revenues of $14.97bn in 2014. Compare that to a new report by research firm Newzoo claiming that the global games […]
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Music rightsholders have reported 200m pirate URLs to Google
Here’s a milestone that probably isn’t worth celebrating: music bodies the RIAA and BPI have reported more than 200m URLs to Google that they believe to be infringing copyright. According […]
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Music subscriptions: ‘Lightning could strike twice for Apple’
UK-based consultancy Midia Research has published its latest report on the digital music space, focusing on music subscriptions – and specifically whether “lightning could strike twice for Apple”. Its key […]
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SFX revenues up, but so are its losses
Dance music firm SFX Entertainment has reported its latest quarterly financial results, posting revenues of $95.9m for the fourth quarter of 2014, but a net loss of $41.1m. That’s up […]
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Snapchat valuation up to $15bn amid Alibaba funding rumours
In February 2013, messaging app Snapchat was valued at $70m. Just over two years on, that valuation has soared to $15bn – quite possibly more than the valuation of Universal […]
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YouTube revenues reached $4bn in 2014 claims report
How much money did YouTube make in 2014? $4bn of revenues but no profit according to the Wall Street Journal, which cites two sources for the figures. The piece claims […]
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In this week’s Sandbox report
Our fortnightly digital music marketing report was published yesterday afternoon. Its lead feature looks at the maturing industry of fan patronage, with artists putting in the effort on sites like […]