Amazon Can Win the Music Streaming Wars; Are Super-Short Songs About to Take Off on Spotify?; Trebel Raising $25M

Is Neil Young back on Spotify? He's not. But the Joe Rogan controversy means that people might start asking "what is the best music streaming service?" Is Amazon Music included in a Prime membership? It is, and that's what makes it a killer.

As social media platforms increasingly rely on music for both content and engagement, there are of course artists who are solely trying to reach new fans on these platforms. What will this mean for the length of music though?

SiriusXM bought Stitcher and Earwolf in 2020 for $325 million to break into podcasting. In the time since, the networks have lost shows and talent while refocusing on titles with bigger hit potential.

Artists taking stakes in digital music services isn’t a new trend. Justin Bieber and Diddy were among the minority shareholders in Spotify in its early years too.

BeatBread is one of the startups exploring ways to provide musicians with funding outside the traditional label system.

Music Business Worldwide's Talking Trends podcast delves into a major new revelation from Spotify…

The momentum powering the Creator Economy boom shows no signs of slowing down, nor does the proliferation of NFT content across a myriad of platforms.

Pusha T performed "Punch Bowl" and Pharrell performed "Functional Addict" at NIGO's album release party on Wednesday night (March 30).

Cleanify says their app can clean up explicit songs from Spotify playlists, or help 'Explicitify' users' playlists.

Glass Animals Reimagine Lorde’s ‘Solar Power’ For Spotify Singles Series

After 16 years at SoundExchange, Anjula Singh has been named COO and CFO at the organization.

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