Author: Zachary Gulino
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Creative Industries News: AIMP blasts Spotify for lowering royalty rates linked to audiobook bundles
Creative Industries News covered the AIMP’s statement on Spotify’s new bundle subscription The Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP) has criticised Spotify for unilaterally deciding to lower the royalty rate paid to songwriters and publishers in the new music and audiobooks bundle and accused the streaming platform of “devaluing music.”…
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Hypebot: Luminate adds Street Pulse data to improve Billboard Indie Album chart
Hypebot covered the new announcement from Music Business Association and Luminate on new data collection and reporting for indie album sales. A coalition of independent recorded music business retail and trade groups have partnered with data providers Luminate and Street Pulse to improve the physical sales data that drives Billboard’s…
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Music Ally: Luminate reveals new plan to collect independent physical sales data
Music Ally covered the news that Luminate will be changing how it collects and reports data from sales at independent record stores. Earlier this year, research firm Luminate was being criticised over changes it had made to the way it collected data on physical music sales in the US.The critics were concerned…
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Music Business Worldwide: Luminate reaches music sales data collection deal with indie record stores
Music Business Worldwide covered the announcement that Luminate will expand data collection and reporting of sales from independent record stores through new partnerships. Music data company Luminate, which collects the data used in Billboard charts, has formed a new partnership with indie record store groups in an effort to diffuse a controversy over…
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RECORD STORE DAY, THE MUSIC BUSINESS ASSOCIATION AND LUMINATE ANNOUNCE NEW PARTNERSHIP REGARDING PHYSICAL MUSIC SALES DATA ACROSS INDEPENDENT RETAIL SECTOR IN THE U.S.
Luminate Now Receiving Independent Sales Data from StreetPulse Billboard Rebranding “Tastemaker Albums” Chart To Better Recognize Impact of Independent Store Sales LOS ANGELES, CA – APRIL 24, 2024 – Today, Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS), Alliance of Independent Media Stores (AIMS), and Department of Record Stores (DORS), who work…
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Symphonic Distribution Hires Stephen Nightingale to Lead A&R and Business in Canada
April 24, 2024 (Tampa, FL) – Symphonic Distribution, a leading music technology and services company for independent labels, managers, and artists, has hired music industry veteran Stephen Nightingale as Vice President, A&R and Business Development, Canada. Reporting to Symphonic’s Chief Creative Officer, Randall Foster, Nightingale will bring his expertise from…
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Billboard: Luminate Expands How It Counts Indie Retail Sales for Billboard Charts Via New Partnership
Billboard covered the new announcement that Luminate will now collect indie physical sales date from StreetPulse. Luminate, which provides data to the Billboard charts, has signed a new partnership that will enable it to report more direct U.S. independent music retail data than ever before, the company announced Wednesday (April 24).Under the partnership —…
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Digital Music News: Luminate/Billboard Revamps Physical Sales Tracking After Howls of Protest from Record Stores
Digital Music News covered the announcement that Luminate has reached a new partnership with the Music Business Association to enable physical music sales reporting across the independent sector. The Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS), Alliance of Independent Media Stores (AIMS), and Department of Record Stores (DORS), who work together…
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Symphonic Distribution Launches ‘El Sabor del Audio’ Podcast Highlighting Latin Audio Engineers and Producers
April 18, 2024 (Tampa, FL) – Symphonic Distribution, a leading music technology and services company for independent labels, managers, and artists, has launched the new Spanish-language podcast “El Sabor del Audio.” Produced and recorded in Bogotá, Colombia and hosted by sound engineer Francesca Aldana, the series highlights Latin audio engineers…
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Music Tectonics Pulse Check with Portia Sabin
Portia Sabin joined the Music Tectonics podcast to discuss how technology is continuing to affect and move the music industry forward. Join Dr. Portia Sabin, President of the Music Business Association, and Dmitri in a candid discussion about how technology is propelling the industry forward. Their conversation touches on how…