An Ode to Napster; Spotify Shows Why Delivering Music is Very Expensive

Napster wreaked havoc across the music industry, and changed the way we listen to music forever. We take a look back at the iconic site.

Profitability remains challenging.

It really is a sweet, “Sweet Victory.” Streams for the song SpongeBob Squarepants and the gang performed at the Super Bowl 53 halftime show jumped...

Spotify sent out its updated Terms of Service today, and among the changes are some updates to User Guidelines. The new guidelines explicitly ban third-party ad blockers, bots, and fraudulent streaming activities.

The music streaming company Spotify isn't happy with its 200 million users, 96 million of whom are paying subscribers. It wants more. It wants to become the world's largest audio platfo

Amazon is slowly building up its voice capabilities in an effort to make sure consumers spend more time listening to music.

LifeScore is an adaptive music platform

Investor interest in the space is clear: yesterday another mindfulness startup, Calm, raised an $88m funding round valuing the company at $1bn.

Sonos is now generating nearly half of its revenue from home theater products.

Although things are looking up at the moment, the music business is an unpredictable animal, but even so, will investors be able to resist a stake in the number one music company?...

Bobby Owsinski breaks down some complex recent streaming data, which highlights the disparity between the royalty rates paid out by major streamers.