Revelator’s Original Works Integrates with Flow Blockchain; Regionality Still Matters for the Global Music Streaming Biz; Reservoir Media Connects with Adaptr Platform

Revelator’s Original Works continues to make it easier for catalog owners to bring music IP to the blockchain, this time by adding Flow to the mix.

Feed Media Group’s Adaptr platform provides an end-to-end solution for startups and app developers looking to integrate music quickly and legally.

You’d be forgiven for thinking that music streaming services such as Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music have rendered local listening habits and cultures less relevant.

The SEC said it had settled charges against Akazoo for $38.8 million after the firm allegedly defrauded investors out of tens of millions of dollars.

Kanye West’s ‘DONDA’ Stem Player Rolls Out With Three New Songs: Including the André 3000-assisted “Life of the Party."

Jaguar Land Rover North America and SiriusXM have signed an agreement putting 360L in the New Range Rover. The package will be included starting in Spring 2022.

From radio broadcasts and vinyl records to tape decks and compact discs, St. Olaf Records has delivered the recordings of St. Olaf College’s music ensembles to audiences through every popular medium.

Amazon Music For Artists has launched a New Release Pitch Tool giving artists and their teams the ability to submit new releases to officially curated Amazon playlists and stations.

If you’re looking for a way to sell more merch (and why wouldn’t you be?) Spotify, through a new partnership, is now allowing artists to integrate Shopify with their artist profiles on the platform.

The Apple Music app for PS5 is now official. The app lets Apple Music subscribers stream music from the service on Sony’s latest console.

Is music streaming too cheap? Well, is it? If you grew up in the Napster age of ‘free’, you’ll likely think not. But what of the 99 cent Apple Store downloads that followed in its wake? Would that not see some folk rethink the value proposition offered by Spotify, Apple Music et al?

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