Top stories published by Rockonomic in 2013

Recently, ASCAP launched its “Songwriters Under Attack!” campaign, coinciding with a court case that involved ASCAP and Pandora. The rather sophisticated…

David Touve in Rockonomic

Jan 29, 2013

Pandora versus US Radio: a quick comparison of Average Royalties (Paid) Per Listener

The internets are ablaze with discussions of the relative ills of digital music services. The quite appropriate concern in these discussions is that the micropayments from music…

David Touve in Rockonomic

Feb 20, 2013

Maximum G, measuring and comparing attention inequality in media markets.

If the media industry were an economy — which it is — the distribution of wealth and attention in this economy suggests a circumstance far more derelict than that of the worst national economies on the…

David Touve in Rockonomic

Jun 2, 2013

$42 Billion: what Apple could owe in royalties as a truly “Pureplay” Webcaster, if playing by the Letter of the Law

File this post in the “Letter of the Law” file…

David Touve in Rockonomic

Feb 26, 2013

Is 3 to 1, or 10 to 1, the better Tracks to Album Equivalent ratio?

In this post, I am going to seriously question the “10 Tracks sold equal 1 Album sold” that has historically been the default setting for the “Album Equivalent” ratio for the music industry. I am going to…

David Touve in Rockonomic

Jul 10, 2013

Comparing Apples to Webcasters: Making sense of the differences in royalty rates and terms

Now that some version of Apple’s iRadio contract terms are available online, we can begin to do some comparisons between the effective rates contained in these terms and those…

David Touve in Rockonomic

Sep 18, 2013

Three things a Copyright nerd immediately notices when using iTunes Radio

If you are not a copyright nerd, you won’t really be motived by the following analysis of iTunes Radio. However, if you are such a nerd, then you will likely and quickly realize what Apple obtained…

David Touve in Rockonomic

Sep 12, 2013

$0.0001: The value of a Radio performance, given rumored ClearChannel/Warner deal terms

Earlier today, the rumor mill milled out a rumor that Clear Channel and Warner Music inked a deal covering royalties related to the performance of sound recordings on Clear…

David Touve in Rockonomic

Feb 20, 2013

Pinhead, Pot Belly, or Long Tail? A quick glance at behavior in a free market for music videos

On this Mathy Monday I reckoned it might be fun (depending upon your definition of the term) to take a peek as some data related to music consumption patterns online…

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