Tag: digital music
Vinyl sales jump 61% in a single year
Vinyl jumps, CDs explode and your digital downloads are getting kinda bummed out. More revelations from the RIAA 2021 annual sales report for the record industry.
Purged: How a failed economic theory still rules the digital music marketplace
A discredited economic theory is still guiding the decisions of most digital music labels today - even if they don't know it. This is the dumb theory of the Long Tail and how a tsunami of shitmusic destroyed it.
The Record Store’s Revenge: Hard Times for MP3 Sellers
Unless you're Amazon and the market takes your lack of interest in making a profit with good-hearted cheer, this is a tough time to...
Ready or Not, Beatport Turns to Streaming
Beatport has confirmed that it is launching a new Beatport streaming service starting next year. What does this mean for labels that sell on...
Will Beatport Turn Into The Next SoundCloud?
SFX Entertainment has purchased Listn, a combination streaming/aggregation and social networking app, and will immediately shut the app down by the end of the...
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Library of Congress adds Jamie Principle’s “Your Love” to National Recording Registry
The classic of classic Chicago house tracks was selected for preservation as one of "the defining sounds of history and culture." Here's how it was made.
