Qantas Ditches In-Flight Music; Apple Music Reportedly Tops 56m Subscribers; Tencent Music Set for $25B Listing

The Aussie flagship carrier has announced that it will become the first major airline to get rid of all music in its inflight entertainment program this week.

Apple Music continues to grow its subscriber base around the world – but it’s not adding enough each month to cause Spotify too many sleepless nights.

The vast majority of high-profile musical VR applications released to date have not truly taken advantage of VR's unique capabilities as a technological medium.

Spotify has a rich trove of user listening habits in its locker and it has seen success, both at awards and from consumers, in digging them out and exposing quirky behaviours.

Tencent revives its New York float that was postponed in the wake of the US-China trade war.

JioSaavn is finally here. To recall, back in March, telecom giant Reliance Jio had revealed its planned acquisition of Saavn.

The executive behind a data management tool relied upon by global giants like Apple, Facebook, Uber and Goldman Sachs believes he’s created the solution to the headaches of millions of recording artists.

When it comes to the subscription model of business, customer retention is key in order to maintain the glorious recurring revenue stream.

Apple has traditionally kept its services and voice-enabled skills close, and kept rival services like Spotify and Amazon's music streaming service at arms length. 

The complete archives of the Louis Armstrong House Museum in New York are now available online.

Spotify’s Daniel Ek is betting big on developing a ‘two-sided marketplace’ for music.