Music

Putting Vinyl Back On Track With eCommerce
Putting Vinyl Back On Track With eCommerce
September 17, 2019  |  Retail

Streaming has become a trend as consumers shift from paying for music ownership to paying for music access. It has changed the way people listen,...

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Money-Inspired Music And Why Hip Hop Tops The Charts
Money-Inspired Music And Why Hip Hop Tops The Charts
August 10, 2019  |  Digital Payments

It used to be all about the Benjamins, all about the cold hard cash – in this case, U.S. $100 bills, as expressed in a...

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Etsy Spends $275M To Expand Into Music Instrument Market
Etsy Spends $275M To Expand Into Music Instrument Market
July 22, 2019  |  Partnerships

Etsy announced that it is acquiring Reverb Holdings, a marketplace for new, used and vintage music gear. The deal is for $275 million in cash,...

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Gig Economy And The Insurance Service Gap
Gig Economy And The Insurance Service Gap
July 02, 2019  |  Disbursements

Real-time payments are growing more established in countries like the United States, as institutes like The Clearing House (TCH) update their payment infrastructures for the...

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Apple Winds Down iTunes
Apple Winds Down iTunes
June 03, 2019  |  Mobile Commerce

There are plenty of signs that Apple is gearing up to say goodbye to iTunes. MacRumors reported that Apple has taken down all of the...

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Spotify Shares Sink On Amazon Music News
Spotify Shares Sink On Amazon Music News
April 16, 2019  |  Retail

Reports that Amazon is planning to launch a free ad-supported music service caused Spotify shares to fall 4 percent on Monday (April 15). According to Reuters,...

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Lawsuit: Peloton Used 1,000+ Songs Illegally
Lawsuit: Peloton Used 1,000+ Songs Illegally
March 20, 2019  |  Legal & Regulation

The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) is suing streaming exercise bike company Peloton, saying the service used upwards of 1,000 songs without licensing them properly,...

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Spotify’s Antitrust Verse In Growing Chorus Against Apple’s Apps   
Spotify’s Antitrust Verse In Growing Chorus Against Apple’s Apps  
March 13, 2019  |  ANTITRUST

And, now, a bit of disharmony in the music streaming business. As reported Wednesday (March 13), Spotify, the music streaming juggernaut, has filed an antitrust...

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Florida Prisons Delete $11M Worth Of Inmate Music Purchases
Florida Prisons Delete $11M Worth Of Inmate Music Purchases
February 21, 2019  |  Mobile Commerce

Following a switch in contractors that reportedly caused prisoners to lose access to music that they purchased, an inmate in a Florida prison is suing...

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