Paid Streaming Grows as Consumers Head Indoors (Again); Jaxsta’s B2B platform Hits 50k Members; Qwest TV Unveils New Channels

Live event attendance, country streams and audio subscriptions all show signs of growth in the latest data release.

Starting next week, Ryman Auditorium in Nashville will welcome artists back to its stage for a weekly concert series.

Qwest TV, the on-demand music-centric streaming video service co-founded by Quincy Jones, is here to bring viewers worldwide proof of Ray Charles’s insistence that “good music is good music.”

Jaxsta Pro allows music professionals to make industry connections and enhance their careers. The service also gives users access to market research, event calendars, chart alerts and more

This Saturday, August 15, 2020 at 9 p.m. EST (6 p.m. PST), FanTracks will debut the world premiere of rock band 311’s Mardi Gras show in New Orleans, just a few weeks before Covid-19 shut down music performances around the world.

Spotify continues to innovate and show progress in the form of storytelling stickiness with exclusives – a cultural asset that may be harder to justify as financial but could prove to be very strategic in the long term, eventually translating into revenue upticks.

'Idol' founder Simon Fuller has been busy with his multi-national pop band Now United in recent years, but now he's working with TikTok on a new project.

From Tin Pan Alley to Spotify.

Another festival forced to switch from offline to online this year is Jazz Re:Fest in the UK. Its 2020 version will be held on 23 August.

One of the reasons Twitch is such a sensitive issue is that while rightsholders are pressuring it to strike licensing deals, artists are working with it.

Oye Akideinde is the CEO for MusicTime, Simfy Africa. With over 20 years experience in tech, media and entertainment, and degrees in both IT

The Chic Organisation was the vehicle created by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards for their productions by Chic and others.

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