Big List for Spotify Car Thing; Mercedes-Benz + Dolby Atmos Music; TuneCore Strikes Deal with Peloton Music

And yes, you'll still probably have to wait a long time to get one.

Mercedes-Benz today announced that it will be offering Dolby Atmos® in a range of its top car models providing the ultimate in-car audio experience to its customers, allowing listeners to connect…

TuneCore to start distributing artists' music to Peloton Music.

TREBEL caters to users who are unlikely to subscribe to premium paid music services.

Spotify’s latest earnings report shows how its premium subscribers and monthly active users continue to grow. It comes at the end of a quiet quarter not marked by any major acquisitions or launches.

It's not that long since some (although by no means all) music industry people were wondering whether digital music distribution was being commoditised.

Overall, the company saw its revenues grow by 9% year-on-year to $2.2bn, aided by adding a record 616,000 net new self-pay subscribers to its satellite radio service during the last quarter.

MBW rifles through the filings of Big Tech to see what the likes of Google and Spotify are proposing

"We’re shuffling a few things around to make room for even more great content."

Sawdust City Sounds highlights Eau Claire musicians.

 I’ve pirated music since childhood. I killed it with home taping.

The startup, which just raised $1.6 million in pre-seed money, gets streaming data from music labels and distributors on their artists, then uses their invoices as collateral for DeFi loans to pay the musicians more quickly.

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