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U.S. Reaches 100 Million Paid Music-Streaming Subscribers

Jason Tate

Variety, reporting on the RIAA’s 2024 data:

For the first time, paid streaming subscriptions hit the 100 million mark in the U.S. last year, while vinyl sales continued their nearly two-decade resurgence with $1.4 billion in sales, according to Recording Industry Association of America’s annual recorded-music revenue report.

Despite that milestone, streaming growth continues to slow — it was up just 4 million for the year, continuing a slowing trend over the past five years.

And:

Meanwhile, vinyl’s 18th straight year of growth scored nearly three-quarters of physical format revenue at $1.4 billion — the highest since 1984. For the third consecutive year, it outsold CDs, shipping 44 million vinyl records compared with 33 million CDs.

311 Announce 30th Anniversary Vinyl Pressing of Self-Titled Record

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Adam Grundy

311 continue to celebrate their devoted fanbase and groundbreaking career with an unforgettable 311 Day experience. The legendary rock band rang in their annual 311 Day, yesterday, with a series of major announcements. 311 commemorated their legacy with the announcement of a 30th anniversary reissue of their iconic self-titled Blue Album that will be released on July 11th. In celebration of its 30th anniversary, the “Blue Album” reissue will feature a 2-LP set with seven bonus tracks and will be available in two color variants – a direct to fan exclusive “Citrine Shade” and retail release “Blue Smoke” color via Legacy Recordings. The strictly limited package is the latest in the band’s series of 30th Anniversary “Pearlized” special editions, and also includes an embossed gatefold sleeve with exclusive art. The reissue is 21 tracks on 2 LPs and brings together every song that was recorded by the band during the “Blue Album” sessions, and marks the first time the bonus songs have ever been released on LP. Pre-orders are on-going here.

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A Turntable and an iPad Home Dashboard

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Jason Tate

I enjoyed this story from Niléane over at MacStories about combining a new found love of vinyl with technology:

Allow me to spoil the ending of this story for you: in the end, unboxing this turntable escalated into a legitimately awesome tech upgrade to our living room. It’s now equipped with a docked 11“ iPad Pro that acts as a shared dashboard for controlling our HomeKit devices, performing everyday tasks like consulting the weather and setting up timers, and of course, broadcasting our vinyls to any HomePod mini or Bluetooth device in the apartment. This setup is amazing, and it works perfectly; however, getting there was a tedious process that drastically reinforced my long-standing frustrations with Apple’s self-imposed software limitations.

The app that powers it, Quanta, is one I’ll have to check out.