Live365 Returns; Hulu Adds Live Nation Music Show to Its Virtual Reality App

All Three Major Labels, Pandora and RIAA Announce Support for Hi-Res Audio Streaming — www.billboard.com 
 A large swath of the music business have announced their support for studio-quality hi-res audio for music streaming.

Pioneering Web Radio Broadcaster Live365 Returns — www.billboard.com 
 A year after shutting down in the wake of tightening regulations from Washington, pioneering web radio network Live365 has come back online with a goal to be “better than ever.”

Tidal will make ‘Master’ quality recordings available to its HiFi subscribers — www.theverge.com

Tidal has launched a new feature called Master quality recordings that will deliver high-resolution audio streams to users of its $20 a month HiFi service.

iHeartRadio Looks to Win Over Radio Devotees With Official Launch of Streaming Services — www.billboard.com 
 Broadcast radio giant iHeartMedia has wrapped a month-long beta phase for its pair of subscription services, iHeartRadio Plus and iHeartRadio All Access.

YouTube May Not Be Paying Music Industry Enough for Streaming Tunes — variety.com 
 YouTube’s $1 billion payout to the music industry from advertising for streaming music was small compared with the size of its audience.

Vinyl and One Size Fits All Strategies Will Not Save The Music Business — www.hypebot.com

Surging vinyl sales may make a great headline, but at just 2.6% of total sales, they won’t save the music business, says music industry analyst Mark Mulligan of MIDiA.

King No More: YouTube Loses Out In Digital Music Streaming Wars — www.digitalmusicnews.com 
 According to a new report by BuzzAngle Music, YouTube lost out in the digital music wars in 2016, overtaken by Apple Music and Spotify.

Enriching Your Music Through Wireless Earbuds — www.forbes.com

Wearing headphones while doing any kind of physical exercise can be a nuisance.

Will Spotify’s $8b float really save the music business? — www.afr.com 
 Outside Sweden, Daniel Ek isn’t a household name. That will probably change later this year when Spotify turns into a publicly traded company.

Hulu Adds Live Nation Music Show to Its Virtual Reality App — variety.com 
 Hulu is expanding its lineup of virtual reality (VR) content with a show from Live Nation. “On Stage,” which will debut with a first episode on January 26, promises a closer look at the career and life of select artists.