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Weekly Economic News Roundup and recorded music formats vinyl

Why Vinyl and CDs Are About More Than Music

As recorded music formats repeatedly changed during the past 50 years, we saw the progress that creative destruction can create.

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How Vinyl and Streaming Are Similar

Changes in recorded music sales were fueled by new formats that started with vinyl and eventually became streaming.

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Why Songs Are Shorter

As music industry technology has shifted to streaming, so too have the incentives that are multiplying shorter song tracks.

The everyday economics of hanging supply and demand, streaming music meant new kinds of contracts with record companies and new relationships with consumers.

Hey, Spotify. Taylor Swift called. She wants her money.

With the music industry moving from CDs to streaming, firms like Spotify have created new supply and demand and new incentives for performers and providers.