Tim Anderson muses on Apple Music providing a walled garden of goods that, though they could not have imagined it to be successful, sounds great and has nothing revolutionary about it.
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Tags: AC/DC, Apple, Apple Music, Beats Music, big data, iTunes, iTunes Match, Lala, Led Zeppelin, MOG, music piracy, OS X, popular music, Spotify, streaming music, Taylor Swift, The Beatles, Tidal, walled gardens, WWDC
Posted in Current Events, Music | Comments Off on Walling the Garden and Putting the App into Apple Music
The removal of the artist's songs from the streaming service represents the latest development in an ongoing distribution struggle in the music industry.
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Tags: 1989, Big Machine Records, distribution, Spotify, streaming, Taylor Swift
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Each year, the musician advocacy nonprofit group Future of Music Coalition holds a conference in Washington, DC, bringing together artists, executives, and policymakers. Reporting from this year's Future of Music Summit, Tim Anderson finds that despite the music industry's many troubles, much optimism still exists.
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Tags: Bandswap, Bryce Merrill, Dani Grant, DJ Cavem, Eddie Schwartz, Fair Trade Music, FMC. FMC13, Future of Music Coalition, Future of Music Summit, Google Play, internet radio, New Music Indusrty, Peter Jenner, popular music, Spokesbuzz, Spotify, Storm Gloor, Tim Quirk, WESTAF, Western States Arts Federation
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Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Arrested Development, Barco's Auro 11.1, China FIlm Group, CNN, Disney, Django Unchained, Dolby Atmos, Dreamworks, Elysium, Fox News, iTunes, MSNBC, NBC, Netflix, Oriental DreamWorks, Reddit, Roku AppleTV, Sony, Spotify, The Onion, Twitter
Posted in Current Events, What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? April 14-April 27
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: BitTorrent, books, box office, digital music, e-books, Facebook, gaming, Hollywood, marketing strategies, movie theaters, Netflix, Pandora, politics, porn, social media, Sony, Spotify, tax credits, television, Twitter, Warner Bros.
Posted in Columns, What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? November 4-17
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: 3D, Academy Awards, advertising, Amazon, broadband, documentary, file sharing, gaming, mobile technology, music, newspapers, Pandora, Spotify, television, Xbox, YouTube
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Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: advertising, Amazon, Apple, China, digital media, e-readers, Facebook, film festivals, gaming, iTunes, Lionsgate, music, newspapers, Nintendo, piracy, Reddit, Sony, Spotify, streaming, television, Twitter, UltraViolet
Posted in Columns, What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? Sept 2-15
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Amazon, box office, China, distribution, e-books, Facebook, gaming, internet, music, Pandora, porn, Spotify, Sundance, television, Twitter, UltraViolet, Weinstein Co.
Posted in Columns, What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? Aug 19-Sept 1
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: apps, Cannes, copyright, e-readers, Facebook, Google, magazines, mobile technology, movie theaters, music, newspapers, Pandora, piracy, politics, social media, Spotify, television, Twitter
Posted in Columns, What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? May 13-26
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: 3D, Apple, Cannes, digital distribution, Facebook, film festivals, gaming, IMAX, independent film, Microsoft, music, Nintendo, piracy, SiriusXM, Spotify, tax credits, television, Tumblr, Twitter, YouTube
Posted in Columns, What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? April 15-28
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Amazon, Apple, digital distribution, distribution, Dreamworks, DVDs, e-books, Google, Hollywood, independent bookstores, independent film, internet, LGBTQ, magazines, music, Netflix, newspapers, Spotify, UltraViolet, video games, video on demand, YouTube
Posted in Columns, What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? April 1-14
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Tags: Apple, Blockbuster, China, cloud services, digital distribution, digital music, distribution, DVDs, Facebook, gaming, Google, Hollywood, independent, iPad, Lionsgate, movie theaters, Netflix, Pinterest, porn, social gaming, social media, Spotify, streaming, television, UltraViolet, video on demand
Posted in Columns, What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? Feb 12-March 3
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Tags: Amazon, AOL, AT&T, cloud services, Facebook, film, film festivals, Google, Hollywood, internet, iTunes, movie theaters, music, Netflix, newspapers, social media, Sony, Spotify, television, Tribune Co., Twitter, United Kingdom, video games, video on demand
Posted in Columns, What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? Nov 13-26
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Academy Awards, digital music, Facebook, Google, Hollywood, internet, Iranian cinema, mobile media, Netflix, Pandora, Skype, social media, Spotify, television, Twitter, UltraViolet, video games, YouTube
Posted in Columns, What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? Oct 9-22
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Tags: advertising, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Hollywood, independent, internet, iTunes, magazines, marketing, movie theaters, MPAA, music, Netflix, piracy, ratings, social media, Spotify, television, Tumblr, Twitter, video games, video on demand
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