Music Industry Mayhem in the Digital Revolution (ep.219)

The music industry is a mess over their work promoting artists and their battle for revelancy against the digital revolutionaries of Spotify, Apple, Pandora and others. KOP explains. Music’s Messy Digital Revolution https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/15/technology/music-industy-digital-revolution.html52,600 artists generated over $10k on Spotify last year – and 15,140 of them uploaded their own music - Music Business Worldwide https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/52600-artists-generated-over-10k-on-spotify-last-year-and-15140-of-them-uploaded-their-own-music/ ‘Free’ music streaming paid the record industry $4.6bn in 2021… and other key insights from the latest IFPI Global Music Report - Music Business Worldwide https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/free-music-streaming-worth-4-6bn-to-the-record-industry-in-2021-and-3-other-key-insights-from-ifpis-latest-global-muSpotify just dropped a stat that changes everything about how we judge the streaming economy https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/podcast/spotify-just-dropped-stat-changes-everything-about-how-we-should-judge-the-streaming-economy/ Spotify says it paid out a record $7B to music industry in 2021 https://www.axios.com/spotify-record-7b-music-industry-2021-8308de93-6f12-45c2-bf1f-b3b724bfbfab.html The Infinite Dial: U-S Online Listening Grows https://mediaconfidential.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-infinite-dial-u-s-online-listening.htmlEdison Research Releases 2022 Infinite Dial Datahttps://radioinsight.com/headlines/221777/edison-research-releases-2022-infinite-dial-research/Netflix’s Password Crackdown Will Be Tougher Than It Seems https://variety.com/vip/netflixs-password-crackdown-will-be-tougher-than-it-seems-1235208619/ Big Troubles Brewing for Big Tech https://variety.com/vip/big-troubles-brewing-for-big-tech-1235208601/Which Comes First? The Station or the Music?https://radioinsight.com/blogs/221089/which-comes-first-the-station-or-the-music/Contact KOP for professional podcast production, imaging, and web design services at http://www.kingofpodcasts.comSupport KOP by subscribing to his YouTube channel and search for King Of PodcastsFollow KOP on Twitter or Facebook @kingofpodcastsListen to KOP’s other programs, When I’m Not Podcasting… and the Wrestling is Real Wrestling Podcast.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-broadcasters-podcast--3684131/support.Contact KOP for professional podcast production, imaging, and web design services at http://www.kingofpodcasts.comSupport KOP by subscribing to his YouTube channel and search for King Of PodcastsFollow KOP on X and TikTok @kingofpodcasts (F Meta!)Listen to KOP’s other programs, Podcasters Row… and the Wrestling is Real Wrestling Podcast and The Broadcasters Podcast.Buy KOP a Coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/kingofpodcastsDrop KOP a PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=3TAB983ZQPNVLDrop KOP a Venmo https://account.venmo.com/u/kingofpodcastsDrop KOP a CashApp https://cash.app/$kingofallpodcasts