Is the Freemium Model Coming to Music?; Singing—and Streaming—to Success on Broadway; Tidal Upgrades for Music, Video Sharing

The days of bands making a living off touring and streaming revenue are mostly over. A new model is coming: The freemium model.

How the success of streaming platforms has launched an unorthodox new wave of Broadway productions

The athletic gear maker will sponsor podcast Who We Be Talks.

From today, the streaming platform is unveiling upgrades which will allow its members to share music and video content via Instagram Stories, and tunes from Facebook Stories.

Swedish authors Sven Carlsson and Jonas Leijonhufvud have made a splash with their book 'Spotify Inifrån'. Now it's been optioned for the screen.

Apple Music will be available to stream on German Echo devices via Alexa from today, reports regional tech blog ifun.de.

Apple Music has launched a new trending chart powered by Shazam that will highlight and predict rising artists on the music discovery app.

Fintech expert will "provide industry insights and connections that will propel Stem's artist and label offerings."

SIRIUSXM has a new state-of-the-art performance space at its L.A. studios called “The Garage.”

Classical music can learn much from the Sunset at Stonehenge project.

This may be the first daily true-crime podcast.

✉️ Send news tips, comments to Jeff: platform.stream007@gmail.com

🎵 Want to sponsor an edition of Platform & Stream? Get more info here about sponsored posts & playlists.