Spotify ready for streaming showdown as it raises $1bn in convertible debt

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Streaming: The Music Industry’s Largest Revenue Generator

Today, the RIAA released data confirming that streaming is the U.S. music industry’s single largest revenue-generator. For the first ever, streaming made up the largest component of the total U.S music industry revenue in 2015, which marks a major milestone for the format.  The revenue mix in 2015 displays the ”most balanced revenue mix in […]

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Jay Z’s Blueprint Albums Yanked from Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Deezer…

In a bid to boost subscriber numbers at Tidal, Jay Z has quietly swiped his Blueprint albums from competing music streaming sites.  These coveted releases are now Tidal exclusives.  Anyone surprised? As first unearthed by Pitchfork, the legendary albums have now disappeared from Apple Music, iTunes, Spotify, Deezer, Rhapsody, and Amazon’s digital music store.  It soon became […]

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