Apple Music, Cercle Link Up; Spotify Rolls Out Hands-Free Voice Assistant; Meddling Launches Songwriter Discovery Tool for Publishers

Livestream DJ platform Cercle has teamed up with Apple Music to make its mixes available on the streaming service.

You can ask the app to play a song, artist or playlist after saying 'Hey, Spotify.'

Meddling, the artist discovery platform for record labels, is unveiling a new version of its service built specifically for music publishers to discover songwriters.

Agreement licenses Merlin content via JOOX’s ad-supported and premium tiers, as well as its karaoke feature.

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"Last year music creators sent more than 2 million notices to Twitter of unlicensed and infringing appearances of copyrighted music on the platform."

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Airtel's music streaming arm Wynk will bet on the creator economy and podcasts hoping to be profitable in the long run, says the company's CEO Adarsh Nair.

Data released by the streaming service shows the music business is as hit-driven as ever.

Sonos has a new speaker that starts shipping later this month, and it’s a significant departure from the company’s usual offerings in a number of ways.

If you enjoy podcasts but don't have time to wade through thousands of podcasts out to discover the best ones, then Podcast Radio could be the answer for you.

Apple Music has enlisted the help of former Bardot bandmate turned media allrounder Sophie Monk to curate the streaming service’s 2000s Hits Essentials playlist over the Easter long weekend.

Live streaming music television service Music Choice moved from Satellite to IP delivery using Zixi SDVP for primary distribution to MVPDs.

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