Mandolin Launches Live+; Amazon Music's Next Act? DJs; Reggae, Dancehall Music Streaming Billions on TikTok; Moodagent Debuts in India

Mandolin, the tech-focused digital fan engagement company, has launched Live+, its platform of new products and enhancements built specifically for the hybrid event future of concerts and festivals.

Artists from Paul Simon to the Red Hot Chili peppers are selling their song catalogs to free-spending entrepreneurs for record-setting paydays. But Some think the trend could end on a bum note

TikTok is the 7th most used social media network in the world and Reggae/Dancehall music is the 7th most used genre on the platform as revealed in a music

Amazon Music's new DJ Mode feature is an attempt to make a music streaming service more "radio-like."

It’s the fourth market for the company following its Denmark and Germany launch in 2020, and Australia where it began operations in May this year.

Cerence has teamed up with SiriusXM to give drivers the ability to access and listen to radio programming using voice commands

The Beatles: Get Back will be presented as three separate two-hour episodes over three days, November 25, 26 and 27, 2021, exclusively on Disney+.

The Wiggles will acquire its own dedicated streaming channel in the United States when signing a large deal with a digital agency in California.

The Spotify Greenroom Creator Fund will pay creators on its Clubhouse rival app Greenroom.

Spatial audio and lossless music may have grabbed the headlines for Apple Music recently, but behind the scenes Apple is starting a new push for developers to integrate its streaming service into their apps.

Revenues from music streaming subscriptions in Japan grew by 128% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2021, according to figures published by industry body the RIAJ.

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