Hi-Res Audio: New Standard Or Cash Grab?; The Chinese Music Business is Set to Explode

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Jul 27, 2017 · 3 min read

Hi-Res Audio: New Standard Or Cash Grab?blog.dataart.com

As a growing number of streaming platforms offer higher quality audio options for an additional cost, a question arises: How many consumers are truly willing to pay more for hi-res audio files?

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Streaming

Sweet streams: How concert video is democratising the live bizwww.iq-mag.net
Leading execs tell Eamonn Forde how lower barriers to entry — and all-important viewer data — are bringing more live music to more people than ever before.

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Big data 22

BMI, ASCAP to Combine Music Databases www.broadcastingcable.com

Performance rights groups ASCAP and BMI have teamed up to create what they are billing as a “single, comprehensive database of musical works from their combined repertories that will deliver an authoritative view of ownership shares in the vast majority of music licensed in the United States.”

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Car radio 2017 billboard 1548

Latest Turn in Radio’s Licensing Battles Hinges on Location, Location, Locationwww.billboard.com
What should radio stations have to pay to play songs by the likes of Don Henley, Drake and Prince?

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Screen shot 2017 07 26 at 19.24.17

‘There are 365m people in China willing to pay for entertainment. The music market is about to explode.’www.musicbusinessworldwide.com

The Chinese music business is set to explode. Many executives across the US, UK and Europe look east and rightfully tip the Asian continent as the next great land of opportunity.

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Soundcloud’s Fatal Mistakemedium.com
After hearing the dire news published by TechCrunch about Soundcloud’s unfortunate financial position, I have a lot of thoughts to share.

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Asburymusic

Introducing Asbury Music — An online radio station as unique as New Jerseywww.newjerseystage.com
Introducing Asbury Music — An online radio station as unique as New Jersey — New Jersey Stage

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Voise

Blockchain startup Voise prepares for alpha-client launchmusically.com
We wrote about blockchain/music startup Voise in June when we spotted its profile on an investment site: it’s preparing for launch now.

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Divers joanna newsom

Stream All of Joanna Newsom’s Albums on Apple Musicflavorwire.com

Indie label Drag City and Joanna Newsom’s very understandable former aversion to streaming services — particularly Spotify — also meant that if one’s C.D. player, or turntable broke, they’d be pretty out of luck if they wanted a convenient way to listen to a Newsom album.

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Playlist folder

5 reasons why you should use the Spotify desktop appwww.cnet.com
It can do things the mobile app can’t.

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