Nielsen Updates Music Connect To Break Out Streaming Data

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Spotify, a modest Swedish company, started small in 2006, and has since grown into a global juggernaut inspiring dozens of similar on-demand music services from some of the biggest tech companies in the world. Now that subscription streaming has solidified into the mainstream, though, what's next?

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Since a recent NIELSEN's Music 360 report found that 80% of AMERICAN music listeners used an online streaming service (including music, video, and live-broadcast radio) in the last 12 months, up from 75% in 2015, NIELSEN has updated its Music Connect dashboard to discern where listeners are streaming by breaking out streaming data by over 200 U.S. markets.

The Louisville Free Public Library is now in the streaming game with the Louisville Mix, an archive of local music available to the public, with a collection of albums from artists such as Twin Limb, 1200, Quiet Hollers, RMLLW2LLZ, Bodycocktail, Cher Von and more.

Soundtrap, an online music and audio recording studio, announced today it has raised $6 million to help it expand into new countries and languages.

With Apple and Spotify dominating the streaming market, it's become a tough world out there for streaming startups.

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T-Mobile Netherlands is taking a page out of its American sister company's strategy and introducing zero-rated music streaming for customers who take a plan with 6 GB of data or more per month.

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