Spoon Launch “Aura Reader” With Spotify; 5 Countries With Big Streaming Gains in 2016
Good morning! We wrap up the week with 13 great stories from around the world of music streaming. The new Ryan Adams, Alison Krauss, Robert Randolph, and Son Volt albums are out today, so it’s going to be a busy day streaming.
Have a great weekend!
Spoon Launch “Aura Reader” With Spotify — pitchfork.com
The web app analyzes your top 10 Spoon songs and presents you with custom cover artwork.
Spotify-backed Soundtrack Your Brand raises $22 million to help sell music streaming to businesses — venturebeat.com
Founded out of Stockholm in 2013, Soundtrack Your Business offers two core products — Spotify Business and Soundtrack Business. They’re basically B2B versions of the popular music-streaming service that offer additional features, such as the ability to manage playlists in multiple locations from a central hub. So if you manage a giant chain of stores such as Starbucks, for example, you can control music in individual stores remotely.
5 Countries With Big Streaming Gains in 2016 — medium.com
Things are looking up for the global recorded music market. The few publicly available 2016 results show these countries’ recorded music markets on the rise. Large streaming gains have overshadowed…
High Res Audio Set To Go Mainstream, Big Boost For Retailers — www.channelnews.com.au
As major music companies push for more revenue and streaming companies higher subscriptions, it’s now tipped that 2017 will be the year when High Res Audio goes big.
SiriusXM Wins New York Case Over Pre-1972 Sound Recordings — www.billboard.com
SiriusXM appears to have brought one dispute over the public performance of pre-1972 sound recordings to conclusion. On Thursday, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals told a lower court to grant the satcaster’s motion for summary judgment and dismiss with prejudice a putative class action lawsuit brought by Flo & Eddie of The Turtles.
Prince’s Music Streams Rise 6,323% in Wake of Wide Release — www.billboard.com
Prince’s music enjoyed more than 4.7 million streams in just two days after his content rolled out across streaming services.
SoundCloud Is Delivering Its First Programmatic Ads With the Help of Rubicon Project — www.adweek.com
SoundCloud is ready to roll out its programmatic advertising to a broader audience.
The music industry can benefit from Facebook premium video plans — musically.com
Music rightsholders are watching Facebook’s evolving music strategy carefully — including publishers notching up their pressure on the social network.
Hi-Res Audio: Will Streaming Make the Market? — www.dealerscope.com
We wanted to know how leveraging streaming can help broaden awareness of Hi-Res Audio beyond the Baby Boomer consumer demographic that is more familiar with high-quality audio’s benefits.
Music Video Reset: YouTube, Vevo, Facebook Rethink Streaming’s Killer App — www.hypebot.com
Music video is streaming music’s killer app, says MIDiA’s Mark Mulligan. 45% of consumers watch music videos on YouTube or Vevo every month. Now both video services are in the middle of a major reset and Facebook is showing increasing interest.
How Apple can make music sound sweeter — www.macworld.com
Apple Music is a good start, but the company should also fix iTunes, improve AirPlay, and consider getting back into the speaker game.
Future to launch Freebandz show on Apple Music’s Beats 1 — www.factmag.com
Future joins the long line of artists including Drake and DJ Khaled with Beats 1 radio shows.
Live music streaming startup, Streo Technologies raises investments from GEMS and Quarizon — mybigplunge.com
Looking to enhance user experience and build on partnerships, Live music streaming startup Streo Technologies gets investments from GEMS and Quarizon.