How Streaming Music Has Changed Music Banking; How to Use Spotify Like a Pro; VKontakte Debuts…

VKontakte (Russia’s Facebook) Launches Built-In Music Streaming Service — www.billboard.com

VKontakte (Russia’s Facebook) Launches Built-In Music Streaming Service — www.billboard.com

Russian social network VKontakte, the local equivalent of Facebook, has launched its long-awaited legitimate music streaming service, moving further away from its piracy past.

How Streaming Music Has Changed Music Banking — www.tennessean.com 
 The rise of music streaming has altered music banking strategies, including the financing terms for a recording project.

Why Spotify wants some Blockchain; how music industry Blockchain dreams work. — rocknerd.co.uk

Spotify’s been on a bit of a spending spree lately, acquiring content identifiers Sonalytic and recommendations app MightyTV, and now Blockchain company Mediachain Labs.

How to Use Spotify Like a Pro: Premium, Collaborative Playlists & More — www.thrillist.com 
 Collaborative playlists, private sessions, Tinder: Even Spotify power-users probably don’t know about all of these great features.

Local artistes struggle to get in tune with music streaming — jamaica-gleaner.com 
 With no immediate sign of a booming vinyl record industry making a return to the island, Jamaican music, despite its good standing on the international scene, is still suffering from poor sales.The death of vinyl also affected overseas artistes for…

Streaming Music Has Changed What It Means To Be Successful — www.hypebot.com 
 Although an album’s success was once measured by the number of purchases, the streaming era has significantly altered how information is gathered and used, with success now being measured by listens, not purchases.

Live.me Live-Streaming Startup Raises $60 Million to Take on YouTube, Facebook, Musical.ly — variety.com 
 Live.me, a one-year-old startup that makes a live-streaming video app, has banked $60 million from investors including its majority owner, Chinese app developer Cheetah Mobile. Live.

Google Search On iOS Shows Movie And Music Streaming Services — www.ubergizmo.com 
 If you want to watch a movie online, there are so many ways you could go about it.