Spotify + Big Data; Discogs; SiriusXM; Music Streaming Apps in China

It’s no surprise the music industry hasn’t provided a successful or revolutionary solution to the dissolving revenue streams and profit margins as consumers change their consumption patterns. Why would they be any different to the media and news companies, telco or transportation services (i.e. Uber) where users continue to go over the top direct to…

“We have been committed to dance music – breaking new music, breaking new acts all across North America – and this is our time to shine and show this to both our music partners and our subscribers.”

Competition remains fierce in the crowded music streaming market. Xiaomi Music has become the first Chinese mobile phone manufacturer to obtain licensing rights to Warner Music’s catalog, while NetEase Cloud Music is adding video sharing features.

Spotify is attempting to shift revenue streams by utilizing the biggest music superfans.

A rare interview with the core team at the beloved music cataloguing database and marketplace.

Wall Street doesn't care that Spotify isn't profitable. They care that Spotify doesn't have a realistic plan to become profitable.

Robert Bound is joined by Hrishikesh Hirway, who’s the creator of the podcast “Song Exploder”, and music journalist Laura Snapes to discuss the formats, language and knowledge required to write and talk about music.

Drake’s ‘More Life’ album has been breaking records on Spotify and Apple Music, with the two streaming services engaging in a public battle of the stats.

Some 61% of Americans aged 12 and older this year report listening to online radio on a monthly basis, and 87% of those listeners (53% of respondents overall) listen on a weekly basis, per the latest edition of the annual Infinite Dial report [pdf]. Both monthly and weekly online radio listening...

Amazon Music subscribers who own a CarPlay-enabled dashboard unit are in luck. Amazon's streaming service is now available via the iOS Amazon Music app for Appl...

Spotify recently filed 217,112 "address unknown" NOIs with the U.S. Copyright Office saying that they were unable to locate any owner of these copyrighted songs anywhere in public records