Pandora Stories Debuts; Spotify Launches In India; iHeartMedia Makes it Easy to Create ‘Pop-Up’…
Pandora Stories launches, combining music and podcasting in a new format — techcrunch.com In an effort to one-up Spotify and Apple Music…
Pandora Stories launches, combining music and podcasting in a new format — techcrunch.com
In an effort to one-up Spotify and Apple Music, Pandora this morning announced the launch of a new marketing tool for artists, called Pandora Stories. The feature allows artists to build music playlists combined with voice tracks, where they can add a narrative and deeper insights — explainin…
After Legal Challenge, Spotify Launches In India — www.billboard.com
The popular global streaming brand has flicked the switch on its service in India, boasting a premium product priced at just INR 119 ($1.67) per month and a library of 40 million songs.
iHeartMedia will make it easy to create ‘pop-up’ radio stations — www.engadget.com
Radio giant iHeartMedia, which runs more than 850 stations throughout the US, is expanding into the world of “pop-up” broadcasting following its acquisition of…
The Orchard, Audible Magic Partner to Address Industry-wide Problem of Verifying Music Rights Ownership — Platform & Stream — platformandstream.com
Audible Magic announced two new services, Rights Audit, and Rights Rx to address the industry-wide problem of distribution conflicts between rights owners and their respective music catalogs.
Spotify and podcasts: Stuck in the middle without you — medium.com
This raft of M&A represents an earnest push into the podcasting market by a company heretofore known as a streaming music trailblazer. Spotify is pulling no punches about its strategic ambitions in this space,
Spotify vs. Warner: What’s really going on? — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
The word’s biggest digital music service angrily berated the world’s third biggest music rights company for its alleged “abusive behavior”.
When Do We Lose Interest In Discovering New Music? — jacobsmedia.com
Believe it or not, I still have friends in the record label community, despite my lurid past as “The Classic Rock guy.”
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek discusses podcasts and competing with tech giants — www.cnbc.com
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek discussed the company’s podcast acquisition plans and investment in original content in an interview with CNBC.
Let’s get physical: How independent artists are reinventing the physical release format — mixmag.net
We talk to the artists and labels innovating with their output.
Streaming Can Take Local Music Global, But Branko Won’t Compromise — www.rollingstone.com
Lisbon-based producer’s new Nosso album is due out on Friday.