A Nielsen study confirms that streaming music eclipsed digital music sales in 2016. Meanwhile, R&B and hip-hop were the dominant streaming genres.
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Amazon debuts its stand-alone music streaming service
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?
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How do comic sales compare to sales of other types of 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.
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Audio streaming for first half of 2016 doubles from first half of 2015
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.
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Spotify has twice the paying customers of Apple Music
In an update on a post I wrote a few months ago, Spotify’s 30 million paying customers makes it the top[…]
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Radio still dominates in cars?
Despite the dominance of streaming audio and digital music everywhere else (ignoring the improbable resurgence of vinyl), there’s supposedly one[…]
Read more Digital music outsells physical formats worldwide
Last month, it was reported that streaming music has finally become the dominant form of paid music in the United States.[…]
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SoundCloud offers subscription service
Joining Apple Music, Spotify, Google Play Music, Pandora, and others in offering a subscription streaming service is SoundCloud. SoundCloud’s traditionally[…]
Read more Streaming music services are now the top form of purchased music in the US
It’s finally happened: streaming music services are now the dominant form of purchased music in the United States, according to[…]
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Columbia House comes back… as a vinyl seller?
When I was a kid, my parents subscribed to Columbia House for their “12 records for a penny” offers. When I[…]
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