With all the posts about Tidal and other companies losing zillions, the following article (link below) may provide additional information for us to consider. Here's a little taste:
According to the article, "U.S. streaming revenue grew 57 percent to $1.6 billion in the first half of 2016 and accounted for almost half of industry sales."
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Topic - The death of streaming has been greatly exagerrated - Chris from Lafayette 12:08:42 09/20/16 (51)
- So the 'Music Industry' is doing OK... - Ivan303 08:49:20 09/22/16 (0)
- Leaves those of us that got tired of the radio in trouble - richardl 15:30:07 09/21/16 (10)
- SiriusXM is your answer - Rob Doorack 02:54:39 09/22/16 (8)
- Very Poor Quality - Cut-Throat 08:37:08 09/22/16 (7)
- Two things - E-Stat 11:41:36 09/23/16 (2)
- RE: Two things - Cut-Throat 12:18:09 09/23/16 (1)
- Two challenges - E-Stat 12:30:37 09/23/16 (0)
- Agree. Not worth listening to IMO. - Dave Pogue 15:37:46 09/22/16 (0)
- RE: Very Poor Quality - Rob Doorack 08:59:29 09/22/16 (2)
- RE: Booooorrrring - acres verde 13:13:48 09/22/16 (0)
- Actually..................... - Cut-Throat 09:04:30 09/22/16 (0)
- "You don't get to pick what you want" - Chris from Lafayette 00:07:23 09/22/16 (0)
- I stream about 95% of the time..................... - Cut-Throat 14:39:40 09/21/16 (2)
- RE: I stream about 95% of the time..................... - E-Stat 16:06:31 09/21/16 (1)
- RE: I stream about 95% of the time..................... - Cut-Throat 16:15:17 09/21/16 (0)
- Yes I read an interesting article in WSJ yesterday... - kuma 15:24:35 09/20/16 (7)
- Gee I spent $2,000 on LPs, $200 on CDs, and zero on all other forms last year. - Smelly_Socks 13:14:41 09/21/16 (1)
- I am also a dinosaur from the last century... - kuma 19:02:45 09/21/16 (0)
- RE: Yes I read an interesting article in WSJ yesterday... - Larry I 05:32:39 09/21/16 (1)
- RE: Yes I read an interesting article in WSJ yesterday... - Jeffrey Lee 09:23:30 09/21/16 (0)
- wait, is that bad? (live music vs. canned recorded music/media?) - mhardy6647 04:07:30 09/21/16 (1)
- No. it's not bad... - kuma 18:52:15 09/21/16 (0)
- RE: Yes I read an interesting article in WSJ yesterday... - b.l.zeebub 01:04:52 09/21/16 (0)
- RE: The death of streaming has been greatly exagerrated - fantja 15:06:53 09/20/16 (22)
- Yup - no question about big corps cooking their books - Chris from Lafayette 17:03:38 09/20/16 (21)
- Vinyl wheezing to life - mlsstl 20:08:38 09/20/16 (20)
- RE: Vinyl wheezing to life - PAR 03:12:55 09/21/16 (0)
- Good riddance to wheezing vinyl - genungo 21:46:52 09/20/16 (18)
- RE: Good riddance to wheezing vinyl - E-Stat 09:28:57 09/21/16 (17)
- RE: Good riddance to wheezing vinyl - genungo 11:34:40 09/21/16 (16)
- Easy solution for kids - E-Stat 12:14:02 09/21/16 (15)
- RE: Easy solution for kids - genungo 12:20:48 09/21/16 (14)
- The potential risks - E-Stat 12:33:55 09/21/16 (13)
- RE: The potential risks - genungo 12:44:46 09/21/16 (12)
- Too much - E-Stat 16:28:10 09/21/16 (11)
- Not enough - genungo 19:10:53 09/21/16 (10)
- RE: Not enough - E-Stat 05:58:28 09/22/16 (9)
- RE: Not enough - genungo 08:17:08 09/22/16 (8)
- Too funny - E-Stat 08:48:28 09/22/16 (7)
- Not funny - genungo 09:55:43 09/22/16 (6)
- Exactly! - E-Stat 10:07:15 09/22/16 (5)
- Inexact. - genungo 11:05:07 09/22/16 (4)
- Keep trying! - E-Stat 11:23:40 09/22/16 (3)
- Yup... - genungo 12:09:41 09/22/16 (2)
- Next time - E-Stat 12:18:04 09/22/16 (1)
- No next time - genungo 12:36:42 09/22/16 (0)
- Which one(s) have the best SQ? nt - oldmkvi 14:29:33 09/20/16 (3)
- RE: Which one(s) have the best SQ? nt - jazz1 07:09:09 09/21/16 (1)
- RE: Which one(s) have the best SQ? nt - Towsondave 15:17:58 09/21/16 (0)
- Do you mean which platforms? Or which streaming services? - Chris from Lafayette 16:58:15 09/20/16 (0)
- RE: The death of streaming has been greatly exagerrated - Steve O 12:32:50 09/20/16 (0)