Apple Sees Future of Streaming in Classical Music; Biscuits n Groovy Makes Debuts; Anghami Subscription Deal for Amazon Prime Members

The tech giant’s acquisition of tiny classical-music startup Primephonic should tell us something about what factors are going to matter most to listeners and viewers. 

Biscuits n Groovy is a new platform for superfans to stream and collect exclusive music, directly supporting their favorite artists.

In many parts of the world, there's an obvious first port of call for Amazon Prime members looking to try music streaming: Amazon Music.

Chidi Okeke, founder and CEO of streaming service uDux, on his ambitions and predictions for his service and the music streaming market in Africa…

FUGA has announced it now offers automated delivery of spatial audio tracks to Apple Music, becoming one of the first B2B providers to do so.

One of China’s leading music apps, NetEase Cloud Music, is issuing its users exclusive ‘cloud music town ID cards.

Blackpink now claims two songs on Spotify with at least half a billion streams.

Indie-music mainstay Merlin and Indian music-streaming service JioSaavn have finalized an 'enhanced' global licensing agreement.

Genius is a lyrics database, editorial publisher, and digital media company founded in August 2009.

The rise of fluid audio – the release of Kanye West’s Donda stem player plus the growing popularity of stem splitting apps and gesture-based production – is unbundling music recordings much like mp3s unbundled the album and the result could change music forever.

There's a new music crowdfunding platform in town: Sonicly. It has launched in invitation-only beta, as a cross between Patreon and Kickstarter.

An intelligent dating app matching people based on their emotional response to music launched, with 25,000 people already on the wait list.

The key stats: "Latin music listening on the platform grew 94% compared to last year, and in Latin America, Latin music consumption increased by 280%."

People have often underestimated YouTube as a podcasting platform, but it can be a powerful service for building an audience for long-form shows.

Fake streams and inflated social media stats are commonplace in today’s data-driven music industry. Here are some of the red flags to look out for.

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