Five Takeaways From Next Big Sound’s Midyear Music Report

Two years ago, FORBES wrote about how data outfit Next Big Sound was the next big thing–more specifically, how the New York-based startup was helping to usher in an era of Moneyball for music. It seems this was an accurate prognostication: the company was gobbled up by Pandora in May for an undisclosed sum.

Next Big Sound now has access to all the consumption data at Pandora, which streams music to tens of millions of listeners every day. The latest result: itsData to Date report, a look at...