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How Mood Music Is Changing Streaming — www.billboard.com The music business essentially spent the last decade trying to make a business…

How Mood Music Is Changing Streaming — www.billboard.com 
 The music business essentially spent the last decade trying to make a business out of letting consumers listen to any song they wanted.

Neil Young Announces Massive, Interactive Online Archive — pitchfork.com 
 Featuring all his music — released and unreleased — and a tie-in to his new streaming service “Xstream Music”

Apple Music ‘making no dent’ in Spotify… but that’s not the bigger picture — musically.com 
 Research firm Edison Research has put out a surprisingly-sharp note on Apple Music’s prospects of competing with Spotify.

Paperchain aims to crack the challenge of ‘royalty black boxes’ — musically.com 
 Australian startup Paperchain has been talking about its plans to attack the challenge of uncovering $2.5bn of “royalty black boxes”

Spotify is coming to the Xbox One — www.theverge.com

Spotify is planning to release an Xbox One app soon. Pictures of Microsoft’s Larry Hryb (Major Nelson) testing a Spotify app for Xbox One were spotted on Reddit last week.

Blokur talks blockchain music: ‘The technology on its own is not the whole picture’ — musically.com 
 A reminder that the Venn diagram of ‘music people’ and ‘blockchain startup people’ is not a pair of separate circles. Phil Barry was a professional artist.

Why Streaming Playlists Will Never Kill the Album Format — flypaper.soundfly.com 
 Albums, as we knew them, seem dead now that streaming playlists are the norm. But is there hope for this beloved format? How is it relevant today?

Tencent, Naspers launch music streaming service in SA — techcentral.co.za

Tencent Africa, a joint venture between China’s Tencent and South African-headquartered media group Naspers, have entered the competitive local music streaming market with a R60/month service called Joox.

Alexa can now find and play music for over 500 ‘activities’ — techcrunch.com 
 Alexa’s ability to help you find the right music got a boost this week. The virtual assistant is now able to pull up music for a wide range of activities -..

Billboard is bringing a music documentary series to Snapchat — www.cnbc.com 
 Snapchat’s first music show will take fans behind-the-scenes before artists perform at large music festivals.