Smart Speakers are Music Streaming's New Battleground; InMusik Plans ICO to Start Music Streaming Service

Music streaming no longer seems to be the prized cow it once was but that doesn't mean the battle has let up in the slightest.

The company has developed its own cryptocurrency, Sound Coin, to power its music streaming service, which will reward both listeners and content creators on the value they provide to the community.

Investors are about to decide whether it matters that the most popular music streaming service doesn’t make any money.

WMG announced on Wednesday it has acquired Sodatone, a tech startup that has developed an algorithmic platform that combines social, streaming and touring data to help identify unsigned talent.

If you felt that Xiaomi's native Mi Music app was just bare bones, well, think twice as the app has bagged an update to bring online streaming into the mix.

As weakening antitrust laws and consolidation of businesses continue, virtually every corner of the music industry is now controlled by a choice few companies, whether its streaming or live music, writes Will Meyer. Here he explores why these monopolies must be taken seriously.

The music industry can barely believe its luck. Revenue has risen—by quite a lot—for two years in a row now, after nosediving for two decades prior. According to a new report yesterday (March 22) from the trade group the Recording Industry Association of America, US music revenue soared 17% from 2016 to 2017, to a...

Africa is “the home continent of music historically,” Spotify MD of Emea Michael Krause said as the world’s largest streaming service launched in South Africa. “This is our first African country, our first step onto this continent. It’s really great to be here.”

Facebook has secured major-league deals in the US and Europe with some of music’s biggest hitters over the past few months.

GoDaddy, the world's largest domain name registrar, has been ordered to disable four domains that facilitate access to four 'pirate' music sites. The order was handed down via the Peruvian Copyright Commission following a complaint from a member organization of IFPI.

There are three new products - the range-topping ND 555 (above, £12,999), the NDX 2 (£4999) and the entry-level ND5 XS2 (£1999).

As streaming services globalise music like never before, Australia's music industry is trying to make Spotify and its competitors commit to 25 per cent local content quotas.

We’ve been here before with the issue of ‘playola’ – the notion that artists can pay to have their tracks added to popular playlists on Spotify.