The company is the first of the "big three" streaming services to offer CD-quality audio.
Naming a song after something already famous (“Post Malone,” “Hot Girl Bummer”) is leading to extra clicks — and in some cases, extra controversy.
Where did Lewis Capaldi come from?
Spotify has paid out $120,000 to hackers to avoid potential security nightmares; music lovers everywhere should be grateful for that.
How Mom + Pop Music got ahead of the curve on streaming.
Universal Music Group is pushing further into Asia, with a new Southeast Asia headquarters here that will feature hubs for Def Jam and Astralwerks, and a plan to pump up local assets in Vietnam and other countries in the region.
According to Borrell Associates, while overall broadcast radio ad revenue has steadily declined from $11.3 billion in 2013 to $9.1 billion in 2018, digital ad revenue for local U.S. radio stations is on the rise, totaling $804.5 million in 2018, a 15% increase over the previous year.
Angel Gambino has been in the digital trenches since the late 1990s. Now she's working for Napster as its chief commercial officer.
Spotify announced the launch of '21 Days,' a new eight-episode music podcast that follows three weeks in the life of 19-year-old singer-songwriter mxmtoon as she goes to work on her forthcoming debut album, 'the masquerade.'
The musician’s “Hollywood’s Bleeding” bumped Tool from the top spot on the album chart with the equivalent of 489,000 sales in the United States.
Small sachets, daily subscriptions and bundled offers, Spotify, Amazon Prime, YouTube, Gaana are going all out to woo mass audiences.
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