How Losing SoundCloud Would Change Music; This DJ Has Released the First Full-Length Album Using…

How Losing SoundCloud Would Change Music — theringer.com Streaming giant SoundCloud laid off 40 percent of its staff Thursday, but losing…

How Losing SoundCloud Would Change Music — theringer.com 
 Streaming giant SoundCloud laid off 40 percent of its staff Thursday, but losing the streaming service would change how both artists and listeners experience music

JAY-Z Album Arrives On All Streaming Platforms — Except Spotify — www.billboard.com

With the full roll-out of Jay-Z’s new 4:44 album unfolding over the last week, the new release now appears to be available on all the major streaming platforms — with one rather conspicuous exception.

This DJ Has Released the First Full-Length Album Using the Ethereum Blockchain — motherboard.vice.com 
 RAC has collaborated with a number of familiar artists on ‘EGO,’ the first album that can be bought on the ethereum blockchain.

Only one winner in a streaming music industry where some are on the brink — www.nbr.co.nz 
 The secret to its success.

As podcast analytics get better, who wins and who loses? — www.recode.net 
 Apple is going to start sharing more data about podcasts with their creators. Hot Pod’s Nick Quah breaks down what that means on Recode Media.

Select Prince Music Videos & Performances Are Now Streaming On Vevo — www.billboard.com

Many of Prince’s iconic music videos and performances — like “When Doves Cry” and “Take Me With U” — will now live on through Vevo.

Here’s what happened the last time audio producers got better data — www.niemanlab.org 
 When radio ratings got more precise, it changed how programmers saw their audience. Are podcasters heading for something similar?

Jay Z’s 4:44 Platinum Status: The Beginning of The End for TIDAL — www.digitalmusicnews.com 
 In less than a week, Jay Z’s TIDAL-exclusive album went platinum. Here’s why this actually spells the end for TIDAL.

This music platform’s AI reckons it knows your taste in concerts — www.zdnet.com 
 By applying machine learning to music fans’ data, Spanish startup WeGow has added concert recommendations to fan chat and ticketing.

Ticketmaster pilots audio data ticketing system — www.musicweek.com 
 Company links with tech firm Lisnr to create app, which uses silent signals emitted and received by smartphones to track who is entering a gig

Whatever happened to Muzak? It’s now Mood, and it’s not elevator music — www.latimes.com 
 Nowadays, the musical manipulation of consumers’ behavior is both more entertaining and presumably more effective.