Drake's "Scorpion" and Success in the Streaming Era; Deezer Raises $85M, Partners With Rotana

Read this post to understand why record albums are relevant in the streaming era.

Paris-headquartered music streaming service Deezer has raised another €160 million (around $185 million) in funding, the company announced Thursday morning. This new round of funding values the company at €1 billion ($1.16 billion).

A free webcast of Sunday's 16th annual Jerry Day will feature sets from Stu Allen & Mars Hotel, Melvin Seals & JGB and the Gary Gates Band.

China's Bytedance is shutting down the Musical.ly app and migrating users over to its TikTok short-form video app.

Music for relaxation has quietly (well, it wouldn’t be loudly…) become one of the big playlist genres on music-streaming services. Now Universal Music Group is hoping to capitalise by launching a playlist called Peaceful Music.

In this piece Chris Castle breaks down the latest inside the world of the Music Modernization Act, and why the law needs to be altered in order to restore balance between the rule makers and the rule takers, and better support startups in their bids for success.

New numbers out from Nielsen have revealed that the popularity of streaming is continuing to grow at a precipitous rate.

Dave Collins dispels some popular misconceptions about digital processing...

Surveyed people said it was easier to stream music than pirate it

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has taken pains to reassure labels that the company’s direct-licensing deals with independent artists should not be seen as a threat to labels, tying it back to Spotify’s ‘two-sided marketplace’ strategy.

The married duo Michael and Tanya Trotter convey an ecstatic, empowering sense of partnership that serves as the duo's creative engine and core message.