Primephonic Streaming Service Launches; Spotify, Apple Trigger a Resurgence in the Small Record…
Primephonic Streaming Service Launches as an Answer to Spotify’s Classical Music Problem — www.billboard.com A new music streaming…
Primephonic Streaming Service Launches as an Answer to Spotify’s Classical Music Problem — www.billboard.com
A new music streaming subscription service called Primephonic is launching Wednesday, committed to specifically serving the needs and interests of classical music listeners.
The next successful music app will be one that break’s Spotify’s editorial stranglehold — motiveunknown.com
What if a third party app were to break Spotify’s deadlock on editorial?
Spotify, Apple Trigger a Resurgence in the Small Record Label — www.bloomberg.com
As paid streaming services Spotify and Apple Music revive a music industry once left for dead, one group says it’s benefiting more than everyone else: independent record labels.
Inside The Weeknd’s Big Year — And The New Streaming Economy — www.forbes.com
Physical Album sales and digital downloads are down. But more people are listening to more music than ever, which presents staggering opportunities to artists like the Weeknd who connect with an audience.
The Beatport Top 10 has regained its credibility — dancingastronaut.com
Something extraordinary has happened to the Beatport Top 10 over the past couple years: it’s regained its credibility.
Esports is exploding: here’s how the music industry can get involved — musically.com
This guest column comes from Mathieu Lacrouts, co-founder and CEO of esports advertising agency Hurrah: ‘Gamers have always had a competitive spirit…’
Music publishing boss Andrew Jenkins: ‘Copyright should be forever’ — musically.com
“I’m going to say something very controversial now. I don’t think there should be a term of copyright. If I buy a house, I own it forever…”
Could Europe Be Set To Recalibrate The Digital Music Market? — www.hypebot.com
Respect for copyrights and music’s “value gap” continue to be core issues for creators and the music industry.
sonaBlast Records boss: ‘Copyright needs to be blown up and rethought’ — musically.com
SonaBlast Records was set up by Gill Holland in 2002 in New York and is now based in Kentucky. Holland came from the film business.
Reeperbahn Keeps the Indie Dream Alive for Music Festivals — consequenceofsound.net
Founder Alex Schulz talks about building Europe’s answer to SXSW.
SiriusXM Introduces Newest Dock and Play Radio — platformandstream.com
SiriusXM today introduced its newest dock and play radio — the Onyx EZR — which delivers several new features at an entry-level price.