Radiohead Dropped 18 Hours of Unreleased Music to Screw Pirates; Spotify Playlist Combines Music…
Radiohead Dropped 18 Hours of Unreleased Music to Screw Pirates — www.wired.com
Radiohead Dropped 18 Hours of Unreleased Music to Screw Pirates — www.wired.com
It’s impressive to see Radiohead release that much material to spite an aspiring pirate.
Spotify Launches ‘Daily Drive’ Playlist With Personalized Music, News & Podcasts — www.billboard.com
In its latest move to bring podcasts to the forefront, Spotify is launching a new personalized playlist called Your Daily Drive on Wednesday, which will combine music with news updates from popular podcasts produced by outlets including The Wall Street Journal, NPR and PRI.
Pandora debuts digital audio consultancy ahead of Cannes — adage.com
Pandora on Wednesday launched a new digital audio consultancy dubbed Studio Resonate, aimed at helping brands navigate how their logo should sound.
Online Music Marketplace BeatStars Has Paid Out More Than $50M to Producers — www.billboard.com
Global music marketplace BeatStars, where Lil Nas X found his “Old Town Road” beat, has paid out more than $50 million to producers who license and sell their work on the platform.
Music talent marketplace SoundBetter launches licensing service, Tracks — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
Catalog includes tracks from well-known producers and songwriters
A Billboard №1 Is at Stake, So Here’s an Album With Your Taylor Swift Hoodie — www.nytimes.com
About half the 39 titles that topped the charts last year were sold as part of ticket or merchandise “bundles.” Now even some who benefited from the strategy are complaining.
Spotify’s ¡Viva Latino! Live Heads to American Airlines Arena in Miami — www.billboard.com
The idea of the concert series was born originally from the third most followed playlist on the platform, ¡Viva Latino! Playlist.
TikTok Passes 120M Montlhy Users In India As Label Talks, Streaming Plans Continue — www.hypebot.com
TikTok now has 200 million registered users, with 120 million using the short video app every month.
A eulogy for iTunes, and the MP3 era — www.androidauthority.com
iTunes may be no more, but it wasn’t a surprise to anyone paying attention. The culprit? Streaming services.
Tim Ingham’s Rolling Stone Analysis — lefsetz.com
What is Happening to Streaming’s Superstars? My conclusions: 1. The major labels are screwed. 2. Rock isn’t as dead as we think it is. 3. When other genres adopt streaming, hip-hop’s he…
Shazam can now identify songs playing through your headphones on Android — www.theverge.com
Shazam can now identify music and songs playing internally through headphones. The feature, called Pop-up Shazam, works with music playing
How Apple Killed Off iTunes And What It Means — www.forbes.com
Today, Apple exec Craig Federighi revealed the end of iTunes. Here’s what happened.
Amazon Music teams with Bastille on exclusive album bonus content — www.musicweek.com
Entitled Doom Nights, the special edition will have scene-setting soundbites preceding each track.
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