Digital Music Booms in Brazil; Sonos, Soundtrack Your Brand Partner for Business Streaming

Thanks to Spotify and Deezer, digital music booms in Brazil — brazilian.report Digital music: The Brazilian music industry continues to…

Thanks to Spotify and Deezer, digital music booms in Brazil — brazilian.report 
 Digital music: The Brazilian music industry continues to grow, propelled by streaming services such as Spotify and Deezer

Sonos Partners With Soundtrack Your Brand for Business Streaming — www.bloomberg.com 
 A Spotify-backed music streaming company will be exposed to hundreds of thousands of potential new customers through a tie-up with U.S. speaker manufacturer Sonos Inc.

The Case For “Retiring” Radio Station Call Letters — jacobsmedia.com 
 Sports teams retire iconic player numbers and we designate landmark buildings. It’s time to start honoring historic radio station call letters.

Spotify launches European election playlist with one entry from each EU country — www.euronews.com 
 Spotify has launched an EU election playlist in time for Europe Day to encourage citizens to vote in the upcoming election.

Safe Harbor Reform In The United States: The Time is Now — www.billboard.com 
 Recent news of the European Union directive related to active measures online service providers (or “OSPs”) must now take to police infringement on their sites has re-sparked a similar discussion in the United States, notably with the recent Copyright Office panel discussions held last month.

Instagram appears to be testing stickers with song lyrics — www.theverge.com 
 It looks as though Instagram is testing out a new feature for stickers in its Stories feature: music lyrics that play out along with a video.

Time’s Up, TikTok: Labels, Publishers Eye Better Licensing Deals With the Buzz-Making App — www.billboard.com 
 The Chinese-owned video-sharing site helps promote songs like “Old Town Road.” But labels and publishers want better licensing deals — and more revenue.

‘I believe we’re going to see huge changes in how record labels run their sync businesses.’ — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com

The sync business is flying.

Trey Anastasio’s Ghosts Of The Forest Starts Rolling Out Live Videos — www.jambase.com 
 Watch Trey Anastasio lead Ghosts Of The Forest on “Ghosts Of The Forest” and “Drift While You’re Sleeping” in new videos from the band’s April 12, 2019 show at the United Palace Theatre in New York City.

Facebook Users Can Now Add Birthday Music to Their Stories Using New Feature — www.billboard.com 
 Beginning Friday (May 10), Facebook users can add digital cards, photos and videos to Stories to celebrate the birthdays of friends and family, the company has revealed to Billboard.

iHeartMedia Taps Rahul Sabnis as Chief Creative Officer & Executive VP for ‘TheStudio at iHeartMedia’ — www.billboard.com

iHeartMedia announced that Rahul Sabnis has been promoted to chief creative officer and executive vp of the company’s just-launched in-house creative group, TheStudio at iHeartMedia.

Naim’s Mu-so 2 is a one-stop shop for music streaming — but it’ll cost your — www.techradar.com 
 The second-gen streaming box comes with Google Chromecast built-in, as well as Spotify Connect, Tidal and AirPlay 2.

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