Drake’s Streaming Success; Blockchain Technology for Music; Apple Music Adds Exclusive DJ Mixes
How’s Drake’s Streaming Success Is a Lesson in the New Music Business Model — www.billboard.com
Billboard breaks down Drake’s uncanny success in the streaming era and why he continues to win.
Spotify Hopes IPO Makes Waves in Wall Street, Music Industry — variety.com
The streaming giant is betting on an unconventional IPO strategy that will reverberate from Wall Street to the music industry.
Emergence Of Blockchain Technology For Music — www.hypebot.com
In this piece, Mo Jalloh of Zimmi breaks down what blockchain tech can be defined as, and how the emergence of blockchain tech will affect artists and music industry in the near future.
How Sweden became a dominant force in global pop music — www.theglobeandmail.com
Stockholm has infiltrated pop music for decades, and is now responsible for the shape of the genre. But what’s behind the small Scandinavian country’s dominance?
New England Patriots Will Win Super Bowl — At Least, According to Spotify Playlists — www.billboard.com
The music streaming service says the Patriots will win Sunday’s game.
Spotify’s Public Dilemma: It’s Not Too Big To Fail — www.digitaltrends.com
Despite a massively popular business, increasing revenues, and hefty valuation, all signs point to Spotify’s direct listing decision being a way out for early investors.
In the Streaming Age, Musicians Scramble to Redraw the Touring Map — www.pastemagazine.com
Now that it’s almost impossible to make money selling records, artists have to get creative on the road to sustain their careers.
Please tell me Spotify’s new partnership with Discord will fix its bad gamer playlists — www.theverge.com
Discord will now allow users to connect their Spotify accounts on the platform.
Unified Signal, Napster Partner to Deliver Music Streaming to Unified Signal Clients — platformandstream.wordpress.com
Unified Signal announced today that it has entered into a partnership agreement with Napster to launch a turnkey music service.
Apple Music adds exclusive DJ mixes from Steve Aoki and more — www.engadget.com
Spotify and Apple Music partnered up with Dubset, a rights-management and distribution platform for DJs and remixers, a couple of years ago.