Share this postPlatform & StreamDeezer Launches on Xbox One; Spotify Lands in South Africa, Israel, Vietnam; Apple Music Hits 38M SubscribersCopy linkFacebookEmailNotesMoreDeezer Launches on Xbox One; Spotify Lands in South Africa, Israel, Vietnam; Apple Music Hits 38M SubscribersPlatform & StreamMar 14, 2018Share this postPlatform & StreamDeezer Launches on Xbox One; Spotify Lands in South Africa, Israel, Vietnam; Apple Music Hits 38M SubscribersCopy linkFacebookEmailNotesMoreShareYou don't have too many options for large, on-demand music services that will stream in the background of your Xbox One games.The combined population of the three countries is approximately 160m, with close to 95m people in Vietnam alone.Apple Music has reached 38 million subscribers, up 2 million in the past five weeks, SVP Eddy Cue announced at SXSW on Monday.Online music distribution continues to grow in Japan, with sales in 2017 up 8% compared to the year before.“The Uncensored Playlist” pairs journalists with local musicians in China, Egypt, Thailand, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam to turn the news into songsLast Fall, Spotify launched Spotify Ad Studio, the first-ever audio self-serve advertising platform, in the US. Today, the platform embarks on a world tour as the public beta expands to Canada and the UK.Vanessa Okoth-Obbo investigates the bizarre underbelly of Aaliyah bootlegs on Spotify.When indie distributor and publisher CD Baby first opened itself up for business in 1998, the record industry was booming, on its way to a high-water mark...Saavn and Homegrown collaborate to find India's next big Desi Rapper | Radioandmusic.comFan data is becoming increasingly important for artists and bands, and this example from the 2nd edition of the Social Media Promotion For Musicians handbook shows why.The volume of data traffic traversing the world's optical fibre networks is growing by more than 40 percent per year as data-hungry services like streaming audio and video become ever more popular.Spotify is the fist major music service to directly ask its users for music metadata.Amid all the industry conversation about how smart speakers will affect the way people listen to music, the assumption has been that the music in question will be made by humans.George Howard's latest book features interviews with music veterans about the intersection of technology and music.PreviousNext