pioneer format in digital music, it captured the imagination of many at the time of its inception. In this article, I present … significantly disrupted the market for recorded music, its eventual success and acceptance underscores its immense profitability to … the industry, one which was built on a business model of music rights exploitation. Meanwhile, the CD's marketplace …

The objective of this paper is to document the evolution of cross-border music trade patterns in this transition period … and to explain what drives digital music trade patterns. The shift from analogue to digital music distribution has … substantially reduced trade costs and has enlarged the choice sets of music consumers around the world. Using comprehensive data on …

Streaming music services have exploded in popularity in the past few years, variously raising optimism and concern … about their impacts on recorded music revenue. On the one hand, streaming services allow sellers to engage in bundling with … interest in music not generating revenue through individual track sales - unpaid consumption and deadweight loss - into …

During the last few decades, the internet and digital technology have fundamentally changed the global music industry …. As a consequence, new companies and novel business models have emerged. Spotify, one of the new players in the music … solutions for artists and music producers alike. This case study describes the development of the music industry before the …

centuries by focusing on the case of music composers. We ask the question: how does a composer's quality influence the quality …