Apple Music’s Africa Strategy is Paying Off; Music & Attention Dependency; ‘Audio First’ Race…
Apple Music’s Africa Strategy Is Paying Off — www.billboard.com After expanding to 37 countries in Africa last year, Apple Music is…
Apple Music’s Africa Strategy Is Paying Off — www.billboard.com
After expanding to 37 countries in Africa last year, Apple Music is establishing influence, subscribers and greater global reach for local artists.
Music has developed an attention dependency — musicindustryblog.wordpress.com
The attention economy defines and shapes today’s digital world. However, we have long since reached peak in the attention economy with all available free time now addressed.
‘Audio first’ race intensifies with Apple and Tencent Music — musically.com
Apple has long been the biggest player in podcasts, but Spotify’s aggressive push into the format appears to have poked the bear awake.
Songtrust’s Lara Baker on the royalty platform’s growth strategy — www.musicweek.com
Songtrust is continuing its rapid expansion with several new UK client deals for 2021. Here, director of business development Lara Baker opens up about the company’s mission to democratise global royalty administration.
Ex-Geffen head Neil Jacobson plots $200m US IPO to buy music rights, tech startups — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
New S-1 filing reveals large-scale ambitions of The Music Acquisition Corporation.
Are Music Charts A Relic Of The Past? — www.forbes.com
For decades artists and record labels have used the various music charts as a measure of success, but they may not be measuring true popularity.
China’s Music Aficionados Lament Loss of Streaming Service Xiami — www.sixthtone.com
The Alibaba-backed company will suspend its operations after more than a decade due to “operational adjustments.”
Spotify, Substack, and Clubhouse Are the Next Fronts in the Moderation War — onezero.medium.com
Smaller services are coming under scrutiny now that the big platforms have warmed to aggressive moderation.
Laura Marling livestream to be rebroadcast as ticketed event — musically.com
On 31 January, the show will be rebroadcast again globally — with different streaming times depending on geography — and once again it will be a ticketed event.
Bopper provides music for Nurses for Biden Harris video at Virtual Inaugural Parade — boppermusic.com
The video includes close-up photographs of 100 individual nurses, from across the United States, in multiple healthcare settings, engaged in community advocacy.
Morgan Wallen’s ‘Dangerous: The Double Album’ Is Already Destroying Country Streaming Records — www.rollingstone.com
In its first three days, the album beat the country record for first-week streams previously held by Luke Combs. It also continues to break records on the Apple Music Pre-Add Chart.
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