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Impact of streaming services

Streaming music services will be the death of much of the music business as we know it, if it becomes the dominant music delivery modality. To the degree that streaming displaces optical media and downloads (ownership of a personal copy of the music vs. pay for play), it reduces the label income stream from the more highly margin media sales.

In order to get content to stream, streaming services yielded to the major label (read pop music interests) pressure to commission on a flat scale. That scale is a few pennies per play, which works out great for those with a hit recording. The problem is it's the same commission scale for all content, including more costly to produce lower play classical music, especially from smaller specialty labels.

Be careful what you wish for.



Edits: 08/16/14

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