Share this postHow BitTorrent Spurred the Streaming Revolution; Dwight Yoakam to Launch SiriusXM Channelplatformstream.substack.comCopy linkFacebookEmailNoteOtherHow BitTorrent Spurred the Streaming Revolution; Dwight Yoakam to Launch SiriusXM ChannelPlatform & StreamFeb 26, 2018Share this postHow BitTorrent Spurred the Streaming Revolution; Dwight Yoakam to Launch SiriusXM Channelplatformstream.substack.comCopy linkFacebookEmailNoteOtherShareBram Cohen may say his file-sharing platform wasn't built for piracy, but BitTorrent quickly changed what we do online.Dwight Yoakam and The Bakersfield Beat, a channel curated by Dwight Yoakam, will feature music from Yoakam's extensive career as well as his musical friends.Spotify’s co-founders are taking a page from the Google-Facebook playbook, with plans to maintain control over the music service after its stock listing by holding shares with super voting power, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.Airbnb's expansion into the live music business continue to grow with the roll out of its own platform dedicated to staging concerts around the world.Jack Dorsey invested in the music streaming service in 2016; last year he wrote off the deal.Deezer has announced its latest deal with a mobile operator: Singtel in Singapore. It’s not quite a hard bundle, but it’s more than just marketing.Neil Young is no fan of multinational corporations. In a lengthy new post on his Neil Young Archives site entitled Google And Artists, the rocker takes aim at one of the big ones.Songkick, the concert discovery app that was purchased by the Warner Music Group last July, has signed a partnership with Facebook that will integrate concerts and events from Songkick into Facebook and its 2 billion users.Beyoncé fans got a surprise Wednesday night when a new remix of the song "Sweet Dreams," originally from her 2008 album I Am... Sasha Fierce, popped up on TidalDigital music firm LiveXLive has been approved to list on the public NASDAQ market.Senior lenders to iHeartMedia Inc. are preparing to pitch a new term sheet to junior bondholders in an attempt to unite all the creditor groups behind a common proposal as time runs out for the radio giant’s debt restructuring, according to people with knowledge of the conversations.As one of the three lead DJs for Apple’s 24/7 radio station Beats 1, London-based Julie Adenuga has interviewed artists across the spectrum of celebrity, from rising grime icons MIST, Dizzee Rascal and Stormzy to mainstream stars like Pharrell Williams, Cardi B, Britney Spears and Liam Gallagher.PreviousNext