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Music sales soar in US, as streaming takes

United States - Muslimchronicle

Music sales grew at a robust pace for a third straight year in the United States in 2017 as listeners kept flocking to streaming outlets, an industry monitor said Wednesday. Analytical firm BuzzAngle Music said that consumption in the world's largest music market jumped 12.8 percent in 2017, well outpacing the 4.2 percent growth seen a year earlier. On-demand streaming servicesRead more

Neil Young releases vast archive and new politically loaded album

Washington - AFP

Neil Young on Friday opened an exhaustive online archive of his half-century career, as the rock legend charged ahead on a politically loaded new album. In a project whose breadth has no parallels among musicians of his level of fame, Young made all of his albums available for streaming alongside the accompanying lyrics, credits and artwork as well as videosRead more

US music industry soars as streaming hits 30 million

New York - AFP

The US music industry on Wednesday reported soaring growth in the first half of the year as streaming subscriptions reached 30 million and long-sagging CD sales leveled out. The boom in streaming -- which allows unlimited, on-demand listening online -- has revived the music business in recent years but the latest figures were especially strong. Sales in the world's largestRead more

Mac DeMarco finds rock flair in carefree spirit

Indio - Arab Today

For most artists playing Coachella days before a new album, the premier festival would be an obvious place to plug the upcoming release. Mac DeMarco is different. The Canadian indie rocker, whose third album “This Old Dog” comes out on May 5, matter-of-factly told the crowd as he “debuted” new songs under the hot desert sun that he imagined someRead more

New podcast 'S-Town' from 'Serial' creators tops charts

New York - Arab Today

The new radio show "S-Town," by the team behind "Serial," the most downloaded podcast in history, is leading download charts just about everywhere in the world. "Serial" is considered the first big radio hit in the history of podcasts, audio files that can be downloaded from the internet and listened to at any time. Put online in October 2014, itRead more

As music streaming booms, TuneCore eyes global growth

New York - AFP

Streaming has rapidly shaken up the music business but for many first-time artists, an underlying presumption has remained that they need the backing of a record label. Enter into the picture TuneCore, which lets musicians bypass labels and distribute directly on streaming sites such as Spotify as well as iTunes and other retailers. TuneCore, launched in 2005 in New York,Read more

Installing updates on iPhone, iPad made easy

San Francisco - Arab Today

iOS 10 is out and available as a free download on a wide range of Apple devices. Installing the updated is pretty simple, but if this is your first time, don’t worry, “Gadget 360” got you covered. While recent iOS 10 builds have been quite stable for us, the final version could have a few bugs that will be fixedRead more