Apple Music on Track to Overtake Spotify in U.S. Subscribers; Techstars Music Class of 2018 Unveiled

Apple’s Apple Music is adding subscriber accounts in the U.S. at a higher rate than Spotify, and is on track to pass the No. 1 streaming service this summer, according to people familiar with the services’ figures.

This year's group consists of 10 startups and spans a range of music-related fields. In addition to audio playback (Mighty), biometrics (Blink Identity, Endel); artificial intelligence (Edison. AI, SecondBrain, Spark.DJ); ticketing (Hello Tickets, Seated); and streaming (Gimme Radio, Soundcharts).

Spotify is adding credits for songwriters and producers to songs on its service, although for now they'll only appear within its desktop app.

Blockchain pioneer Imogen Heap is to lend her support in an advisory role to Viberate, which is using the distributed ledger technology to connect the global live music industry.

Once the biggest thing in town, South African media and entertainment giant Naspers is now playing the unaccustomed role of underdog with digital service.

Spotify will be combining its artist marketing and artist & label services teams to create an artist & label marketing department led by Dave Rocco, formerly the global head of artist marketing.

Major labels are very excited about upping the audio quality of music-streaming services, under the banner of ‘hi-res music’.

CEO Patrick Spence explains Sonos’ answer to Apple, Amazon and Google on the latest episode of Too Embarrassed to Ask.

The Swedish, streaming music service could set a new precedent with its unusual stockmarket debut.

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Deezer have teamed up with Indonesian telephone company Hutchison 3 to offer streaming deals to Tri customers.

Warner Music Hits $1 Billion in First Quarter, Digital Revenue Up 20%