Spotify & Content Strategy; Nativ, IDAGIO Partner on Lossless Classical Music Streaming; Playlist…
Spotify: 5 Times It’s U-turned on Its Content Strategy — www.rollingstone.com
Spotify: 5 Times It’s U-turned on Its Content Strategy — www.rollingstone.com
While it’s common for tech companies to test out new ideas in public, the streaming giant has done so more than most.
Nativ, IDAGIO Partner to Bring Lossless Classical Music Streaming to Audiophiles Around the World — platformandstream.com
Nativ and IDAGIO will be working together to provide users with the ultimate listening experience.
Johnny Cash Walks the Line, Online, With New Website — www.cmt.com
The upgraded Johnny Cash website offers rare photos, timelines, and much more.
Playlist placement is not a marketing strategy — here.org.uk
Last Friday (19th July 2019) an independent artist’s debut single was placed at the top of Spotify’s New Music Friday playlist and Apple Music’s Best of the Week playlist in the U…
Jimmy Iovine spent excessively as Apple Music head, current service growth slowing, report claims — appleinsider.com
A profile of Apple Music chief Oliver Schusser includes claims that his predecessor, Jimmy Iovine, spent “excessive amounts of money,” and adds that while the service is still growing faster than Spotify, that pace has slowed.
Streaming is having a huge year in France — led by Apple Music’s new ‘signing’, rap duo PNL — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
Apple inked an ongoing exclusive partnership with duo in June
Music Modernization Act a start, but more to do — thehill.com
It’s time for MMA 2.0. And this time, Congress needs to empower local public radio stations through a streamlined, more efficient licensing structure that will allow them to better serve their listeners, artists, and communities.
SRAX Partners with LiveXLive to Offer First Music Rewards on BIGtoken — platformandstream.com
SRAX and LiveXLive announced they have entered into a strategic partnership designed to increase each platform’s user base while generating data-based insight.
Spotify appoints Sulinna Ong as Head of Music in the UK and Ireland — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
“Sulinna joined us three months ago and in that time has shown great leadership, bringing 16 years’ experience pioneering global marketing strategies in the music industry, leading editorial teams as well as directly managing major artists.”
Behind the Screens: Design for Music in the Streaming Age — www.sva.edu
To help bolster its brand, RapCaviar — a popular playlist on the music-streaming service Spotify — has hosted concerts featuring some of its most-listened-to artists. Image courtesy Spotify.
Top Spotify Executive Mike Biggane Exiting for Universal Music Group — variety.com
Mike Biggane, Spotify’s global head of curation strategy, is the latest executive to exit the company. He heads to Universal Music Group.
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