Indie Musicians & the Pandemic; Making Sense of Spotify Wrapped; The Jayhawks Set 3 Streaming Shows; oWOW Radio to Keep Online Stream Going

What’s missing in Spotify for Artists? Data Triangulation.

Placing a song in a movie, a series, or an ad, or scoring such media from scratch, can often be the one time an artist or group is paid a fair price for their music.

The Jayhawks are partnering with Mandolin to bring you a virtual XOXO album release show, performed live on October 9 at 8 PM Central Time from Minneapolis' Slamhammer Studios.

A new MIDiA survey of unsigned musicians unpacks their scrappy and resilient ethos and the strategies they’ve developed to move forward during the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Ingrooves CEO Bob Roback walks MBW through distribution and services company.'

oWOW's mix of "Timeless Rock" will continue to stream even after the station ends operations on Oct. 2.

'Teenage Cancer Trust Unseen' will stream one concert a day at 8 PM from October 8 to October 18,

Playlists have become a hugely important part of the music streaming world, and many of them have a tightly-curated theme.

'There Needs To Be A Universal Agreement That Is Fair For Everyone.'

Amazon has added full podcast functionality to Amazon Music, in a strategy that follows Spotify's highly successful foray into podcasting and could have implications for the future trajectory of the podcasting business.

 Nigerian singer and songwriter, Burna Boy is kicking off the week of Nigerian Independence Day with an official takeover of Spotify's Black History is Now (BHIN) Hub.

After a few weeks of badgering people to go back to work in company offices, the British government yesterday executed its latest u-turn.

MTN adding Music Streaming to Ayoba (their Sasai) feels like them throwing everything at the wall and seeing what sticks

Judging from the preliminary lineup, Music Tectonics director Dmitri Vietze has been using his lockdown time wisely.

MBW discovers new filing that shows Spotify is building in-house tech that responds to a listener.'

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