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David Touve in Rockonomic

Jun 22, 2015

$0.0000955: The value of a Spin, per Listener, to Songwriters on US Radio in 2014

Now that ASCAP and BMI have revealed their revenues for 2014, and we have some data on SESAC (thanks to Moody’s), we can estimate the value of a Spin, per listener, to Songwriters from…

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David Touve in Rockonomic

Aug 2, 2015

Popularity versus Demand: Looking further into the fair distribution of streaming wealth

This post will be the last in a series of three conversations on the ways in which artist popularity, listener demand, and time spent listening impact any redistribution of wealth…

David Touve in Rockonomic

May 12, 2015

0.02%: the possible Sales-to-Spins conversion rate of US Radio

It has often been said, I don’t know by whom, that the power of Radio is it’s ability to sell music. The purpose of this post is to surface any possible evidence of, if not simply a measure of, this claim.

David Touve in Rockonomic

Jun 4, 2015

Redistributing the streaming wealth: Understanding the links between popularity, demand, and time

The purpose of this post (which will be released as a Grey Paper) is to further inform the ongoing discussion over how best to distribute the royalties from…

David Touve in Rockonomic

May 14, 2015

Redistributing the streaming wealth: Why listening hours not artist popularity may drive the divvying up of the royalty pot

The question of just how to distribute the royalty dollars from music services has moved from a back-office thought…

David Touve in Rockonomic

Oct 29, 2015

Flood Stage Economics: The subtle and often unspoken dangers in the displacement debate

Recent work by Dr. Aguiar and Dr. Waldfogel has made its way from a working paper to a technical report released by the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, one of the…

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David Touve in Rockonomic

Jan 19, 2015

Wayback Machine: Why music service prices are falling and can’t get back up.

Spotify recently announced another solid uptick in subscriber numbers, growing from 12.5 million subscribers back in November of 2014 to 15 million as of January, 2015. In response, folks like Mark…

David Touve in Rockonomic

Jun 29, 2015

Everything you need to know about why the Apple Brand may not be enough to move the needle for the Music Industry

Tomorrow, “it” happens. Apple’s long-awaited and much-hyped music service, Apple Music, will launch.

David Touve in Rockonomic

Mar 11, 2015

Math-checking the testimony on Capital Hill in “How Much For A Song?: The Antitrust Decrees That Govern the Market for Music.”

According to Billboard, SONGS Publishing CEO Matt Pincus provided some mathematical evidence before members of…

David Touve in Rockonomic

Mar 18, 2015

Earth to the US Music Industry: 99.9% of your revenues now come from Digital sources

Let’s just be honest. If there were any industry that prefers to deny reality it is the music industry.

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