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Post by areyoureadytojump on Sept 7, 2019 21:26:20 GMT -5
hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=317794&title=BILLBOARD-TO-BUY-SOUNDSCAN%3FThursday, September 5, 2019 BILLBOARD TO BUY SOUNDSCAN?Rights holders are said to be concerned about the lack of transparency and checks and balances that could result from Billboard’s impending deal to acquire SoundScan from Nielsen. How will this move affect the myriad credibility problems swirling about the Billboard charts, notably regarding ticket and merch bundles and unverified YouTube data? If these video streams are unverifiable and therefore not factored into the album chart, why are they used for the singles chart, where they can frequently sway the result? It defies all earthly logic that they’re legit enough for one chart but not another. What other changes in methodology might be in store, and what difference will they make, if any? Stay tuned.
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Post by tanooki on Sept 7, 2019 22:14:45 GMT -5
Hopefully, this leads to Billboard being more transparent with the data.
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Post by somelikeitwhen on Sept 7, 2019 22:46:48 GMT -5
Weren't they already owned by the same company?
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Post by tanooki on Sept 9, 2019 0:54:17 GMT -5
Weren't they already owned by the same company? SoundScan is owned by Neilsen, Billboard is owned by Prometheus Global Media
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Post by kimberly on Sept 9, 2019 1:14:20 GMT -5
Omg people at HDD need to get a job (also yes hopefully they take a page out of Rolling Stone's book for the charts in terms of transparency)
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