Share this postPlatform & Stream8 Takeaways From Spotify’s Public Offering Filing; YouTube Music Launch Nixed for SXSW (*But Tuma Basa Joins the Team)Copy linkFacebookEmailNotesMore8 Takeaways From Spotify’s Public Offering Filing; YouTube Music Launch Nixed for SXSW (*But Tuma Basa Joins the Team)Platform & StreamMar 05, 2018Share this postPlatform & Stream8 Takeaways From Spotify’s Public Offering Filing; YouTube Music Launch Nixed for SXSW (*But Tuma Basa Joins the Team)Copy linkFacebookEmailNotesMoreShareSpotify's public offering registration statement offers an illuminating view of the Swedish company's past, present and potential future.Google says it has no plans to launch its new YouTube Music subscription service at SXSW in Austin, Texas this month.Tuma Basa, Spotify’s outgoing global programming head of hip-hop, is heading to YouTube, sources tell Billboard.While the challenge is clearly more complicated than music revenues, the bottom line is, nothing technological is getting in the way of giving artists a fair deal vis-a-vis the music listener.You have a few options when it comes to streaming music and whether you're subscribed to Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal or something else, there's a lot of music r...The secret to Spotify's public market debut is actually an acquisition it made in 2014. The Echo Nest was powering music recommendations for Beats Music,..iHeartMedia Inc., the broadcast and internet radio company that owns internet station iHeartRadio, is preparing for bankruptcy that could happen as soon as this weekend.Copyright protection is an often overlooked component of an intellectual property portfolio. However it is important to consider pursuing copyright protection in order to provide a more robust intellectual property portfolio.David Byrne's first solo album since 2004 is a brilliantly brainy attempt to make some sense of this inexplicable, mind-bending world.Chrome Music Lab has launched a new music creation tool called Song Maker. A browser-based experience, Song Maker is a sequencer that allows you to program loops for two different instruments of your choosing, then save it or send to someone else for collaboration.April Clare Welsh takes the pulse of underground club music in China, from the live music scene and online spaces to the collectives making things happen.Spotify lost $1.5 billion in 2017; Pandora lost over $500 million.PreviousNext