The music business is growing again — really growing — and it’s because of streaming

More than 30 million people are now paying for a subscription streaming service in the U.S., which pushed streaming revenue up 48 percent, to $2.5 billion, in the first half of the year. Streaming now accounts for 62 percent of the U.S. music business. - Peter Kafka, Recode [via/web:http://streaming-tv.us]