Hallelujah! Bob Seger’s Music Finally Arrives on Streaming Services
Finally: Bob Seger’s Music Arrives on Streaming Services — variety.com Bob Seger, one of the last great streaming holdouts, has finally…
Finally: Bob Seger’s Music Arrives on Streaming Services — variety.com
Bob Seger, one of the last great streaming holdouts, has finally allowed his music onto major services.
Spotify Passes 140 Million Users, Promises to Pay Labels $2 Billion — variety.com
Spotify passed 140 million worldwide users as both its revenue and operating loss grew significantly in 2016.
Sony/ATV’s Martin Bandier Calls on Spotify, Apple Music And YouTube To Credit Songwriters — www.billboard.com
The publishing executive, who oversees the music industry’s largest portfolio of music publishing assets attacked streaming services for not giving credit to songwriters at the annual National Music Publishers’ Association meeting in New York.
Music Discovery Platform WAV Makes its Debut — platformandstream.com
WAV, a Los Angeles-based live streaming music discovery app and artist platform, has officially launched in all major global markets. The app features exclusive content, such as music videos, docuseries, interviews, and concert footage from both established and emerging artists.
SiriusXM’s Pandora investment looks like a lifeline — but feels like an invasion — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
On the surface of it, SiriusXM’s $480m investment into Pandora gives the beleaguered streaming platform what it so desperately needs — time. Time to patch up a business model which looks increasingly busted — and time to make an impact in a cutthroat marketplace stalked by titans.
Spotify adds Eventbrite to its roster of concert listings — www.engadget.com
Spotify has had concert listing recommendations for awhile now thanks to a partnership with Songkick. You could purchase tickets from providers such as Ticketmaster.
TEN Music Group launches streaming-led imprint TENACITY — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
Swedish independent music company TEN Music Group has officially launched a streaming and singles focused imprint, Tenacity, with Ali Vedadi appointed Lead A&R. The label’s mission is to start the story for young acts on a single by single basis, aiming to utilize streaming and move quickly when launching songs worldwide.
Streaming Revenue Could Surpass Live Income For Many Artists, says Mark Mulligan — www.hypebot.com
“Do not assume that we have arrived at your destination,” writes music industry analyst Mark Mulligan, referring to live music rather than recordings as the primary income driver for most musicians and the industry.
Classical music streaming no longer plays second fiddle — www.cnet.com
Spotify and other streaming services aren’t very good at managing classical music, which is where new dedicated service Primephonic comes in.
New Qualcomm Smart Audio Platform Features Premium Audio Solutions — platformandstream.com
Qualcomm today introduced at its voice and music developer conference in Shenzhen, a new Qualcomm Smart Audio Platform to help manufacturers accelerate the development and commercialization of smart and networked speakers.
Apple Music Can’t Catch Up To Spotify And That Spells Trouble for Apple’s HomePod Smart Speaker — hypebot — www.hypebot.com
Recently, Apple announced that Apple Music has 27 million subscribers. While impressive, it’s not enough to catch Spotify, who has more than 50 million paid subscribers, and continues to add users at an impressive space. That gap could be a problem for Apple’s newly announced smart speaker, HomePod. While…
Nielsen Launches Audio Data Management Platform — platformandstream.com
Nielsen today announced that Westwood One, America’s largest radio network, has selected Nielsen Marketing Cloud and its advanced data management platform (Nielsen DMP) to launch the first-ever audio DMP
Spotify Makes It Clear: No More Album Exclusives — www.digitalmusicnews.com
In 2016, Apple Music and Tidal released several timed exclusives. Now, Spotify’s Troy Carter claims that timed exclusives hurt the entire music industry.
