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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Juliet Mendoza: Inside 5 Mag Issue 224
The Heart of House: Juliet Mendoza cover story, James Duncan on Toronto house + techno pioneer Ron Allen, dropping acid with PBR Streetgang, a tribute to the great DJ Romain and more, inside the new issue of 5 Mag out now.
