Philadelphia Orchestra Debuts Streaming Service; Spotify: Free Service Is for Users Who Can’t…
Philadelphia Orchestra dives in with a streaming music service — www.philly.com Move over, Spotify and Deezer: There’s a new digital…
Philadelphia Orchestra dives in with a streaming music service — www.philly.com
Move over, Spotify and Deezer: There’s a new digital portal for classical music — “Orchestra on Demand” — and it’s all Philadelphian, all the time. — Jonathan Takiff, Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News
SoundCloud Co-Founder Trumpets User, Revenue Growth for Paid Tier — www.billboard.com
Now that whispers of an acquisition by Spotify have petered off, Berlin-based streaming platform SoundCloud appears intent on independence (for now), with co-founder Eric Wahlforss saying in a new television interview the company is laser-focused on the expansion of its revenue-generating Go subscription tier across the globe.
Spotify Confirms Video Shift as Pacts With Major Media Partners Lapse — www.billboard.com
As first reported by Swedish outlet Breakit, and confirmed to Billboard, Spotify recently allowed initial partnerships to lapse while strongly affirming a focus on original content.
Pandora will strike up its Spotify rival December 6 — www.cnet.com
Pandora Premium will take on upstart rivals Spotify and Apple Music with the $10-a-month, on-demand music subscription it could never offer before.
Spotify: Free Service Is for Users Who Can’t Afford to Pay — variety.com
Spotify’s Troy Carter defended the company’s free, ad-supported tier as a way to monetize users that can’t afford paid streaming.
Michael Huppe: Standing Up For The Value Of Music — nekst.biz
SoundExchange’s Michael Huppe covers the AM/FM Artist Loophole, the DMCA Safe “Ocean,” internet enabled auto dashboards and the org’s ISRC online searchable database.
Michael Wolf: ‘Gray Music’ Set to Surpass Exclusive Streaming Tracks — www.wsj.com
The music industry’s new driver will be the fans and the lesser-known artists who create mixes, remixes, live recordings and cover songs — content collectively known as “gray music” — says strategist Michael Wolf in a presentation at WSJDLive.
Music has been totally disrupted by Silicon Valley — yet it’s still run by the same two moguls — qz.com
In music, as in life, making it big is often a matter of who you know.