Accelerating the Future of Music; Bob Dylan’s Spotify Streams Up 500% After Nobel Win
Bob Dylan’s Spotify Streams Up 500% After Nobel Win — www.billboard.com
Following Bob Dylan’s win for the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature, the singer-songwriter’s music has increased by more than 500 percent on Spotify.
Projecting Trends: Accelerating the Future of Music — blog.synchtank.com
Bas Grasmayer take a look at the types of accelerator programs that exist for music startups and artists, the underlying trend, and where it’s all leading.
Why is Netflix Making Money When Spotify and Other Services Can’t? — www.digitalmusicnews.com
A new study shows Netflix only counts with 39 of the top 250 IMDB movies. But the bigger question is, why is Netflix making money when Spotify can’t?
STOP TRYING TO PAY ME AND PAY ME! — Music on the Blockchain for Songwriters, Artists & Managers — medium.com
With most of phase one of the dotBlockchain Music project sitting in GitHub and phases two and three underway, I thought it might be a good idea to write something more practical for songwriters, artists and their managers.
Could Music Unlimited be a step too far for Amazon? — www.thedrum.com
On Wednesday evening Amazon unveiled its music streaming service Music Unlimited in the US, while announcing that the UK launch will happen later this year.
NBC Orders New Musical Competition ‘The Stream’ — www.billboard.com
Not content with having TV’s last standing musical competition in The Voice, NBC is adding another — albeit a slightly unconventional one.
Spotify Starts Beta Testing a New, More Aware Type of Advertising — www.billboard.com
The future is almost here.
Stream the New Album by Leonard Cohen — “You Want It Darker” — www.undertheradarmag.com
Leonard Cohen is releasing a new album, You Want It Darker, Friday (October 21) via Sony.
Back in Black: Spotify UK Revenues Climb on Subscription Growth — www.billboard.com
The U.K. arm of Spotify bounced back into profitability last year, fueled by strong growth in subscription sales.
Spotify Teams Up Exclusively With The X Factor — www.bandt.com.au
The partnership is the first that The X Factor’s Aussie show has made with a music streaming service, and is the first of its kind for Spotify since launching in Australia in 2012.