ByteDance Planning Music Streaming Service; The Road Ahead for Music Streaming Licenses; LiveXLive…
The company behind by TikTok plans to launch music streaming service — www.prolificlondon.co.uk ByteDance, the parent company of…
The company behind by TikTok plans to launch music streaming service — www.prolificlondon.co.uk
ByteDance, the parent company of video-sharing platform TikTok, plans to launch a music streaming service and has already held discussions with music labels.
The Road Ahead for Music-Streaming Licenses — www.copyright.com
2019 is the hopeful season for the new collective licensing mechanism for digital streaming. But much of the work is still to be done.
Instagram’s new e-commerce features could transform music marketing — but only if the record industry is willing to change — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
Instagram wields unprecedented influence not just on how humans connect with each other, but also on how musicians and other creative entrepreneurs build relationships with fans, peers and potential business partners.
Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft Sued Over ‘Massive Music Piracy’ — www.pcmag.com
The estate of well-known Broadway composer Harold Arlen claims the major digital music stores are full of unauthorized copies of Areln’s songs and the stores know it’s happening.
LiveXLive Adds Slacker To App — www.hypebot.com
LiveXLive has launched a redesigned app that brings live streams from more than 35 global music festivals together with its Slacker recorded music streaming platform.
Apple’s Musical Masterpiece Is Missing A New Mac — www.forbes.com
Apple has rolled out another advertising campaign through YouTube over the weekend.
Hybrid OTT, music streaming platforms get more users than 100% subscription-based platforms — brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com
100% subscription-based music and OTT platforms have smaller, but much higher quality customer segments than hybrid platforms
Tough Love: Rift Between Spotify, Music Industry Growing — www.hypebot.com
A contentious relationship from the beginning, the streaming industry and the rest of the music business have been increasingly at odds of late.
Apple Music Strengthens Publishing Division With Head of Creative Services Hire — variety.com
Apple Music has hired Lindsay Rothschild as Head of Creative Services, Music Publishing, for North America. She arrives from Google.
China overtakes US in smart speaker market share — techcrunch.com
The U.S. no longer leads the smart speaker market, according to new data from Canalys.
Russian music streaming market to grow at CAGR of 58% — www.telecompaper.com
The Russian music streaming market totaled RUB 4.7 billion in 2018, according to a study.
Beatport integrates LINK subscription service with Denon DJ hardware — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
Integration to be available before the end of 2019.
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