Apple Music for Artists Out of Beta; Spotify Guides Toward ‘Tipping’ Artists; Soon We’ll Stream…
Apple Music for Artists comes out of beta with an iOS app and Shazam data — techcrunch.com
Apple Music for Artists comes out of beta with an iOS app and Shazam data — techcrunch.com
Apple Music launched its data dashboard for musicians more than a year ago.
Spotify Guides Toward “Tipping” Artists on Earnings Call — musictech.solutions
How Spotify will approach the subject has a lot to do with how they perceive their artist relations problems.
Live Jeff Buckley Recordings Will Soon Be Available for Streaming — www.billboard.com
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Jeff Buckley’s Grace album, the Buckley estate is releasing four live albums to streaming services for fans to enjoy.
The importance of Spotify save rates and how to get on Discover Weekly — here.org.uk
We all know that getting a song added to an editorial or algorithmic playlist on Spotify can help boost streams and lead to more fans discovering your music.
De La Soul Tell Fans Not to Stream Their Music After Tommy Boy Negotiations Fall Through — www.complex.com
De La Soul is asking fans to avoid streaming their music after they failed to reach a deal for their masters with Tommy Boy.
The ‘unintended consequences’ of user-centric streaming payouts — musically.com
Here’s the thing about the ‘user-centric’ model of music-streaming payouts: it’s nowhere near as simple as a lot of people think it is, on several levels.
Amazon Music Taps Adam Block For New Global Head of Music Catalog Position — www.billboard.com
Block will drive the catalog music strategy for Amazon Music, while building partnerships with labels and artists, with the intention to bolster those artists’ legacies in the streaming era.
As classical music faces a changing world, so do its critics.
Spotify’s big bet on podcasts is starting to pay off — www.theverge.com
Spotify’s podcast audience is experiencing huge growth, the company has revealed. Its podcast audience has grown by over 50 percent since the last quarter, and has almost doubled since the start of the year.
While She Sleeps Have Addressed The Value Of Streaming With An Open-Use Tee Design — www.rocksound.tv
While She Sleeps have taken aim at streaming services, and the amount of remuneration for artists with a release of an open-source T-shirt design.
MelodyVR Signs Licensing Deals With Beggars Group and Domino Recordings — www.billboard.com
The deals encompass music from The National FKA Twigs, Radiohead, Arctic Monkeys and more.
Sberbank to launch streaming music service — report — www.telecompaper.com
Russian bank Sberbank plans to launch a streaming music service in cooperation with current market players, reports Vedomosti citing its sources.
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