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Amazon debuts its stand-alone music streaming service

October 14, 2016 Anthony Tech

Amazon has debuted its own streaming music service, Amazon Music Unlimited, to compete with Spotify and Apple Music. But will the features and pricing be enough of a draw for customers?

How do comic sales compare to sales of other types of media?

August 1, 2016 Anthony Media

In 2015, comics finally hit the $1 billion sales mark, a sign that comic sales are growing. But how do they compare to sales of other forms of media? I compare the various sales figures below.

Audio streaming for first half of 2016 doubles from first half of 2015

July 12, 2016 Anthony Media

Nielsen has released figures for music sales for the first half of 2016. Along with recent news on Spotify’s growth comes news that audio streaming usage has nearly doubled from the first half of 2015. Music video streaming (presumably mainly YouTube) has also risen, though not by nearly as much. The only physical media sales growth has been in vinyl.

Spotify has twice the paying customers of Apple Music

July 8, 2016 Anthony Tech

In an update on a post I wrote a few months ago, Spotify’s 30 million paying customers makes it the top[…]

Radio still dominates in cars?

May 6, 2016 Anthony Media

Despite the dominance of streaming audio and digital music everywhere else (ignoring the improbable resurgence of vinyl), there’s supposedly one[…]

Digital music outsells physical formats worldwide

April 19, 2016 Anthony Media

Last month, it was reported that streaming music has finally become the dominant form of paid music in the United States.[…]

SoundCloud offers subscription service

April 3, 2016 Anthony Media

Joining Apple Music, Spotify, Google Play Music, Pandora, and others in offering a subscription streaming service is SoundCloud. SoundCloud’s traditionally[…]