Streaming tops the list of Discovery sources
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Streaming tops the list of Discovery sources

Streaming tops the list of Discovery sources replacing broadcast and digital radio as top source of new music according to a recent study by US consultancy MusicWatch. They surveyed 1000 music listeners in the US covering their music listening habits and other topics around the discovery experience. For generations, radio, retail and recommendations drove music discovery. These ‘3 R’s’ helped to create awareness of new music; curated by DJ’s, record store staff and our closest […]

1 in 5 Brits listen to pirated music
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Stream-ripping piracy continues to grow

Stream ripping piracy continues to grow with the number of consumers acquiring unlicensed music in the US this way growing from 15 million in 2017 to 17 million in 2018. The figures come from a blog posting announcing the publishing of MusicWatch’s Annual Music Study. The use of legacy forms of piracy such as unlicensed download sites and Peer to Peer (P2P) file sharing applications have largely become a thing of the past but the […]