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Streaming Platform Like Spotify, YouTube Contributed To 80% Of All Music Sales In 2019
Wednesday, February 26, 2020 - 12:58am | 347Streaming platforms extended their domination of the music market in the United States in 2019, according to data from the Recording Industry Association of America. Physical Sales Near Disappearance The subscription-based streaming services and free streamers that rely on advertisements for...
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Sirius XM To Settle Royalty Dispute On Pre-1972 Recordings
Friday, June 26, 2015 - 12:45pm | 298Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) will pay $210 million to settle a suit with independent and major record companies for its use of recordings created before 1972. Pandora Media Inc (NYSE: P) has similar suits pending against it in New York and California The agreement resolves a dispute...
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The Next Big Change In The Music Industry
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - 1:47pm | 465While all industries are required to constantly adapt to the demands of the modern world, perhaps no other industry has adapted more over the past 50 years than the music industry. The Death Of Vinyl According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), 58.5 percent of music sold...