SiriusXM Flying High; Spotify Ups Paid User Base to 108M; Lollapalooza Announces Free Live Stream

SiriusXM Flying High With Pandora, New Partnerships — www.forbes.com Siriux XM impresses the Street in its first-full quarter with…

SiriusXM Flying High With Pandora, New Partnerships — www.forbes.com 
 Siriux XM impresses the Street in its first-full quarter with Pandora in the fold.

New Australian Music Streaming App Launches — www.bandt.com.au

Australian end-to-end B2B2C music streaming solution Tuned Global signed an agreement with TrackDrip, an exclusive on-demand music streaming app that officially launched this month.

Spotify Ups Paid User Base to 108 Million, Narrows Losses in Second Quarter — www.billboard.com 
 Music streaming giant Spotify on Wednesday reported a smaller second-quarter operating loss and said it grew its user base to 108 million premium, or paid, subscribers and 232 million total active monthly users as of the end of June.

Lollapalooza 2019 Announces Free Live Stream — www.jambase.com 
 The free Lollapalooza live stream 2019 schedule includes The Strokes, The Revivalists, Tame Impala, Kacey Musgraves and dozens more.

Mixcloud Introduces Premium Subscription and Restricts Free Playback — www.billboard.com 
 British audio streaming platform Mixcloud is introducing a Premium subscription and restrictions on free listening, all to help cover the rising costs of royalty fees.

LiveXLive, Afro Nation Launch Exclusive Content, Distribution Partnership — platformandstream.com

LiveXLive announced that it has partnered with festival organizer Afro Nation.

Jonas Brothers to Perform Exclusive Concert in New York for Pandora, SiriusXM — platformandstream.com

Pandora and SiriusXM announced that GRAMMY Award-nominated multiplatinum powerhouse trio Jonas Brothers will perform an exclusive concert in New York at Pandora LIVE on August 20 for Pandora listeners and SiriusXM subscribers.

‘All rights data under one roof’: Fuga reveals new deal with Songspace — www.musicweek.com 
 Fuga has acquired full ownership of Nashville rights management and creative organisation Songspace.

Gojë Music distributor wants to help African artists go global — musically.com

There’s a lot of excitement in 2019 around the digital-music ecosystem that’s being built in Africa, both in terms of streaming services for people to listen there, and the business infrastructure required to help African artists make their music available and build audiences globally.

Kin adds music-streaming service MonkingMe to its lineup of apps — finance.yahoo.com 
 The Kin family is growing by potentially millions of users, as the popular Spain-based, music-streaming app MonkingMe will now make use of the cryptocurrency.

Josh Rabinowitz Reflects on Over Two Decades in the Music-Advertising Scene and Launch of New Consultancy — www.synchtank.com 
 The former EVP/Director of Music at Grey reflects on his time in the music-advertising space so far and the launch of his new consultancy, the Brooklyn Music Experience.

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