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IFPI Report: Digital Music Market Not Bleak [with charts]
Digital music revenues grew 8 per cent to $5.2 billion, reaching another milestone in the industry’s evolution. That news comes from IFPI's Digital Music Report 2012, which also notes that major legal music services are now available in 58 countries.
Raditaz Adds Personal Context to Streaming Music
Raditaz is now officially live, offering a free streaming music service that lets listeners add location and other contextual tags to their customized listening experience.
Seacrest, AEG and CAA Morph HDNet into AXS TV
Ryan Seacrest somehow found time to partner his Ryan Seacrest Media with HDNet, AEG and CAA on a joint venture that begins with rebranding Mark Cuban’s HDNet as AXS TV and encompasses music and lifestyle programming, among other initiatives.
SoundExchange Pays Out $89.5 Million in Q4
SoundExchange, a DC-based non-profit entity that collects royalties for musicians from satellite radio firms, Internet radio services and cable music channels, said on Tuesday it distributed a record $89.5 million during the fourth quarter.
New Yorker Streaming Leonard Cohen's "Going Home"
The New Yorker magazine has occasionally published song lyrics that hold their own as poetry. Today, Jan. 16, it is taking that to the next level by streaming Leonard Cohen’s new song “Going Home” from its website.
Songspin.FM Turns Up the Indie Volume
Vancouver-based startup Songspin.FM has acted on its New Year’s resolution to revamp its service, which takes a minimalist route to discovering music that might otherwise get lost in the undergrowth of Internet radio.
Vevo Secures Sponsorship for Original Programming
Vevo’s original series "GO Shows," which features live performances by surprise artists, has struck a sponsorship deal with Starburst that will make the program available exclusively at the candy’s Facebook page for its first 24 hours.
Tosy's mRobo Gets Bieber Fever
Investigating one particularly crowded booth today at 2012 International CES revealed that some were there for Tosy Robotics JSC’s new dancing robot, while the squealing others were there to see pop sensation Justin Bieber.
The Echo Nest Adds Twitter to Its Music Toolkit
A partnership announced today between The Echo Nest and Twitter makes it simple to incorporate the immediacy of tweets into a recording artist’s app, preserving the all-important data identifiers along the way.
Digital Squeaks Past Physical Music Sales [with charts]
Today’s Nielsen Company & Billboard’s 2011 Music Industry Report reveals that digital music sales accounted for an eyelash over half (50.3 percent) of all sales, marking the first time digital overtook physical.
