Sony Eyes This African Country to Grow Music Streaming Business

Sony Eyes Nigeria to Grow Music Streaming Business — fortune.com 
 Sony Music Entertainment sees big growth prospects for music streaming in Nigeria, thanks to falling Internet data costs.

Digicel introduces new digital music streaming app — www.jamaicaobserver.com

Digicel customers will now be able to stream and download from a catalogue of over 25 million songs with d’Music a new digital music streaming mobile application.

Streaming ‘Finally’ Reaches CD-Loving Germany: 73 Percent Jump in Digital Helps Market Stay in the Black — www.billboard.com 
 The German music market grew by 2.4 percent in 2016, according to new figures released today by BVMI, Germany’s music industry association.

6 Types Of Spotify Playlists That Will Feature A New Song — www.hypebot.com 
 In the age of streaming, landing your music on a playlist is one of the best ways to be discovered as an artist. Here we look at the six different types of playlists to purse when seeking to get your music featured.

Pandora-Owned Ticketfly Partners With Lyte — www.billboard.com 
 Pandora-owned ticketing company Ticketfly has partnered with fan-to-fan ticket exchange platform Lyte in an attempt to take on the giants of the secondary ticketing sector and beat the scalpers.

Spotify’s Latest Offer To Labels: A 14% Lower Royalty Rate — www.hypebot.com 
 Spotify, YouTube and other music streamers are locked in tough re-negotiations with the major labels. But for Spotify, the stakes are the highest. The largest music streamer, which loses millions of dollars quarterly, is planning an IPO this year.

Apple’s Beats1 lineup is still one big experiment — venturebeat.com 
 Apple today announced the coming of another show for Beats1 radio, which is one of the key pieces — albeit the free part — of its Apple Music streaming service. The latest Beats1 star is Marc Kinchen, whom the Guardian once dubbed “the house remix king.”