Amazon Music Now Has Podcasts; TuneCore Launches in Russia, Brazil; DJs Can Archive Audio From Live Streams on Mixcloud Live

Amazon Music now has podcasts in its app. The catalog includes more than 70,000 shows, including exclusive titles. People can listen for free so long as they have a Prime subscription.

Streaming hasn’t just upheld the gap between music’s haves and have-nots; it’s widened it.

TuneCore, the digital music distribution service provider for independent artists, has launched in Russia and Brazil.

SiriusXM is disciplined in its content spending, but willing to pay for attractive programming, CEO Jim Meyer said during a virtual investor conference.

The video from the live streams can't be archived however.

Indian streaming service JioSaavn is launching a new scheme offering direct distribution to emerging, unsigned artists. It's called Amplify.

A music streaming service backed by Robbie Williams, Sheryl Crow and Alesha Dixon launched with Sky’s Q box which will allow music fans to sing karaoke with their favourite artists, play music quizzes or tune into more than 10,000 radio stations.

Back when we still had live events, L.A. was no slouch in the music festival department. But we’ll admit that we were always a little jealous of Chicago’s Pitch

KCRW has offered buyouts to staff members, and more than 20 of them — including DJs Liza Richardson, Mario Cotto and Mathieu Schreyer — have accepted.

Users sometimes desire to sing along with the media being played," says patent which was granted earlier this month.

Lightricks, the developer behind FaceTune and Enlight, has launched its latest video editing app with music integration from Epidemic Sound.

Jean Chi is joining Spotify in the newly created role of global head of podcast business affairs.

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