It’s Contagious: Taylor Swift Is Withholding Her Latest Release from Spotify
This is now a recurring trend for superstar artist releases, and a serious problem for streaming services. Immediately after release, Taylor Swift’s Red is unavailable on Spotify, as well as Rhapsody, Deezer, and other on-demand streaming services. Separately, iTunes is plucking another plum placement, and offering strong positioning. The obvious takeaway is that Swift, like deadmau5, […]
Apple To Launch Free Music Streaming Service 2013
Apple is planning to launch a free ad supported Pandora-like online music service in the first three months of 2013. Current negotiations with labels are focusing on differentiating features and how to share ad revenue. The talks could be completed next month according to Bloomberg. Pandora and other online radio services operate under a […]
More Than 10,000 Radio Stations Are Now Taking Legal Action to Lower Their Royalties
Pandora isn’t the only one trying to reduce its payments to musicians and songwriters. Right now, in a federal courtroom in Philadelphia, a consortium of more than 10,000 traditional radio broadcasters is taking legal action to reduce payouts to songwriters and publishers. And they’re focusing their guns on the smallest performance rights collector, SESAC. Of course, […]