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The top 10 musicians collectively earned $2.3bn in 2021
Longtime music earnings analyst Zack O’Malley Greenburg has just published his annual ‘music money list’ across Rolling Stone and his own newsletter.
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Music NFTs update: Grammys, Rolling Stone, ESP Guitars…
A number of famous music brands are jumping on the NFTs bandwagon this week, starting with the Grammy Awards. The Recording Academy is working with OneOf, the music NFTs firm that launched earlier this year touting its eco credentials, on a series of NFTs based on January 2022’s Grammy Awards.
Rolling Stone magazine is also exploring non-fungible tokens through a partnership with the team behind the lucrative Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs. An interview with the team will be accompanied by ‘digital cover image’ NFTs from the magazine, as part of a collection of seven that will launch on 8 November.
Finally, NFTs startup Fanaply is working with instrument brand ESP Guitars on a series of NFTs based on the latter company’s ‘Pyrograph’ guitars. Three NFTs have been released, each with only 30 versions available costing $100 each.
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Rolling Stone launches Twitch channel, performances included
Despite the well-documented tensions with music rightsholders, musical activity on Twitch continues to surge. The latest example is the launch of a dedicated music channel on the service by Rolling Stone. […]
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After a delay, Rolling Stone launches its new music charts
Rolling Stone has launched its new set of US music charts, after a delay from the planned launch in mid-May. Back then, it said the launch was being put off “for just […]
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Rolling Stone delays public-beta launch of its daily charts
Earlier this month, Rolling Stone announced plans to launch its own US charts, tracking the top 100 tracks and top 200 albums on a daily basis – rather than the weekly […]
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Rolling Stone creates new US chart
Hands up who ordered a new music chart. Anyone? Anyone at all? Bueller? Bueller? Oh, Rolling Stone did. It is launching in the US and is intended to compete with Billboard’s […]
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Variety publisher invests in music-analytics firm BuzzAngle
We know BuzzAngle Music best for its work providing analytics on sales, streaming and radio airplay in the US, as an alternative source to the official Billboard / Nielsen axis of charts clout in that market.
So here’s an interesting development: BuzzAngle has taken a strategic investment from Penske Media Corporation (PMC), which owns Variety and Rolling Stone among other publications.
PMC says it plans to “deepen the influence and expand exposure of the BuzzAngle charts in addition to creating custom charts for specific content verticals” in the coming months.
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Rolling Stone to cut editorial budget and focus more on video
Rolling Stone magazine is up for sale, and figures revealed as part of its publisher’s pitch to potential acquirers show how its print business is shrinking.
According to Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone is predicting that its print advertising revenues will narrow from $28.6m in 2015 to just $10.9m by 2020, while its circulation revenue is expected to nearly halve to $6.3m in the same period.
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Metallica have music videos for every song on new album
Metallica’s new album is out today, and the band are making a big push for ‘Hardwired… To Self Destruct’ on pretty much every digital platform. Including Napster: a neat publicity […]
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Apple Music wants to be ‘MTV in its 80s and 90s heyday’
Apple Music execs have been talking to Rolling Stone about their strategy of signing exclusive deals with artists. Apple’s Larry Jackson described the policy as an attempt to ape “MTV in its Eighties and Nineties heyday.
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Noel Gallagher on Tidal: ‘Do these people think they’re the f***ing Avengers?’
If you, like us, have been waiting for someone to point a dictaphone at Noel Gallagher and ask him what he thinks of streaming service Tidal, today’s your (and our) […]