Cost of Entry to Streaming Market is Stifling Innovation; Spotify Developing Music Hardware; Apple…
Cost of entry to streaming market is stifling innovation, says digital consultant — www.completemusicupdate.com
Cost of entry to streaming market is stifling innovation, says digital consultant — www.completemusicupdate.com
The high cost of entering the streaming market means there isn’t enough innovation and experimentation, reckons CrossBorderWorks founder Vickie Nauman. This means potentially profitable new avenues that could further grow the streaming music business are not being explored.
Spotify Wearable: Music Service Is Hiring Hardware Product Manager — variety.com
Spotify may be building its own wearable product.
Apple Music delays its ‘Carpool Karaoke’ show — www.engadget.com
Apple had indicated that its first video series for Apple Music would arrive in April, but we’re almost into May and Carpool Karaoke is nowhere to be found.
Projecting Trends: Reviving Old Ideas in the Face of New Opportunities — www.synchblog.com
How can we learn from early online music platforms like MySpace and Last.fm?
Qrates, The Audio Hunt and Scored pitch at Abbey Road Red event — musically.com
Abbey Road Red, the startups accelerator hosted within London’s famous Abbey Road Studios, hosted its latest pitch event last night.
Spotify’s Free Users May Have To Wait Two Weeks To Hear Indie Releases — www.thefader.com
Certain independent releases could be unavailable to free Spotify users.
Google Play Music Again Goes After Spotify and Apple Music with Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus — 1reddrop.com
The streaming music industry much more than 100 million subscribers now, and that’s just for paid services like Spotify Premium and Apple Music.
Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer: How streaming continues to shape the future of music — www.ibtimes.co.uk
As the world celebrates Record Store Day, IBTimes UK looks to the future of music consumption.
Song Exploder | Aimee Mann — songexploder.net
Aimee Mann breaks down her song “Patient Zero.”
Streaming music surges, turns tables on recording industry — www.sfchronicle.com
Streaming music surges, turns tables on recording industry Streaming services, enthusiastically embraced by fans such as Castellanos, represent more than half of the U.S. recording industry’s revenue, according to a recent report by the Recording Industry Association of America. “