Music Streaming Boost from Amazon's Premier League Deal; Daniel Ek: Setting Spotify's Rhythm

This story may sound somewhat parochial, but bear with us. Amazon has paid an undisclosed amount for the rights to stream 20 English Premier League (football) matches for each of the three seasons starting in 2019.

Spotify may be public now, but co-founder Daniel Ek has no plans to let anyone else set the company's rhythm

It was an impressive stat, but for record labels – whose job it is to ensure their artists get noticed above the noise in the marketplace – it was also a pretty alarming one. That alarm might be about to get a little louder.

Sirius XM Radio Inc. last week agreed to pay $150 million to SoundExchange Inc., settling two lawsuits alleging the satellite radio provider underpaid due performance royalties.

Radio, while still a highly viable advertising medium, doesn’t get as much love as its video counterparts, but thanks to the rise of podcasts, smart home speakers and streaming audio companies like Pandora and Spotify, audio content has gained new life, and with it, more chances for advertisers and brands to build sonic content.

The Midem 2018 conference only finished on Friday, but organiser Reed Midem has already announced one of the key planks in next year’s event: the Midem Music Awards.

Today we are proud to announce “Big Break”, the first data-driven program designed to spotlight and support emerging artists in live music. Live performance now often precedes an artist’s recording…

Red Bull For better or worse, streaming services have turned the music industry into a sort of wild west, where tradition is constantly rewritten.

As lawmakers debate legislation backed by big players in streaming services, music stations want a better legal climate for their work on platforms beyond radio.

Apple recently hired Ryan Newman, snagging a key player from 1Xtra, the BBC's main hip-hop and grime radio station. With more than 30 million tracks available, Apple Music continues to focuses on hip-hop, particularly on its streaming radio station, Beats 1.