Coldplay Launch App for New Tour; ChartMetric's Data Analysis Plans; DistroKid Tests Music Video Distribution Service

Having raised seed capital last year, Chartmetric is now looking towards a fresh round of funding to help it become ‘the default data analysis tool for the global music industry’

Meet Techstars Music class of 2022.

Artist apps are still a thing: witness Coldplay's new Android and iOS app, released for the band's 'Music of the Spheres' tour.

Musical artists are choosing NFTs and Web3 over more-traditional streaming services. Here's how it could change music forever.

Music distributor DistroKid has a new off-shoot: DistroVid. As the name suggests, it's focusing on music videos rather than audio tracks.

Spotify's share price has fallen sharply over the last 15 months, reducing its market cap from $69.35bn in February 2021 to $20.34bn now.

The Copyright Royalty Board in the US is set to approve a 32% increase in mechanical royalties for physical music and downloads.

'I mean, we all know why streaming is superior.'

Although blockchain was originally leveraged for financial transactions, it has quickly spread to just about every other sector—including the media and entertainment industries.

Ariana Grande had a sixth song, her 2016 single "Into You," reach 1 billion streams on Spotify.

One small irony regarding all the articles conflating the disappointing financial results of Netflix and Spotify (and what they might mean for the future of media and entertainment) is how distinct the situation is for each service regarding the user interface and user experience.

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