Digital Music

• How much longer will we be able to buy digital music?

  Digital music downloads helped save the recorded music industry from piracy and illegal filing sharing. But with the rise of streaming, what will happen to paid downloads?

  Entertainment

  Jan 14, 2024
  
• The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 907: Digital Debris part 2: Album artwork

  As we transition from buying pieces of plastic to consuming music as zeroes and ones, the entire music experience is changing. What will become of album artwork?

  Entertainment

  Jan 29, 2021
  
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• How our music is shaped by technology, part 2: Alan Cross

  Music and technology have been tied together for centuries, but some new developments have altered music in unexpected ways, not all of them good.

  Commentary

  Jun 2, 2019
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• National Music Centre launches new exhibition to showcase century of radio

  Showing off everything from tube radios to streaming services, the Radio Lounge aims to educate people on the history of audio technology.

  Tech

  Jan 22, 2019
• Online streaming of artists like Drake, David Bowie boost music industry growth

  For the first time ever, digital income amounted in half the music industry's total revenue in 2016.

  Consumer

  Apr 25, 2017