Should Spotify Worry About TikTok?; Boomplay and the Big Labels; Deezer Rolls Out Snapchat Sharing

As TikTok continues to grow exponentially past music, should the streaming service be worried?

All three major record companies now have licensing deals with Boomplay Music, the music streaming platform which claims to reach more than 60 million users in Africa.

Deezer is also planning to enable users to share lyrics with Snapchat friends.

A new app could revolutionize the way we experience live events.

So many old songs do not have “audio fingerprints” in music recognition databases, and that spells big trouble when new artists sample old works without credit.

New legislation introduced in both houses of Congress on Thursday brings artists one step closer to receiving performance rights royalties on radio airplay.

Liberty Media CEO Maffei believes the company is well positioned to capitalize on the growing popularity of podcasts and audio content.

The UK’s streaming music market could double by 2023, according to a report commissioned by the Entertainment Retailers Association.

Spotify’s latest feature for podcast listeners takes a leaf out of Discover Weekly and Release Radar’s books: a personalised playlist not of songs, but of podcast episodes.

This is 'a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hear directly from a living legend the truth about his story', says Facebook

Music industry veteran Jeremy Lascelles looks back on how illegal downloads threatened the business.

Amazon recently expanded its free music service to mobile and Fire TV.

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