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Music Fuels Innovation: Download The New 2013 Digital Music Report
The IFPI [International Federation of the Phonographic Industry] has released a new report the finds that in 2012, the global music industry experienced it’s first rise in revenues since 1999. Although...
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People Shouldn’t Go To Prison For Sharing A Video – Stop SOPA – TAKE ACTION!
Fight for the Future and the Center for Rights are campaigning to get everyone involved to stop the censorship-driven, business-crushing, unnecessarily-criminalizing, horrible-for-web-users-everywhere,...
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State Of The Industry: Over 223 Billion New Streams In 2013, 6 Billion New Fans
The online music industry continues to grow at a rapid clip. Next Big Sound tracked more than 6 billion new fans, and more than 223 billion streams in 2013. This is an increase that speaks to not only...
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Music Streaming Services Ranked By Popularity: iTunes Radio Overtakes Spotify
The Infinite Dial 2014, a brand new report from Edison Research has examined consumer adoption of digital media, including music streaming usage. A U.S. survey shows Pandora, iHeartRadio and iTunes...
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CNET Talks To Shocklee As Gangnam Style Hits 2B YouTube Views
Psy’s global colossal hit Gangnam Style just hit a major milestone, 2 billions views on YouTube and is now officially the most viewed video on the site with Justin Beiber’s ‘Baby’ at a distant 1...
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YouTube May Remove Music Videos From Indie Labels Who Don’t Join New Paid...
There are some disturbing reports floating around this week that neither musicians or music fans want to hear. In anticipation of YouTube’s forthcoming music subscription service, the video giant and...
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Share Of Ear Study Measures How We Consume Audio
Despite a constantly changing audio landscape, broadcast radio controls more than half of the more than four hours a day that Americans spend with all sources of audio. But the audio space is vibrant...
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YouTube Unveils Its Streaming Service: Music Key
A much awaited development in the music space for fans and artists alike has just been unveiled. YouTube has just announced it’s streaming service Music Key. For $9.99 a month, subscribers get ad-free...
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Let’s UnPop This: Repetitive Pop Music & The Shazam Effect
A must-read feature from The Atlantic looks into why the state of [pop] music is the way it is…repetitive, monotonous, homogeneous, super loud and compressed and in many cases, super cheesy. As Derek...
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The Culture of Free: A Look Back At Napster & Its Impact On Music
This NY Times Retro Report documentary short takes a look back at the beginnings of the file-sharing program Napster which began in 1999 and its strong impact on the music industry, artists and music...
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Ways To Fix The Music Crisis: How Tech Can Help Save The Industry
We all know that the recent digital era has transformed the way we listen to, buy and release music but did you know that the next few years may be crucial in defining the future of the industry and...
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SHOCKLEE @ SXSW 2016
SHOCKLEE will be all around Austin, Texas for this year’s SXSW music, film and interactive festival so if you’re around town give us a shout and stay tuned to this space and our social media channels...
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