How TikTok Took Over Music; Techstars Music 2020 Begins; Pandora Makes It Easier for Indie…
‘If You Can Get Famous Easily, You’re Gonna Do It’: How TikTok Took Over Music — www.rollingstone.com
‘If You Can Get Famous Easily, You’re Gonna Do It’: How TikTok Took Over Music — www.rollingstone.com
In just 12 months, the video app TikTok has transformed from a curio to a service mentioned in the same breath as YouTube.
Techstars Music 2020 kicks off: ‘We will look at everything’ — musically.com
Accelerator Techstars Music is announcing its plans for its fourth cohort of startups in 2020, with plans for a ‘recruiting tour’.
Pandora Is Making It Easier For Indie Musicians to Get on the Radio — www.rollingstone.com
DIY musicians can submit songs to be analyzed by the Music Genome Project and algorithmically folded into Pandora’s radio stations.
Aaliyah’s uncle suggests her music could be coming to major streaming services in 2020 — www.metrotimes.com
On Saturday, fans mourned the 18th anniversary of the death of Detroit-born pop star Aaliyah Haughton, who died in a plane crash in the Bahamas.
For her new album, ‘Lover,’ Taylor Swift has embraced streaming. But is it too late? — www.chicagotribune.com
What’s a reliable seller to do in a market where nobody’s actually buying?
All Eyez on eOne: Is the music industry’s next big money sell-off imminent? — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
After being snapped up for just $6.6m in 2013, is Death Row Records about to be acquired again?
Apple Music Connect: What could it have become if it wasn’t scrapped? — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
Had Apple committed to its social media platform a little more, could it have taken on Insta and TikTok?
4 Ways Artists, Labels Manipulate Spotify, Apple Streams and How It Hurts Everyone — www.hypebot.com
Music streaming manipulation — artificially boosting stream counts to improve chart positioning, increase market share and royalty payments, or for other non-legitimate purposes — is a real problem for the entire music industry.
New Cause-Based Music App SingleServ Turns Streams Into Charitable Donations — www.billboard.com
SingleServ, a first-of-its-kind streaming service that lets artists use their music to benefit causes they care about, has officially launched in Apple’s App Store, the company has revealed to Billboard.
The Evolution Of Documenting Song Credits: Split Sheets Go Digital — www.hypebot.com
Co-writing a hit song with one of your bandmates feels great at the time and is all well and good, until down the road it suddenly turns out the two of you have differing opinions on who contributed what, at which point the royalties argument is bound to turn nasty.
This Website Creates Spotify & Apple Music Playlists Based on Your Local Weather — variety.com
The web app uses a visitor’s local weather forecast to build Spotify and Apple Music playlists.
Clairo Named Apple Music’s ‘Up Next’ Artist — www.billboard.com
Clairo, whose album ‘Immunity’ was released earlier this month, is Apple Music’s latest Up Next artist.
Report: Devices important for music streaming growth — advanced-television.com
After a dynamic few years in the music and audio industries, 2018 and the first half of 2019 have once again been marked by the continuous growth of global music.
Journey to 100 million users: How Tencent-backed Gaana topped India’s music-streaming market and is now looking to monetise big — yourstory.com
In an exclusive interaction with YourStory, Gaana CEO Prashan Agarwal talks about the Times Internet-owned music-streaming company’s learnings, product innovations, future plans, and more.
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