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This conference explores what blockchain can concretely do for the music business and how it can be integrated and used by the right-owners and the DSPs.

One needs look no further than "Despacito" and its almost 4 billion views to know that Latin music and Latin American audiences are growing exponentially on YouTube. But much of this explosion comes from countries with less developed ad markets; and that could mean a wider gap between music consumption...

Behind the glamorous facade of Korean music, there is widespread mistreatment of musicians and rampant disregard for their rights as workers

Brands like Burberry and Tommy Hilfiger are now selling directly to Chinese consumers via WeChat.

Jay Z invested in Uber in 2011 and today it's worth 200X more. Now he's getting serious about investing in startups with plans to create his own venture..

A guide to manage both a personal and professional presence on social media.

Where should you be spending your precious time building an audience on social media? The obvious answer is wherever the fans are. But another major factor is which social media will deliver the biggest audience - not just now, but a year from now? _________________________________ Statista via Business Insider Related...

Big data isn't a new music-industry trend. Labels, managers and artists have been awash in data since the early days of the digital music era. It's true th

In 2008, Havas revealed that most people wouldn’t care if 74% of brands disappeared. It was a statistic that shook brand marketers and one which has since been endlessly rattled off at industry conferences. But for all the talk, a decade on that figure hasn't moved.

I was born in a slum in the Ukonga administrative ward of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on February 7, 1994. My community lived in severe poverty, which meant that I often went to bed hungry and witnessed a young neighbor perish from malnutrition. While in primary school, I would sometimes [...]

Cassette album sales in the U.S. grew by 74 percent in 2016, buoyed by the "Guardians of the Galaxy" soundtrack, as well as tapes by Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, Eminem and Prince.

The much-reviled ‘surprise album release’ gimmick appears to be dead, but now what?

Now in it's tenth year of streaming, Netflix had a bumper year for both subscriber growth and earnings. Spotify too has seen a steady rise in subscribers, but so far seems unable to turn a similar profit. _________________________ Guest post by Mark Mulligan of anaylyts MIDiA and the Music Industry...