Jimmy Iovine Aims High for Apple Music With New Content Plan

Jimmy Iovine Aims High for Apple Music With New Content plan — variety.com 
 Jimmy Iovine built a trailblazing label. Now he’s aiming for new heights as he forges a content plan for Apple Music.

Average streaming subscription price fell to $6.49 a month in 2015 — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com

The music business has grown used to describing the ‘typical’ price for a music streaming service as $9.99 a month — but the truth is a little less impressive. When factors such as promotional pricing, variable territorial costs and mobile bundles are taken into account, the figure comes out rather smaller… and it appears to be shrinking.

Spotify and AccuWeather team to match music, mood and monsoons — techcrunch.com 
 The weather and its many faces have served as an inspiration for many musicians, who have crooned about the London fog, the Sun coming out, stormy weather,..

Stem Helps Split Royalties, and Takes Off as Music Distributor — www.nytimes.com 
 The company has quickly become a player in the industry, as a new ad for Frank Ocean’s “Blonde” highlights, by attracting independent artists who like to collaborate.

YouTube opens up mobile live-streaming to more channels — musically.com 
 “We’ve supported live streaming since, well, before Beyonce even had a baby — way back in 2011,” explains the latest blog post from YouTube.

The tables have turned, but will vinyl’s record sales last? — www.thedrum.com

“We know that downloading and streaming through the likes of Spotify and Apple Music is increasingly popular, but you don’t get the wonderful artwork with digital music that you do with a record sleeve,” says Andy Clough, editor-in-chief of What Hi-Fi? magazine.

Apple Watch is getting Spotify offline playback with this free unofficial app — www.wareable.com 
 It’s not often we get all excited about an individual Apple Watch app but Spotty, which brings offline Spotify to everyone’s favourite smartwatch, looks like it could justify the hype. Due to launch in about a week, in mid February, the free, unofficial iPhone app is in beta right now.

Finnish collecting society Teosto aims for innovation — musically.com 
 Teosto in Finland’s Futures Lab initiative takes in hack days, research partnerships, open APIs and even investing in one music/tech startup.

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