Spotify, Chernin Ink Deal to Adapt Podcasts for TV, Film; Streaming Boosts Italy's Music Biz; Back-Catalogs Driving the Industry's Transformation

Peter Chernin wants to spin Spotify’s podcasts into TV and movie gold.

As dance studios closed because of COVID-19, Dance Church launched a streaming platform. Now it’s become one of the biggest workout classes of quarantine.

Amid a pandemic and an abundance of new music, the value of older music catalogs keeps rising — and the investor interest may spark seismic shifts in the record business.

A group of Apple's critics — including Spotify Technology, Match Group and "Fortnite" creator Epic Games — have joined a nonprofit group that plans to advocate for legal and regulatory action to challenge the iPhone maker's App Store practices.

This week’s edition of Nick Quah’s Hot Pod, an industry newsletter about podcasting, takes a look at Joe Rogan’s new partnership with Spotify.

Cast your mind back to March, when the coronavirus was causing frightening harm in Italy – not only to the health of the nation’s population, but also to the local economy.

Facebook has updated its terms of service to include changes for music streaming. Technology attorney and law professor Andrew Rossow examines whether theses changes will harm copyright holders and content creators, specifically DJs.

There's Bandcamp, beloved by artists. There's Spotify, very well-liked by listeners. And then there's that big question mark.

Qwest TV, the streaming video service dedicated to high-calibre, world-changing music and artists, is now available on Amazon Fire TV worldwide.

Spotify today is introducing a new feature designed to make podcasts more interactive.

Amazon Music Unlimited is expanding its high definition streaming service to offer top quality music to Canadians with their first 90 days free.

Live music fans aching for some semblance of pre-Covid normalcy, look no further. The Boston Local Music Festival, which is in its second year, will stream this weekend in a virtual format.

Your artist profile is where your music lives online and where listeners get to learn about you.

Q&A and Platoon are two of the most interesting new music companies to emerge in recent years, and we had their founders Troy Carter and Denzyl Feigelson.

Introducing 'Receiptify', a Spotify plug-in that transforms your top tracks into a shopping receipt, inspired by Instagram account @albumreceipts.

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