Spotify Hits 144M Paid Subs; Music’s Next Billion-Dollar Success?;
Spotify Hits 144M Paid Subs, Ad Revenue and Consumption Recover After Pandemic Slump — www.hollywoodreporter.com Music streaming giant…
Spotify Hits 144M Paid Subs, Ad Revenue and Consumption Recover After Pandemic Slump — www.hollywoodreporter.com
Music streaming giant Spotify on Thursday said that it ended its third quarter with 144 million premium, or paid, subscribers and 320 million total active monthly users as of the end of September. The figures were at or above the high end of the company’s forecast range.
Downtown Music Holdings May Be Music’s Next Billion-Dollar Success — www.rollingstone.com
If you’re thinking about indie artists only as “a loss leader to collect the identification of superstar artists, you’re going about it all wrong,” says the CEO of the fast-growing Downtown Music Holdings.
Chartmetric Partners with Sirius XM/Pandora on Music Analytics — radiofacts.com
Chartmetric will be the first public, third-party music analytics platform to partner with SiriusXM/Pandora and host Pandora data for top music industry clients
Driven by Streaming Surge, Sony Music Posts Strong Quarter Despite Pandemic — variety.com
Driven by a 19% surge in streaming, Sony Music posted a strong quarter despite pandemic-induced drops in other categories.
Amuse expands its Fast Forward royalty advances service — musically.com
Distributor Amuse launched its Fast Forward scheme in February 2019 as a way to pay artists up to six months of royalties in advance.
BANNERS Enjoys Streaming Hits In Pandemic Times — americansongwriter.com
“I never had nobody and no road home / I wanna be somebody to someone,” howls Michael Nelson.
Spotify says it won’t ban guests after Joe Rogan hosts Alex Jones — thehill.com
Spotify has reportedly taken a new stance against banning guests following podcast host Joe Rogan’s interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on an episode this week.
Ticketing and livestream platform DICE launches in India — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
DICE is now live in the UK, US, France, Italy, Spain…
How Much Does BTS Earn Per Year On Spotify? — www.cheatsheet.com
BTS is one of the most popular K-pop artists today, which means they are also among the highest earners in the genre.
This ‘Emotional’ AI startup caught the attention of music legend Quincy Jones; he invests in it — siliconcanals.com
Musimap is an Emotional Artificial Intelligence (A.E.I.) company that leverages 20 years of human research, audio-processing, and AI. It claims to own one of the largest manually annotated music databases in the world.
FIFA 21 adds music-disabling option to help game streamers — musically.com
The knock-on effects from rightsholders’ pressure on Twitch over music licensing are starting. Games publisher Electronic Arts has added a new menu option.
Music-related user generated content could be worth $6bn over the next two years — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
New report examines ‘the rising power of UGC.’
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