Pandora Boosts Georgia's Music Tech Industry; Deezer Partners with Jazz FM; Streaming Playlists as the New Music Blogs?

Pandora will soon embark on a major expansion in Atlanta, swelling their office here to 300 in three years with largely product and engineering hires. Here's how this could impact Atlanta music tech industry.

The streaming platform and radio station have partnered on the Jazz Stories series.

Popular country-music playlist gets expanded with video, including clips of Urban, Musgraves, and Chris Stapleton and Justin Timberlake

When it comes to discovering new music, listeners are depending more and more on algorithms and less on bloggers. Is there a future for the music blog?

HyperFollow is a free service from DistroKid that helps artists amass a larger fanbase on Spotify.

Post Malone’s new album "Beerbongs & Bentleys" is on course to break the record for the biggest streaming week ever for an album...

Independent music distributed by The Orchard can now earn public performance revenue in Australia thanks to a deal with business music subscription service Nightlife Music

Some of those who’ve signed up to Apple’s free trial, but have yet to take up a subscription, have received an alert offering an extension of the trial.

The proposal would hit digital companies with annual revenues above 50 million euros within Europe, and world-wide revenues above 750 million euros, with a 3 percent tax on their turnover.

Edge Music Network is partnering with MondoTunes, as well as launching EMN’s official “Artist Pages” – designed to deliver a compelling new way for artists and musicians to establish connections with fans, venues and labels.

According to a study, the majority of millennials currently use or are interested in buying a voice-controlled smart speaker like the Amazon Echo or Google Home.

Sweden has long been the leading indicator for where streaming is likely to head, providing a picture of just how vibrant a sophisticated streaming market can be.

Gambits like the Gene Simmons Vault Experience and other VIP ticket "upsells'' are becoming increasingly popular among all levels of performers as album sales fall. Skimpy income from streams are part of the issue, too.